Tonart: B major
Verse 1
G
I come from the mountains,
D
G
Kentucky's my home
Where the wild deer and the black
D
G
Am
bear so lately did roam
C
By the clear rushing waterfall
And through every dark valley
D
there runs a clear stream
C
destruction on every hand
G
D
And only black waters run down
through my land
G
Verse 2
Am
C
G
Sad scenes of destruction on every hand
Black waters,
D
G
D
G
black waters running down through my land
Verse 3
G
Now the quail she's a pretty bird,
D
G
she sings a sweet tone
In the roots of the tall timber she
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G
Am
nests with her young
Em
C
Then the hillside explodes
G
with the dynamites roar
And the voices of the small birds
G
And the hillside comes a sliding
G
D
And the poisonous waters run
Verse 4
Black waters, black waters running
D
G
down through my land
Interlude 1
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C
G
D
G
Verse 5
G
In the rising of the springtime
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G
we planted our corn
At the ending of the springtime
D
G
we buried our son
Am
C
And then yonder comes a nice man,
G
he says everything's fine
My employer just requires
G
And they tore down the mountain
G
And the grave on the hillside
G
And the man stands there smiling
C
with his hat in his hand
G
And we watch the black waters
D
G
running down through my land
Verse 6
C
G
of destruction
C
G
on every hand
D
Black waters, black waters running down
Interlude 2
G
D
G
D
G
Verse 7
G
Well, I ain't got much money
D
G
and not much of a home
I own my own land but my
D
G
land's not my own
C
G
But if I had ten million
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G
or somewhere there abouts
Well, I'd buy Perry County
D
and I'd run 'em all out
G
And I'd sit on the shore with
G
And I'd watch the clear waters
D
G
running down through my land
Verse 8
C
Now wouldn't that be like
Black waters,
D
G
black waters no more in my land
Black waters, black waters
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