[ Предположительная тональность: Am ] 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: |-0-1-0--------------------------| |-------3-1-0--------------------| |-------------2------------------| |---------------2-3-2-0----------| |-----------------------3-2-0----| |--------------------------------|