You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive chords by Patty Loveless

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Patty Loveless - You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive




CAPO: 3rd Fret


INTRO: E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm

N.C.      (G+G)   (D MajorD)    (A augmentedA)
In the deep dark hills of Eastern Kentucky
     (E minorEm)     (G+G)      (C majorC)
That's the place where I trace my bloodline
     C majorC    G+G     A augmentedA    C majorC
And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone
    E minorEm     B7B7    E minorEm
"You'll never leave Harlan alive"

           G+G        D MajorD     A augmentedA
Oh, my grandfather's dad crossed the Cumberland Mountains
     E minorEm      G+G       C majorC
Where he took a pretty girl to be his bride
              G+G     A augmentedA       C majorC
Said, "Won't you walk with me out the mouth of this hollow
     E minorEm     B7B7   E minorEm
Or we'll never leave Harlan alive?"


CHORUS:
          G+G    C majorC  ~   G+G
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
      ~  E minorEm     FF   ~   C majorC
And the sun goes down about three in the day
           G+G         C majorC   ~      G+G
And you'll fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking
       ~  E minorEm          FF      E minorEm
And you spend your life just thinking of how to get away


      G+G       D MajorD      A augmentedA
No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains
    E minorEm      G+G      C majorC
'Til a man from the northeast arrived
           G+G         A augmentedA          C majorC
Waving hundred dollar bills, said, "I'll pay you for your minerals"
    E minorEm     B7B7    E minorEm
But he never left Harlan alive

           G+G     D MajorD         A augmentedA
Grandma sold out cheap and they moved out west of Pikeville
   E minorEm       G+G       C majorC
To a farm where big Richland River winds
               G+G            A augmentedA     C majorC
And I bet they danced them a jig and they laughed and sang a new song
        E minorEm     B7B7    E minorEm
"Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive?"


INSTRUMENTAL: E minorEm  G+G  D MajorD  E minorEm  G+G  C majorC   G+G  A augmentedA  C majorC  E minorEm B7B7 E minorEm


            G+G     D MajorD      A augmentedA
But the times they got hard and tobacco wasn't selling
    E minorEm         G+G       C majorC
And old granddad knew what he'd do to survive
              G+G         A augmentedA       C majorC
He went and dug for Harlan coal and sent the money back to grandma
    E minorEm     B7B7    E minorEm
But he never left Harlan alive


CHORUS:
       G+G    C majorC  ~   G+G
The sun comes up about ten in the morning
      ~  E minorEm     FF   ~   C majorC
And the sun goes down about three in the day
           G+G         C majorC   ~      G+G
And you'll fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking
       ~  E minorEm             FF       E minorEm
And you spend your life digging coal from the bottom of your grave


INTERLUDE:
N.C. E minorEm    G+G     D MajorD    A augmentedA
Hm hm hmm hm hm hmm hm hm hmm hmm hmm
   E minorEm    G+G   C majorC
Hm hm hmm hm hm hmm hm hmm
        G+G   A augmentedA     C majorC
Hm hm hmm hm hm hmm hm hmm hm hm hmm
    E minorEm     B7B7    E minorEm
"You'll never leave Harlan alive"




OUTRO:   (## repeat 2x ##)