Black Waters Chords by Jean Ritchie

_ [E] _ _ _ I've come from the mountains, Kentucky's my home
Where the wild deer and the black bear so lately did roam
[A] That cool Russian waterfall, the [E] wildflowers dream
And _ _ _ [B] the clear streams
[E] Now there's seams of [A] destruction on every hill
And there's [B] only blooders run [E] down through my land
[A] There's seams of destruction on [E] every hill
And there's [B] only blooders run down [E] through my land
_ _ _ _ For the quail, she's a pretty bird, she sings a sweet song
In the roots of the tall [B] timber she nests [E] with her young
[A] But the hillside explodes with the [E] dynamite
_ _ _ And the birds [B] that sound their nests in [E] the forest
And the hills that come [A] in flooding so awful and grand
[E] And the flooding black waters rise over my land
[A] And there's seams of destruction on [E] every _ hill
And there's only blooders run down through my land
_ _ _ _ In the rather springtime we planted our corn
In the end of the springtime we breed this corn
[A] In summer coming nights man says [E] everything's fine
_ I _ [B]
ate my tea, [E] then they threw it out
[A] _ _ [E] And the grey _ [B] coyotes were down
[E] And the man spoke [A] with his head in his hand
[E] And the water spreads over [E] my land
And _ _ [A]
there's seams of destruction [E] on every _ hill
And there's only blooders run down through my land _ _ _ _
Well I ain't got money and not much of a home
I own my own but my land's not my own
[A] But if I had ten million [E] somewhere there alone _
I would [B] have more
[E] That's the length [A] of my bed and bed
And the horses [E] run down through my land
[A] Well wouldn't that be like the old promise
[E] _ _ _ _ There's no more in my land
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _