You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
In the deep dark hills of eastern Kentucky
That's the place where I traced my bloodline
[G]And it's [C]there I [G]read on a [A]hillside [C]gravestone
"You'll [Em]never leave [B]Harlan a[Em]live"[Em]

[Verse 2]
Oh, my [Em]grandfather's [G]dad
crossed the [D]Cumberland [A]Mountains
Where he [Em]took a pretty [G]girl to be his [C]bride
Said, [G]"Won't you [C]walk with [G]me,
out of the [A]mouth of this [C]holler,
or we'll [Em]never leave [B]Harlan a[Em]live"

[Chorus 1]
Where the sun comes [G]up
about [C]ten [G]in the mornin'
And the sun goes [Em]down
about [F]three in the [C]day
And you [D]fill your [G]cup
with whatever [C]bitter brew you're [G]drinkin'
And you spend your [Em]life
just thinkin' of [F]how to get a[Em]way

[Verse 3]
No one [Em]ever [G]knew
there was [D]coal in them [A]mountains
Till a [Em]man from the [G]northeast ar[C]rived
[G]Wavin' [C]hundred dollar [G]bills,
said, "I'll [A]pay you for your [C]minerals"
But he [Em]never left [B]Harlan a[Em]live[Em]

[Verse 4]
Grandma [Em]sold out [G]cheap
and they [D]moved out west of [A]Pineville
To a [Em]farm where Big [G]Richland River [C]winds
And I [G]bet they [C]danced them a [G]jig
And they laughed and [A]sang a new [C]song
"Who said we'd [Em]never leave [B]Harlan a[Em]live"

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 5]
But the [Em]times they got [G]hard
and to[D]bacco wasn't [A]sellin'
And old [Em]granddad knew what [G]he'd do
to sur[C]vive
He [G]went and [C]dug for Harlan [G]coal
And sent the [A]money back to [C]grandma
But he [Em]never left [B]Harlan a[Em]live

[Chorus 2]
Where the sun comes [G]up
about [C]ten [G]in the mornin'
And the sun goes [Em]down
about [F]three in the [C]day
And you fill your [G]cup
with whatever [C]bitter brew you're [G]drinkin'
And you spend your [Em]life diggin' coal
from the [F]bottom of your [Em]grave

[Interlude 2]
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You'll [Em]never leave [B]Harlan a[Em]live

[Outro 1]
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