Chords for Kathy Mattea - You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive

[Fm] _ _ _ In the deep [Ab] dark hills [Eb] of eastern [Bb] Kentucky, _ [Fm] that's the [Ab] place where I trace my bloodline,
and [Db] it's there I [Ab] read [Eb] on a [Bb] hillside gravestone, [Db] you'll never [C] leave [Fm] Harlan alive. _
[Eb] _ [Fm] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ Oh my _ [Ab] granddad's death [Eb] crossed the [Bb] Cumberland mountains, [Fm] where he took a pretty [Ab] girl to be [Db] his bride,
[Ab] said won't [Db] you walk with [Ab] me out of [Eb] the mouth of [Bb] this holler, [Db] or we'll [C] never leave [Fm] Harlan alive.
Where [Ab] the sun comes up about 10 in the morning, and [Fm] the sun goes down [Gb] about [Ab] three [Db] in the day,
[Eb] and you [Ab] fill your cup with [Db] whatever bitter [Eb] brew [Ab] you're drinking, and you spend [Fm] your life
just [Gb] thinking of how [Fm] to get away.
_ No one ever [Ab] knew [Eb] there was coal in them [Bb] mountains,
[Fm]
till a man from [Ab] the [Db] north east arrived, [Ab] he [Db] was waving hundred [Ab] dollar bills,
[Eb] said I'll pay you [Bb] for your mem'rals, [Bbm] but [Db] he [C] never left [Fm] Harlan alive.
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_ [Fm] _ [C] _ [Fm] _ _ _ Grandma sold [Ab] out cheap,
[Eb] and they moved out [Bb] west of Pikeville [Fm] to a [Ab] farm where big Richland [Db] River winds,
[Ab] oh [Db] bet they danced [Ab] in the jay, [Eb] and they laughed and [Bb] sang a new song,
[Db] who said we'd [C] never leave [Fm] Harlan alive.
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_ [Fm] _ [C] _ [Fm] _ _ _ But the times [Ab] got hard, [Eb] and tobacco [Bb] wasn't selling,
[Fm] and old granddad [Ab] knew what he'd do [Db] to survive, [Ab] so he [Db] went and dug for [Ab] Harlan coal,
[Eb] and sent the money [Bb] back to granny, _ _ [Db] but he never [C] left Harlan _ [F] alive.
_ Where the [Ab] sun comes up _ [Db] about [Ab] 10 in the morning, and the [Fm] sun goes down about [Gb] [Ab] three in [Db] the day,
[Eb] and you fill [Ab] your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking, [Fm] and you spend your life
just [Gb] thinking of how [Ab] to get away.
Sun comes up [Db] about [Ab] 10 in the morning, and [Fm] the sun goes down [Gb] about [Ab] three [Db] in the [Eb] day,
and [Ab] you fill your cup with whatever [Eb] bitter [Ab] brew you're drinking, and you [Fm] spend your life
digging coal [Gb] from the bottom [Fm] of your grave.
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