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Buffalo Creek - Mike Morningstar
Standard Tuning
Tabbed by: Thajerkstar
Intro: Am-G-Am-Am
Am G F G Am
Now Buffalo Creek swelled and broke and all it's water came a'roarin' down
G D
Sweepin' away the homes and lives of a West Virginia town
F G F G Am
And in that cold and raging flood more than a hundred people drowned
C G D
Some say the flood was caused by rain and some said melted snow
F G F G Am
But deep down in my heart I believe the coal mine bosses know
Instrumental break: (Intro)
Am G F G Am
They strip off all the topsoil, they uproot all those trees
G D
And they killed the folks in Buffalo Creek, and they all shrug the blame with ease
F G F G Am
They don't give a damn for life or land they roll on like they please
C G D
Some say the flood was caused by rain and some said melted snow
F G F G Am
But deep down in my heart I believe the coal mine bosses know
Instrumental break: (Intro + Verse + Intro)
Am G F G Am
And the Governor said the flood was just an act of God's own will
G D
But the strippers tear these mountains down it's enough to make me ill
F G F G Am
The rape of Appalachia for the greenback dollar bill
C G D
Some say the flood was caused by rain and some said melted snow
F G F G Am
But deep down in my heart I believe the coal mine bosses know
C G D
Buffalo Creek, Buffalo Creek, it's a coal mine bosses' show
F G F G Am
Buffalo Creek, Buffalo Creek, how could they sink so low?
Instrumental break: (Intro + Verse + Intro)
Am G F G Am
How can we let this kind of thing go on before our eyes?
G D
When strip mine bosses trade our lives for nickels and for dimes
F G F G Am
Well I beg you folks to stop these men, don't let this happen twice
G D
You could see those people drowning there, don't you hear their mournful cries?
C G D
I hear them through the falling rain they haunt me in the snow
F G F G Am
Buffalo Creek, Buffalo Creek, it's a coal mine bosses' show
C G D
Buffalo Creek, Buffalo Creek, when will you people know?
F G F G Am
And when will you folks tell these boys to pack their gear and go?
Outro: Am-G-Am
End Lick:
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