Chords for You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive

[D] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] In the [F] deep dark [C] hills of eastern [G] Kentucky _
[D] That's the [Dm] place where I trace my [Bb] bloodline
And it's there [C] I read on a [B] hillside [G] gravestone
[Bb] You will never [A] leave [Dm] Harlan lot
Well _ _ _ _ my [F] grandad's dad [C] walked down [G] Catarissa Mountain
[Dm] And he asked [F] Tilly Hilton to [Bb] be his bride
He said won't you walk [F] with me
[C] Out of the mouth [G] of this hollard
[Bb] We'll never [A] leave [Dm] Harlan lot
Where the [F] sun comes up
_ [Bb] About [C] ten [F] in the morning
And the [Dm] sun goes down
[Eb] About [F] three [Bb] in the day
[C] And you [F] fill your cup
With [Bb] whatever [C] bitter brew [F] you're drinking
And you [Dm] spend your life
Just [Eb] thinking of how to [Dm] get away
Well no one [F] ever knew there [C] was coal [G] in them mountains
[Dm] Till a man [F] from the northeast [Bb] _ arrived
[F] [Bb] Waving hundred [F] dollar bills
He [C] said I'll pay [G] for your minerals
[Bb] But he never [A] left [D] Harlan lot
Well _
_ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Dm] _ granny she [F] sold out cheap
And [C] they moved out [G] west
To [Dm] a farm [F] where big rich man [Bb] River was
[Dm] And I [Bb] bet they danced [F] them a jig
And [C] laughed and sang the new [G]
song
Who [Bb] said we'd never [A] leave [Dm] Harlan lot _ _
[D] [Dm] But _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
[D] _ _ [Dm] _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [Bb] _ [Gm] _ [Dm] _ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ the times they [F] got hard
[C] And tobacco [G] wasn't selling
[D] And no granddad [F] knew what he'd do [Bb] to survive
He went and dug for [F] Harlan coal
And [C] sent the money back [G] to granny
[Bb] But he never [A] left [Dm] Harlan lot
_ Where the sun [F] comes up
_ [Bb] About [F] ten in the morning
And the sun [Dm] goes down
_ [Eb] About [F] three [Bbm] in the [C] day
And you fill [F] your cup
With [Bb] whatever [C] bitter brew [F] you're drinking
And you [Dm] spend your life
Just [D] [Eb] thinking of how [F] to get away
And [F] the sun comes up
[Bb] About [C] ten in the [F] morning
And [Dm] the sun goes down
[Eb] About [F] three [Bb] in the day
And you [C] fill [F] your cup
With [Bb] whatever bitter [F] brew you're drinking
And [Dm] you spend your life
Digging coal [Eb] from the bottom [Dm] of your grave
_ _ [D] In [Dm] the deep [D] dark hills of eastern Kentucky
That's the [Dm] place where I trace my bloodline
[D]
And [Dm] it's there [D] I read on a hillside _ [Dm] gravestone
You'll never leave [D]
Harlan lot _ _ _ _ _ _