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

_ In the deep dark _ hills of _ [A] eastern Kentucky, _ _
_ _ [D] that's the [Dm] place where I trace my _ bloodline. _ _ _
_ [D] _ And it's there I read on a _ _ hillside _ _ gravestone, [Bb] that you will never _ _ [A] leave _ Harlan _ _
_ _ [D] alive.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [D]
Well [Dm] my _ _ granddad's [F] dead, walked [C] down Catterham's [G] mountain, _ _ [Dm] and he asked [F] Tilly Hilton to [Bb] be his bride.
_ _ He said, [F] won't you [Bb] walk with [F] me, out [C] of the mouth of this [G] holler, _ or [Bb] we'll never _ [A] leave _ Harlan [Dm] alive.
_ _ _ The sun [F] comes up, _ _ _ about [Bb] _ ten [F] in the morning, [C] and the sun [D] goes down, _ _ about [Eb] three [Bb] in the day.
[C] And you fill [F] your cup, _ with whatever [Bb] _ [C] bitter brew [F] you're drinking, [D] and you spend your life, _ just thinking [Eb] of how to get [Dm] away. _ _
_ _ No one ever [F] knew there was [C] coal in the mountains, [G] _ _ _ [Dm] till a man from [F] the northeast [Bb] arrived. _ _ _
_ He was waiving hundred dollar [F] bills, and he said, I'll [C] pay you for your minerals. _
[G] _ _ But he [Bb] _ never [A] left _ Harlan [Dm] _ alive. _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Well granny, she sold [F] out cheap, and they [C] moved out west of Pineville, [G] _ _ to a [Dm] farm, _ where [F] big rich men river [Bb] _ _ -wagged.
_ [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'll never [A] leave _ Harlan [Dm] alive. _ _ _
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[G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
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[Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ But the [Em] times got [F] hard, _ _ [C] and tobacco wasn't [G] selling, _ _ [D] and old Granddad knew [F] what he'd do to [Bb] survive. _ _
_ _ [Am] He went and dug for Harlan [F] coal, and sent [C] the money back [G] to granny.
_ _ [Bb] But he never _
_ [A] left _ Harlan _ [D]
alive.
_ _ _ _ _ Where the sun [F] comes _ _ up, _
_ [Bb] _ about [C] ten in [F] the morning, and the sun [Dm] _ _ goes down, _ _ _ [Eb] about three [Bb] in the day.
And you fill [F] your cup, _ _ [C] with [Bb] whatever bitter [G] brew you're [F] drinking, and you spend [Dm] your life, _ digging coal from [Eb] the bottom [F] of your [Bb] grave.
[C] Where the sun [F] comes _ _ up, _ _ [Bb] about ten [C] in [F] the morning, [Em] and the sun [Dm] goes down, _ about _
[Eb] three [Bb] in the day.
[C] And you fill [F] your cup, _ _ with whatever [Bb] bitter [C] brew [F] you're drinking, and you spend [Dm] your life, digging coal _ [Eb] from the bottom of [Dm] your _ grave. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
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_ Oh, you [Bb] will never _ _ [A] leave _ _ _ Harlan _ _ _ [Dm] alive. _ _ _
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