Chords for Patty Loveless: "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" (Live)

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[Bb] My grandfather was a coal [F] miner and my dad, he was a coal miner [Gm] also.
_ _ [Bbm] [Gm] Actually, my whole [C] family's life [F] revolved around the coal [Dm] mines.
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_ [Bb] But in [Eb] 1968, my dad decided to move us all to Louisville, [Bb] Kentucky
_ in seek [F] of medical treatment for black lungs disease and [Gm] many other medical [F] problems [Gm] that he had.
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] Even though Daddy died in Louisville back in [Bb] [Gm] 1979, he, like the rest [Bb] of them, never [Gb] survived those [Gm] mines.
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_ _ _ In [N] the deep dark hills _ of _ eastern Kentucky, _ _ _ that's the place where I traced my [Em] _ bloodline.
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And [Eb] it's there I'm [Bb]
wrapped on a _ [C] _ hillside [Eb] _
_ gravestone.
_ _ [Gm] You'll _ never [D] leave _ _ [Gm] Harlan alive. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Oh, my _ _ _ grandfather's [Bb] day was across the [F] _ _ Cumberland [Cm] Mountains.
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He took a pretty [Bb] girl to be [Eb] his bride.
_ _ [Bb] Said, won't [Eb] you walk with [Bb] me out [Em] of the mouth [Am] of [Eb] this holler?
[Gm] We'll _ never [D] leave _ _ [Gm] Harlan alive.
_ _ The sun [Bb] comes up _ _ _ about _ ten in the morning and the sun goes [Gm] _ down _ _ about [Ab] three [Gm] in the [Eb] day.
And you [Bb] feel your cup, _ _ _ whatever [Eb] bitter brew [Bb] you're drinking, and you spend [Gm] your life
just thinking of _ [Ab] how [Bb] to get [Gm] away. _
_ _ _ No one _ ever [Bb] knew there [F] was coal in [C] them mountains
till [Gm] a man from the [Bb] northeast _ [Eb] arrived _ _ _ [Bb] with [Eb] a hundred dollar [Bb] bill.
_ Said, [C] I'll pay you for [Eb] your memories.
_ [Gm] He never [D] left _ Harlan [G] [C] alive.
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_ _ Grandma _ sold out [Bb] cheese and [F] they moved out west [C] to Pineville
[Gm] to a farm [Bb] worthy of rich Lund River [Eb] wine.
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[Bb] And I bet [Eb] they danced them [Bb] a jig and they laughed [Em] and [Am] sang a new [Eb] song
who said, _ [Gm] _ we'll never leave [D] _
_ [Gm] Harlan alive. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Well, the times they [Bb] got hard and [F] tobacco _ wasn't [C] selling
_ [G] and old Granddad [Bb] knew what he'd do to [Eb] _ survive.
_ _ [Bb] He [Eb] went and dug for Harlan [Bb] coal and sent [Em] the [C] money back [Eb] to Grandma.
But [Gm] he _ never [D] left _ [Am] Harlan [Gm] alive.
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_ [Gm] _ _ _ Where the [Bb] sun comes _ up _ _ _ [Eb] about [Bb] ten in the morning and [Dm] the sun [Gm] goes down _ _ _ [Ab] about three [Eb] in the day.
And you feel [Bb] your cup, _ _ _ _ [Eb] whatever bitter brew [Bb] you're drinking, and you spend [Gm] your life
digging coal from [Ab] the bottom [Eb] of [Gm] your _ _ _ _ _ grave. _ _
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_ [Eb] _ You'll _ [Gm] _ _
never [D] leave _ [Gm] Harlan _ alive. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [N] _ _ _ You'll never leave Harlan alive. _ _