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