Black Waters
Jean Ritchie
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D I come from the mountains,A D Kentucky's my homeD Where the wild deer and black bearA D so lately did roamG By the cool rushing waterfall theD wildflowers dreamD And through every green valley,A there runs a clear streamD Now there's scenes of destructionG on every handD A And only black waters run downD through my land [Chorus]G Sad scenes of destruction on everyA handD A Black waters, black waters, runD down through my land [Post-Chorus]D Well, the quail, she's a prettyA D bird and she sings a sweet tongueD In the roots of tall timber sheA D nests with her youngG The the hillside explodes with theD dynamites roarD And the voice of the small bird isA heard there no moreContinues after the adD And the mountain comes a sliding soG awful and grandD And the flooding black waters riseA D over my land [Chorus]G Sad scenes of destruction on everyA handD A Black waters, black waters, runD down through my land [Verse]D In the coming of springtime weA D planted our cornD In the ending of springtime weA D buried our sonG In the summer come a nice manD saying everything's fineD A My employer just requires a way to his mineD Then they tore down my mountain andA D covered my cornD Now the grave on the hillside's aA D mile deeper downG And the man stands a talking withD his hat in his handD While the poison black waters riseA D over my land [Chorus]G Sad scenes of destruction on everyA handD A Black waters, black waters, runD down through my land [Post-Chorus]D A Well I ain't got no money, notD much of a homeD A I own my own land, but my land'sD not my ownG But, if I had ten million,D somewheres thereaboutD A Well, I'd buy Perry county and throw them all outD And just sit down on the banks withG my bait and my canD A And watch the clear waters runD down through my landG Well, wouldn't that be just likeA the old promised land?D A Black waters, black waters no moreD in my landD A Black waters, black waters no moreD in my land