{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1823775,"song":"Youll Never Leave Harlan Alive","artist":"Darrell Scott","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11402772-youll-never-leave-harlan-alive-chords-by-darrell-scott/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1823775?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":109,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the deep, dark hills of eastern Kentucky[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat's the place where I trace my bloodline[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it’s there I read on a hillside gravestone[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou will never leave Harlan alive[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell my granddad’s dad walked down Katahrins Mountain[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd he asked Tillie Helton to be his bride[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]            \r\nSaid, won’t you walk with me [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nout of the mouth of this holler[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOr we’ll never leave Harlan alive[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere the sun comes up about ten in the morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the sun goes down about three in the day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you’re drinkin’[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd you spend your life just thinkin’ of how to get away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo one ever knew there was coal in them mountains[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\n‘Til a man from the Northeast arrived[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWaving hundred dollar bills said, I’ll pay you for your minerals[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut he never left Harlan alive[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGranny sold out cheap and they moved out west of Pineville[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo a farm where big Richland River winds[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI bet they danced them a jig, laughed and sang a new song[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWho said we’d never leave Harlan alive[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental bridge]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the times they got hard and tobacco wasn’t selling[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd ole granddad knew what he’d do to survive[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe went and dug for Harlan coal and sent the money back to granny[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut he never left Harlan alive[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere the sun comes up about ten in the morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the sun goes down about three in the day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you’re drinkin’[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd you spend your life just thinkin’ of how to get away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere the sun comes up about ten in the morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the sun goes down about three in the day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you’re drinkin’[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd you spend your life digging coal from the bottom of your grave[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the deep, dark hills of eastern Kentucky[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat's the place where I trace my bloodline[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it’s there I read on a hillside gravestone[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou'll never leave Harlan alive[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental bridge]\nAm   C   G   D\nAm   C    F\nF    C   G   D\nF    E7  Am\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["Am","C","G","D","F","E7","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}