You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive chords by Brad Paisley
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Verse 1
(A minor) In the deep dark (C major) hills of
(G major) eastern Kentuck (D major) y
(A minor) That's the place where
I trace (C major) (F major) my blood (C major) line
And it's (F major) there I (G major) read (C major) on
a (G major) hillside gravestone (D major)
(A minor) You will (F major) never leave (E major) Harlan alive
(A minor)
Verse 2
Oh, my granddad's (C major) dad walked
down (G major)
Katahrins Mountain (D major)
And he (A minor) asked Tillie (C major) Helton to be his bride (F major)
Said, (C major) won't you (F major) walk with
me (C major) out of the mouth (G major)
Of this (D major) holler
Or we'll (F major) never leave (E major) Harlan alive (A minor)
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Verse 3
Where the sun comes (C major) up about
(F major) ten (G major) in the morn (C major) ing
And the sun goes (A minor) down
about (B flat major) three (C major) in the day
(F major) And you (C major) fill your cup with whatever (F major) bit
ter brew (G major) you're drink (C major) ing
And you spend your (A minor) life just
thinkin' of (B flat major) how to get (A minor) away
Verse 4
No one (A minor) ever (C major) knew there was
(G major) coal in them moun (D major) tains
Till a man (A minor) from the Northeast (C major) ar (F major) rived
(C major) Waving (F major) hundred dollar bill (C major) s he said
I'll (G major) pay ya for your min (D major) erals
But he never (F major) left (E major) Harlan
alive
(A minor) (F major) (E major) (A minor)
Verse 5
(A minor) Granny sold out cheap (C major)
and they moved (G major) out west
Of Pinev (D major) ille
To a farm (A minor) where big (C major) Richland River winds (F major)
I (C major) bet they (F major) danced them a jig, (C major)
laughed (G major) and sang a new song
(D major) Who said we'd (F major) never leave (E major) Harlan alive (A minor)
(C major)
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(G major) (D major) (A minor) (C major)
(F major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (F major) (E major)
(A minor)
Verse 6
But the times (A minor) got hard (C major) and to
(G major) bacco wasn't selling (D major)
And ole (A minor) granddad knew what
(C major) he'd do to sur (F major) vive
He (C major) went and dug (F major) for Harlan coal
(C major) And (G major) sent the money back to granny (D major)
But he never (F major) left (E major) Harlan alive (A minor)
Verse 7
Where the sun comes (C major) up about
(F major) ten (G major) in the morn (C major) ing
And the sun goes (A minor) down
about (B flat major) three (C major) in the day
(F major) And you (G major) fill your (C major) cup with whatever (F major) bit
ter brew (G major) you're drink (C major) ing
And you spend your (A minor) life just
thinkin' of how (B flat major) to get away
(C major) Where the (G major) sun comes
Verse 8
(C major) up about
(F major) ten (G major) in the morn (C major) ing
And the sun goes (A minor) down
about (B flat major) three (C major) in the day
(F major) And you (C major) fill your cup with whatever (F major) bit
ter brew (G major) you're drink (C major) ing
And you spend your (A minor) life digging coal
from the (B flat major) bottom (A minor) of your grave
Verse 9
(A minor) In the deep dark hills of
eastern Kentucky
That's the (A minor) place where I
trace my (A minor) bloodline
And it's (A minor) there I read on
a hillside gravestone
You (A minor) will never leave (A minor) Harlan alive
You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive
Brad Paisley
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