You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]In the deep,[A]
dark [C]hills of east[G]ern Ken[F#m]tucky
That's [A]the place where [Am]I
[C]trace [F]my bloodline
And it's there I [C]read on
a hill[G]side [D]gravestone
[E]"You will nev[F]er leave
[E]Harlan [Am]alive"

[Verse 2]
[Em]
Well my [Am]grandad's [C]dad walked
[G]down [F#m]Katahrin's Mountain
[D]And he ask[A]ed Til[G]lie Hel[C]ton to be his bride
[F]He said, "Won't you walk with me[C]
out [G]of the mouth of this [D]holler
Or we'll nev[F]er leave
[E]Harlan [Am]alive"
Where the sun comes [C]up

[Verse 3]
[C]
about [F]ten in [G]the morning
[C]And the sun goes dow[Am]n about
[Bb]three in [C]the day
[F]And you fill [G]your [C]cup with whatever
[F]bitter brew [G]your drinking
[C]And you spend you[Bm]r lif[Am]e just thinking
[Bb]how to get away
[Am][G]

[Verse 4]
[F][Em]
No one [Am]ever [C]knew there was
[G]coal [D]in them mountains
Til [A]a man [G]from [C]the northeast ar[F]rived
Wav[C]ing hun[F]dred dollar bills,
[C]he said "I'll pay you[G] for you[F#m]r minerals"
But he [F]never left [E]Harlan alive
[Am][F][E][A]

[Verse 5]
[Am]Well Granny, she sold out chea[C]p and
they moved out [Gm]west [G]to Pineville[D]
[Am]To a farm where Big Rich
[C]land River wind[F]s
And I'll bet they danced them a jig,
[C]and they laughed and sang a n[G]ew son[A]g
[D]"Who said we'd nev[F]er leave Har[E]lan alive?"

[Interlude 1]
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[D][A][C]
[F][Am]
[G][Asus4][D][F]
[E][Am][A]
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[A][Am][C][F]
[C][G][F#m][D]
[F][E][Am][Bm]
[Am][A][G][Em]

[Verse 6]
But [Am]the times, they got [Bm]hard [C]and
to[G]bacco wasn't [F#m]selling
And old [A]Granddad [Am]knew what
he'd [C]do to sur[F]vive[Bb]
He went and [F]dug for Har[G]lan [C]coal
and sent the [G]money back to [D]Granny
But he nev[F]er left [E]Har[Am]lan[C][F][G][C][E][Am][Bb]
[C][F][G][C][E][C][F][C][Am][A][Am][Bb][C]
[F][C][F][G][C][E]
[Am][Bb][C][F][G][C][F][G][C]
[E]alive

[Outro 1]
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