You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]In the deep dark hills[C] of
[G]eastern Kentuck[D]y
[Am]That's the place where
[C]I trace [F]my blood[C]line
And it's [F]there [G]I read o[C]n
a [G]hillside [D]gravestone
[Am]You will never[F] leave Harla[E]n alive
[Am]

[Verse 2]
Oh, my granddad's [C]dad walked
[G]down
[D]Katahrins Mountain
And he [Am]asked Tillie [C]Helton to be [F]his bride
Said, [C]won't you [F]walk with
[C]me out [G]of the mouth
Of this [D]holler
Or we'll [F]never leave [E]Harlan [Am]alive

[Verse 3]
Where the sun comes [C]up about
[F]ten [G]in the morn[C]ing
And the sun [Am]goes down
about [Bb]three [C]in the day
[F]And you fil[C]l your cup with whatever bit[F]
ter brew [G]you're drink[C]ing
And you spend your [Am]life just
thinkin' of [Bb]how to get a[Am]way

[Verse 4]
No one [Am]ever [C]knew there was
[G]coal in them moun[D]tains
Till [Am]a man from [C]the Northeast ar[F]rived
[C]Waving [F]hundred dollar [C]bills he said
I'll [G]pay ya for your min[D]erals
But [F]he never left [E]Harlan
alive
[Am][F][E][Am]

[Verse 5]
[Am]Granny sold [C]out cheap
[G]and they moved out west
Of Pinev[D]ille
To [Am]a farm where big [C]Richland River [F]winds
I [C]bet they [F]danced them [C]a jig,
[G]laughed and sang a new song
[D]Who said we'd nev[F]er leave Har[E]lan ali[Am]ve
[C]

[Interlude 1]
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[Am]

[Verse 6]
But [Am]the times got [C]hard and to
[G]bacco wasn't [D]selling
And ole [Am]granddad knew what
[C]he'd do to sur[F]vive
He [C]went and [F]dug for Harlan coal
[C]And sen[G]t the money back to gra[D]nny
But [F]he never left [E]Harlan [Am]alive

[Verse 7]
Where the sun comes [C]up about
[F]ten [G]in the morn[C]ing
And the sun [Am]goes down
about [Bb]three [C]in the day
[F]And you fil[G]l your cup[C] with whatever bit[F]
ter brew [G]you're drink[C]ing
And you spend your [Am]life just
thinkin' [Bb]of how to get away
[C]Where the [G]sun comes

[Verse 8]
[C]up about
[F]ten [G]in the morn[C]ing
And the sun [Am]goes down
about [Bb]three [C]in the day
[F]And you fil[C]l your cup with whatever bit[F]
ter brew [G]you're drink[C]ing
And you spend your [Am]life digging coal
from the [Bb]bottom [Am]of your grave

[Verse 9]
[Am]In the deep dark hills of
eastern Kentucky
That's the [Am]place where I
trace [Am]my bloodline
And it's [Am]there I read on
a hillside gravestone
You [Am]will never leave [Am]Harlan alive