black waters chords by
Jean Ritchie
Jean Ritchie

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Key: E major
Verse 1
F
F

I come from the mountains,
Kentucky's my home
Where the wild deer and black
bear so lately did roam
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Bb

By the cool rushing waterfall
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F

the wildflowers dream
C
C

And through every green valley,
there runs a clear stream
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F

Now there's scenes of
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Bb

destruction on every hand
F
F

And only black waters run
C
C

F
F

down through my land
Verse 2
Bb
Bb

F
F

Sad scenes of destruction on every hand
Black waters, black waters,
Verse 3
run down through my land
F
F

Well, the quail, she's a pretty bird
C
C

F
F

and she sings a sweet tongue
In the roots of tall timber she
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C

F
F

nests with her young
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Bb

The the hillside explodes with
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C

F
F

the dynamites roar
C
C

And the voice of the small bird
is heard there no more
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F

And the mountain comes
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Bb

a sliding so awful and grand
F
F

And the flooding black waters
C
C

F
F

rise over my land
Verse 4
Bb
Bb

Sad scenes of destruction
F
F

on every hand
Black waters, black waters,
C
C

F
F

run down through my land
Verse 5
F
F

In the coming of springtime
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C

F
F

we planted our corn
In the ending of springtime
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C

F
F

we buried our son
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Bb

In the summer come a nice man
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F

saying everything's fine
My employer just requires
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C

a way to his mine
Verse 6
F
F

Then they tore down my mountain
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Bb

and covered my corn
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F

Now the grave on the hillside's
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C

a mile deeper down
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F

And the man stands a talking
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Bb

with his hat in his hand
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F

While the poison black
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C

F
F

waters rise over my land
Verse 7
Bb
Bb

F
F

Sad scenes of destruction on every hand
Black waters, black waters,
C
C

F
F

run down through my land
Verse 8
F
F

Well I ain't got no money,
not much of a home
I own my own land,
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C

F
F

but my land's not my own
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Bb

But, if I had ten million,
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B

Bb
Bb

F
F

somewheres thereabout
Well, I'd buy Perry county and
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C

throw them all out
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F

And just sit down on the banks
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Bb

with my bait and my can
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F

And watch the clear waters run
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C

F
F

down through my land
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Bb

Well,
Verse 9
wouldn't that be just like
the old promised land?
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F

Black waters,
black waters no more in my land
Black waters,
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C

F
F

black waters no more in my land

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