Chords for Darrell Scott - You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive

[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ Coming up next, Bristol, [Am] the birthplace of country music,
a mountain [D] [A] stage special, _ [D] with Ralph Stanley,
_ [C] Tim O'Brien, [D] _ Ronnie Stoneman, _ Reagan _ Boggs,
the Yonder Mountain String Band, [G] _ Odetta, _ _
Daryl Scott, _ [Em] Dale Jett, _ [G] and Ola Bell.
_ _ [Dm] _ _
I always love to do this next song, especially in this area,
because I know you guys _ _ know what I'm talking about
in this song.
And my family came from Harlan County, _
probably about 100 years ago, Harlan County, Kentucky,
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_ and moved to [Dm] poor farming, tobacco farming of _ _ Kentucky. _
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And this [Dm] song is about _ _ trying to find out
what happened to a great-grandfather of mine. _
_ _ It's a song called You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive.
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In the deep, dark _ hills of _ eastern Kentucky
_ _ _ _ _ _ That's the _ place where I traced my _ _ _ _ [E] bloodline _
_ And _ _ it's _ there I read on a _ _ _ hillside _ _ _ gravestone
_ _ [D] Said you will _ never _ leave _ _ Harlan _ _ _ alive _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Oh, [Dm] my _ _ granddad's [Fm] dad walked _ [C] down _ Caterham's [G] Mountain
_ _ [D] And he asked [Am] Lee _ [F] Helton to [Bb] be his bride
_ _ _ _ Said won't you walk with me
[F] _ _ _
Out of the [C] mouth of this holler
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Or [Bb] we'll never _ [Am] leave _ Harlan _ [Dm] alive _
_ _ _ _ Well, the sun [F] comes _ up _ _ _ _ [Bb] about _ _ [C] ten in [F] the morning
And the [Dm] sun _ goes down [D] _ _ _ _ about [Eb] three [Dm] _ every [Bb] day
And [C] you fill [F] your _ cup _ _ with _ [Bb] whatever bit [Gm] of brew
[F] You're drinking and you spend [Dm]
your _ life
_ _ Just thinking [Eb] of how to [Gm] get _ [Dm] _
away
_ _ No _ [F]
one [D] _ ever _ [F] knew _ there was cold [Am] in the mountains
[Gm] _ _ _ Till a man [Dm]
from [F] the northeast _ _ [Bb] arrived
_ _ He _ [F] was waving them [Bb] hundred dollar bills
[F] _ And he said, hey, I'll [C] pay you for your minerals _ _
[G] _ But _ [Bb] he never _ _ [Dm] left _ Harlan _ _ [Am] alive
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[Db] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Well, granny, she sold out [F] cheap
_ And they moved out [G] west of Pineville _ _ _
To a [Dm] farm where [F] big rich _ [C] land river [Bb] _ _
winds
_ _ [F] And I bet [Bb] they danced in the _ [F] jig
And they laughed [C] and sang a new _ [G] song
Who said [Bb] we'd _ never _ [A] leave _ [G] Harlan _ [F]
alive
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_ _ But _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the times got [F] hard _
And [C] tobacco _ wasn't [G] selling _
_ _ And [Dm] old granddad knew [Fm] what he'd do to [Bb] _
[Eb] survive
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ He went and dug for [G] Harlan coal
[F] _
And sent the [C] money back [Bb] to [B] granny
_ _ _ But he [Bb]
never _ _ [A] left _ _ Harlan _ [Dm] alive _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Well, the sun comes _ [A] _ _ up _ _ _ _ _ about [Dm] _ _
ten in the morning
And the sun goes _ _ down _ _ _ _ _ about three _ every day
And you fill your _ _ [Am] cup _ [Bm] with _ whatever _ bitter brew
You're drinking and you spend your _ life
[Cm] _ _ Digging coal from the bottom [F] of your [Ebm] grave
[C] And the [F] sun comes _ up _ _ _ _ about [Bb] _ [C] ten [F] in the morning
[Am] And the sun [Dm] _ goes _ down _ _ _ _ [Eb] about three _
[Dm] every [Bb] day
And [F] you fill your cup, go on and fill it up
With _ whatever [Bb] bitter [C] brew
You're [Am] drinking and you spend [Dm] your life
Digging coal from [Eb] the bottom of [D] your _ _ _ _ grave _ _ _ _ _ _
_ In the _ _ deep dark _ _ hills of _ _ eastern _ Kentucky _ _
_ _ _ _ _ That's the _ place where I trace my [Bb] _ _ bloodline _ _ _
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_ _ And it's there, a _ red, on [Bm] a _ _ _ hillside _ _ _ gravestone
_ _ Said you [Bb] will never _ _ _ _ [Am] leave _ _ _ _ Harlan _ _ _ _ _ _ alive
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