Black Waters Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]I come from the mountains,
Ken[D]tucky's my [G]home
Where the wild deer and the
black bear so [D]lately did [G]roam
By [C]the cool rushing waterfall
the wildflowers [G]dream
And through every green valley,
[D]there runs a clear [Dsus4]stream[D][Dsus4]
[D]Now there's [G]scenes of
destruction on [C]every hand
And [G]only black waters run
[D]down through my land
[G]

[Verse 2]
Sad [C]scenes of destruction on every [D]hand
[G]Black [D]wat[G]ers, black waters,
run [D]down through my land

[Interlude 1]
[G][D][G]

[Verse 3]
Oh the [G]quail, she's a pretty bird,
[D]she sings a sweet [G]tongue
In the roots of tall timber she
[D]nests with her [G]young
Then [C]the hillside explodes
with the [G]dynamite's roar
And the voice of the small bird
[D]is heard there no [Dsus4]more
[D]Then [G]the mountain comes
tumbling so [C]awful and grand
And the [G]poison black waters
run [D]down through my land
[G]

[Verse 4]
Sad [C]scenes of destruction
on every [D]hand[C]
[G]Black waters, black waters,
run [D]down through my land

[Interlude 2]
[G][D][G]

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

[Verse 6]
[D]
Then they [G]blew down the timber
and [C]covered my corn
And [G]the grave on the hillside's
[D]a mile deeper down
And the [G]man stands and talks
with [C]his hat in his hand
As the [G]poison black waters
rise [D]over my land
[G]

[Verse 7]
Sad [C]scenes of destruction
on every [D]hand[C][D]
[G]Black waters, black waters,
run [D]down through my land

[Interlude 3]
[G]

[Verse 8]
Well I [G]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,
somewhere's there[G]abouts
Well, I'd buy Perry county and
I'd [D]drive 'em all out
Then I'd [G]sit on the bank
with my [C]bait and my can
And [G]watch the clear waters
run [D]down through my land
[G]

[Verse 9]
[C]Well, wouldn't that be just like
the old promised [D]land?[C]
[G]Black waters,
black waters no [D]more in my [G]land
Black waters,
black waters no [D]more in my land

[Outro 1]
[G][D][G][D]