Harlan County chords by Howard And The Truetones

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:

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I wandered far from Harlan County
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Wanted to escape the fate
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Of digging coal out of a mountain
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Where a man can break his back and dig his grave


Verse 2:

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I work the fields of southern Georgia
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I lumbered mills in Tennessee
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I drove steel down in Alabama
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But Kentucky kept on call and haunting me

Verse 3:

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Like the fish of Harlan County
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That swam the river to the sea
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They’ll return they’re ready
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To rest in the cold cold mountain stream


Verse 4:

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I want to go back to Harlan County
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Can’t shake the cold dust out of my brain
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Though things have changed in Harlan County
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At the courthouse, in the records, find my name


Verse 5:

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There’s a little church up in Harlan County
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As a young man I knew it well
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I want to go back to knell at that altar
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And feel the spirit in my prism swell


Verse 6:

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Oh Harlan county of old Kentucky
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Your mountain calls for me and wait
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I’m proud to be from Harlan County
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On the mountain in the cold I’ll dig my grave
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