Tom: D
D A D
I come from the mountains, Kentucky's my home
D A D
Where the wild deer and black bear so lately did roam
G D
By the cool rushing waterfall the wildflowers dream
D A
And through every green valley, there runs a clear stream
D G
Now there's scenes of destruction on every hand
D A D
And only black waters run down through my land
[Chorus]
G A
Sad scenes of destruction on every hand
D A D
Black waters, black waters, run down through my land
[Post-Chorus]
D A D
Well, the quail, she's a pretty bird and she sings a sweet tongue
D A D
In the roots of tall timber she nests with her young
G D
The the hillside explodes with the dynamites roar
D A
And the voice of the small bird is heard there no more
D G
And the mountain comes a sliding so awful and grand
D A D
And the flooding black waters rise over my land
[Chorus]
G A
Sad scenes of destruction on every hand
D A D
Black waters, black waters, run down through my land
[Verse]
D A D
In the coming of springtime we planted our corn
D A D
In the ending of springtime we buried our son
G D
In the summer come a nice man saying everything's fine
D A
My employer just requires a way to his mine
D A D
Then they tore down my mountain and covered my corn
D A D
Now the grave on the hillside's a mile deeper down
G D
And the man stands a talking with his hat in his hand
D A D
While the poison black waters rise over my land
[Chorus]
G A
Sad scenes of destruction on every hand
D A D
Black waters, black waters, run down through my land
[Post-Chorus]
D A D
Well I ain't got no money, not much of a home
D A D
I own my own land, but my land's not my own
G D
But, if I had ten million, somewheres thereabout
D A
Well, I'd buy Perry county and throw them all out
D G
And just sit down on the banks with my bait and my can
D A D
And watch the clear waters run down through my land
G A
Well, wouldn't that be just like the old promised land?
D A D
Black waters, black waters no more in my land
D A D
Black waters, black waters no more in my land
