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Black Waters

Black Waters easy guitar chords by Kathy Mattea

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Fret 3

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  • G

  • D

  • C

  • Dsus4

  • G

  • D

  • C

  • Dsus4

    • Verse 1
    G

    I come from the mountains,
    D
    G

    Kentucky's my home

    Where the wild deer and the
    D
    G

    black bear so lately did roam
    C

    By the cool rushing waterfall
    G

    the wildflowers dream

    And through every green valley,
    D
    Dsus4
    D
    Dsus4

    there runs a clear stream
    D
    G

    Now there's scenes of
    C

    destruction on every hand
    G

    And only black waters run
    D

    down through my land
    G
    Verse 2

    C
    D

    Sad scenes of destruction on every hand
    G
    D
    G

    Black waters, black waters,
    D

    run down through my land
    Interlude 1
    G
    D
    G

    Verse 3
    G

    Oh the quail, she's a pretty bird,
    D
    G

    she sings a sweet tongue

    In the roots of tall timber she
    D
    G

    nests with her young
    C

    Then the hillside explodes
    G

    with the dynamite's roar

    And the voice of the small bird
    D
    Dsus4

    is heard there no more
    D
    G

    Then the mountain comes
    C

    tumbling so awful and grand
    G

    And the poison black waters
    D

    run down through my land
    G
    Verse 4

    C

    Sad scenes of destruction
    D
    C

    on every hand
    G

    Black waters, black waters,
    D

    run down through my land
    Interlude 2
    G
    D
    G

    Verse 5
    G

    In the coming of the springtime
    D
    G

    we planted our corn

    In the ending of the springtime
    D
    G

    we buried a son
    C

    In the summer come a nice man,
    G

    says everything's fine

    My employer just requires
    D

    a way to his mine
    Verse 6
    D

    G

    Then they blew down the timber
    C

    and covered my corn
    G

    And the grave on the hillside's
    D

    a mile deeper down
    G

    And the man stands and talks
    C

    with his hat in his hand
    G

    As the poison black waters
    D

    rise over my land
    G
    Verse 7

    C

    Sad scenes of destruction
    D
    C
    D

    on every hand
    G

    Black waters, black waters,
    D

    run down through my land
    Interlude 3
    G

    Verse 8
    G

    Well I don't have much money,

    not much of a home

    I own my own land,

    but my land's not my own
    C

    But, if I had ten million,
    G

    somewhere's thereabouts

    Well, I'd buy Perry county and
    D

    I'd drive 'em all out
    G

    Then I'd sit on the bank
    C

    with my bait and my can
    G

    And watch the clear waters
    D

    run down through my land
    G
    Verse 9

    C

    Well, wouldn't that be just like
    D
    C

    the old promised land?
    G

    Black waters,
    D
    G

    black waters no more in my land

    Black waters,
    D

    black waters no more in my land
    Outro 1
    G
    D
    G
    D

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