{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2700144,"song":"Black Waters","artist":"Jean Ritchie","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11526019-black-waters-chords-by-jean-ritchie/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2700144?type=chord","rating":4.8343,"votes":8,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI come from the mountains, Kentucky's my home[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere the wild deer and black bear so lately did roam[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBy the cool rushing waterfall the wildflowers dream[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd through every green valley, there runs a clear stream[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow there's scenes of destruction on every hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd only black waters run down through my land[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSad scenes of destruction on every hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlack waters, black waters, run down through my land[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Post-Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, the quail, she's a pretty bird and she sings a sweet tongue[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the roots of tall timber she nests with her young[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe the hillside explodes with the dynamites roar[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the voice of the small bird is heard there no more[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the mountain comes a sliding so awful and grand[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the flooding black waters rise over my land[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSad scenes of destruction on every hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlack waters, black waters, run down through my land[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the coming of springtime we planted our corn[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the ending of springtime we buried our son[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the summer come a nice man saying everything's fine[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy employer just requires a way to his mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen they tore down my mountain and covered my corn[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow the grave on the hillside's a mile deeper down[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the man stands a talking with his hat in his hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhile the poison black waters rise over my land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSad scenes of destruction on every hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlack waters, black waters, run down through my land[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Post-Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell I ain't got no money, not much of a home[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI own my own land, but my land's not my own[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut, if I had ten million, somewheres thereabout[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell, I'd buy Perry county and throw them all out[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd just sit down on the banks with my bait and my can[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd watch the clear waters run down through my land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell, wouldn't that be just like the old promised land?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlack waters, black waters no more in my land[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlack waters, black waters no more in my land[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Post-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Post-Chorus]","chords":["D","A","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}