Black Waters chords by Kathy Mattea

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Verse 1
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I come from the mountains,
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Kentucky's my home
Where the wild deer and the
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black bear so lately did roam
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By the cool rushing waterfall
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the wildflowers dream
And through every green valley,
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there runs a clear stream
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Now there's scenes of
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destruction on every hand
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And only black waters run
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down through my land
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Verse 2

Sad scenes of destruction on every hand

Black waters, black waters,

run down through my land

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Interlude 1

Verse 3
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Oh the quail, she's a pretty bird,
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she sings a sweet tongue
In the roots of tall timber she
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nests with her young
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Then the hillside explodes
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with the dynamite's roar
And the voice of the small bird
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is heard there no more
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Then the mountain comes
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tumbling so awful and grand
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And the poison black waters
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run down through my land
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Verse 4
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Sad scenes of destruction
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on every hand
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Black waters, black waters,
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run down through my land

Interlude 2

Verse 5
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In the coming of the springtime
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we planted our corn
In the ending of the springtime
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we buried a son
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In the summer come a nice man,
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says everything's fine
My employer just requires
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a way to his mine

Verse 6
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Then they blew down the timber
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and covered my corn
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And the grave on the hillside's
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a mile deeper down
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And the man stands and talks
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with his hat in his hand
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As the poison black waters
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rise over my land
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Verse 7
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Sad scenes of destruction
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on every hand
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Black waters, black waters,
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run down through my land

Interlude 3

Verse 8
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Well I don't have much money,
not much of a home
I own my own land,
but my land's not my own
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But, if I had ten million,
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somewhere's thereabouts
Well, I'd buy Perry county and
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I'd drive 'em all out
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Then I'd sit on the bank
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with my bait and my can
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And watch the clear waters
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run down through my land
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Verse 9
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Well, wouldn't that be just like
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the old promised land?
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Black waters,
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black waters no more in my land
Black waters,
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black waters no more in my land