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Youll Never Leave Harlan Alive

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Capo III
In the Emdeep, dark Ghills of Deastern KenAtucky
That's the pEmlace where I trGace my bloodlCine
And it’s tChere I Gread on a hAillside gravestoCne
You will nEmever leave HB7arlan alEmive
Well my gEmrandfather’Gs dad crossed thDe Cumberland MAountains
And he took a Empretty girl to Gbe his brCide
He said, won’t yoCu walk wiGth me ouAt of the mouth of this Choller
Or we’ll nEmever leave HB7arlan alEmive
Chorus:
WherGe the sun comes up Cabout ten in the mGorning
And the sun gEmoes down aboFut three in thEme day
And you fill your cGup with whatever bCitter brew you’re drinkGin’
And you spend your lEmife just thinkiFn’ of how to get Emaway
No one eEmver knew Gthere was coal iDn them mountAains
‘Til a man fEmrom the NorGtheast arrCived
Waving hundred dCollar bills said, GI’ll pay you for Ayour mineraCls
But he nEmever left HB7arlan aEmlive
Em   B7   Em
Granny sEmold out cGheap and they moved oDut west of PinevilAle
To a farm whEmere big RichGland River Cwinds
I bet they dCanced them a Gjig, laughed Aand sang a new soCng
Who said we’d neEmver leave B7Harlan Emalive
But the times tEmhey got hard aGnd tobacco wDasn’t selAling
And ole grandEmdad knew what hGe’d do to surviCve
He went anCd dug for Harlan Gcoal and sent the Amoney back to granCny
But he nEmever left HB7arlan aEmlive
Where the sun comes Gup about Cten in the Gmorning
And the sun gEmoes down about Fthree in the daEmy
And you fill your cGup with whatever bCitter brew you’re dGrinkin’
And you spend your lEmife just thinkin’ of Fhow to get aEmway
Where the sun comes Gup about Cten in the morninGg
And the sun gEmoes down aboFut three in the Emday
And you fill your cGup with whatever biCtter brew you’re drinGkin’
And you spend your lEmife digging coal from the bFottom of your Emgrave

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Youll Never Leave Harlan Alive

by Ruby Friedman Orchestra

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

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Capo III

Em G D A

In the deep, dark hills of eastern Kentucky

Em G C

That's the place where I trace my bloodline

C G A C

And it’s there I read on a hillside gravestone

Em B7 Em

You will never leave Harlan alive

Em G D A

Well my grandfather’s dad crossed the Cumberland Mountains

Em G C

And he took a pretty girl to be his bride

C G A C

He said, won’t you walk with me out of the mouth of this holler

Em B7 Em

Or we’ll never leave Harlan alive

Chorus:

G C G

Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning

Em F Em

And the sun goes down about three in the day

G C G

And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you’re drinkin’

Em F Em

And you spend your life just thinkin’ of how to get away

Em G D A

No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains

Em G C

‘Til a man from the Northeast arrived

C G A C

Waving hundred dollar bills said, I’ll pay you for your minerals

Em B7 Em

But he never left Harlan alive

Em B7 Em

Em G D A

Granny sold out cheap and they moved out west of Pineville

Em G C

To a farm where big Richland River winds

C G A C

I bet they danced them a jig, laughed and sang a new song

Em B7 Em

Who said we’d never leave Harlan alive

Em G D A

But the times they got hard and tobacco wasn’t selling

Em G C

And ole granddad knew what he’d do to survive

C G A C

He went and dug for Harlan coal and sent the money back to granny

Em B7 Em

But he never left Harlan alive

G C G

Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning

Em F Em

And the sun goes down about three in the day

G C G

And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you’re drinkin’

Em F Em

And you spend your life just thinkin’ of how to get away

G C G

Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning

Em F Em

And the sun goes down about three in the day

G C G

And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you’re drinkin’

Em F Em

And you spend your life digging coal from the bottom of your grave

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