You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive chords by Darrell Scott

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:

    DmDm     FF    C majorC     G+G
In the deep, dark hills of eastern Kentucky
      DmDm       FF      Bb majorBb
That's the place where I trace my bloodline
     Bb majorBb   FF     C majorC     G+G
And it?s there I read on a hillside gravestone
     Bb majorBb     A7A7   DmDm
You will never leave Harlan alive


Verse 2:

     DmDm     FF        C majorC       G+G
Well my granddad?s dad walked down Katahrins Mountain
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And he asked Tillie Helton to be his bride
         Bb majorBb    FF       C majorC       G+G
Said, won?t you walk with me out of the mouth of this holler
     Bb majorBb     A7A7   DmDm
Or we?ll never leave Harlan alive

Chorus:

          FF    Bb majorBb C majorC    FF
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
       DmDm       Bb majorBb  FF   Bb majorBb
And the sun goes down about three in the day
          FF         Bb majorBb   C majorC     FF
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you?re drinkin?
          DmDm          Bb majorBb     DmDm
And you spend your life just thinkin? of how to get away


Verse 3:

    DmDm    FF        C majorC      G+G
No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains
      DmDm     FF     Bb majorBb
?Til a man from the Northeast arrived
        Bb majorBb   FF        C majorC        G+G
Waving hundred dollar bills said, I?ll pay you for your minerals
    Bb majorBb     A7A7   DmDm
But he never left Harlan alive

Bb majorBb  A7A7  DmDm


Verse 4:

    DmDm    FF          C majorC      G+G
Granny sold out cheap and they moved out west of Pineville
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To a farm where big Richland River winds
      Bb majorBb   FF      C majorC         G+G
I bet they danced them a jig, laughed and sang a new song
    Bb majorBb     A7A7   DmDm
Who said we?d never leave Harlan alive

Instrumental Break: (same chords as verse)

Verse 5:

        DmDm      FF      C majorC    G+G
But the times they got hard and tobacco wasn?t selling
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And ole granddad knew what he?d do to survive
      Bb majorBb     FF      C majorC         G+G
He went and dug for Harlan coal and sent the money back to granny
    Bb majorBb     A7A7   DmDm
But he never left Harlan alive


Chorus:

          FF    Bb majorBb C majorC    FF
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
       DmDm       Bb majorBb  FF   Bb majorBb
And the sun goes down about three in the day
          FF         Bb majorBb   C majorC     FF
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you?re drinkin?
          DmDm          Bb majorBb     FF
And you spend your life just thinkin? of how to get away


Last Chorus:
          FF    Bb majorBb C majorC    FF
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
       DmDm       Bb majorBb  FF   Bb majorBb
And the sun goes down about three in the day
          FF         Bb majorBb   C majorC     FF
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you?re drinkin?
          DmDm             Bb majorBb       DmDm
And you spend your life digging coal from the bottom of your grave


Last verse: (one strum for each chord and let it ring)
    DmDm
In the deep, dark hills of eastern Kentucky
      DmDm
That's the place where I trace my bloodline
     DmDm
And it?s there I read on a hillside gravestone
    DmDm
You'll never leave Harlan alive