Key: D minor
Verse 1
Am
C
In the deep dark hills of
G
D
eastern Kentucky
C
F
C
I trace my bloodline
F
G
C
And it's there I read on
G
D
a hillside gravestone
Am
F
E
You will never leave Harlan alive
Am
Verse 2
G
down
D
Katahrins Mountain
Am
C
F
And he asked Tillie Helton to be his bride
C
F
Said, won't you walk with
C
G
me out of the mouth
F
E
Am
Or we'll never leave Harlan alive
Verse 3
F
G
C
ten in the morning
Bb
C
about three in the day
F
C
F
And you fill your cup with whatever bit
G
C
ter brew you're drinking
Bb
Am
thinkin' of how to get away
Verse 4
Am
C
No one ever knew there was
G
D
coal in them mountains
Am
C
F
Till a man from the Northeast arrived
C
F
C
Waving hundred dollar bills he said
G
D
I'll pay ya for your minerals
F
E
But he never left Harlan
alive
Am
F
E
Am
Verse 5
Am
C
Granny sold out cheap
Am
C
F
To a farm where big Richland River winds
C
F
C
I bet they danced them a jig,
D
F
E
Am
Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive
C
Interlude 1
G
D
Am
C
F
C
G
D
F
E
Am
Verse 6
Am
C
But the times got hard and to
G
D
bacco wasn't selling
C
F
he'd do to survive
C
F
He went and dug for Harlan coal
C
G
D
And sent the money back to granny
F
E
Am
But he never left Harlan alive
Verse 7
F
G
C
ten in the morning
Bb
C
about three in the day
F
G
C
F
And you fill your cup with whatever bit
G
C
ter brew you're drinking
C
G
Where the sun comes
Verse 8
F
G
C
ten in the morning
Bb
C
about three in the day
F
C
F
And you fill your cup with whatever bit
G
C
ter brew you're drinking
Bb
Am
from the bottom of your grave
Verse 9
eastern Kentucky
a hillside gravestone
Am
Am
You will never leave Harlan alive
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