You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive chords by Montgomery Gentry
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Verse 1
(D major) (B minor) In the deep,
dark (D major) hills of (A major) Eastern (E major) Kentucky
(B minor) That's the place where I trace (D major)
my (G major) bloodline
And it's there (D major) that I read on
(A major) a hillside (E major) gravestone
"You will (G major) never leave (F sharp major) Harlan alive"
(B minor)
Verse 2
Well my Granddaddy's dad (D major) crossed
the Cum (A major) berland Moun (E major) tain
And he (B minor) asked Nelly Has
(D major) sell to be his bride (G major)
Said, (D major) "Won't you (G major) walk with me (D major) out
of the mouth (A major) of this holler (E major)
Or we'll (G major) never leave (F sharp major) Harlan alive" (B minor)
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Verse 3
Where the sun comes (D major) up about
(G major) ten (A major) in the morn (D major) ing
And the sun goes (B minor) down
about (C major) three (D major) in the day
(G major) And you (D major) fill your cup with whatever
(G major) bitter brew (A major) you're drink (D major) ing
And you spend your (B minor) life
thinking of (C major) how to (B minor) get away
Verse 4
No one (B minor) ever knew (D major) there was
(A major) coal in them moun (E major) tains
'Til a man (B minor) from the northeast (D major)
ar (G major) rived
(D major) Waving (G major) hundred dollar bill (D major) s,
he said "I'll (A major) pay you for your min (E major) erals"
But he (G major) never left (F sharp major) Harlan alive
(B minor) (G major) (F sharp major)
Verse 5
(B minor)
Well Granny sold out cheap (D major) and they
(A major) moved out west of Pinev (E major) ille
To a farm (B minor) where Big (D major) Richland River winds (G major)
And I (D major) bet they (G major) danced them a jig, (D major)
and they laughed and (A major) sang a new song
(E major) "Who said we'd (G major) never leave
(F sharp major) Harlan alive?"
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(B minor) (D major) (A major) (E major) (G major) (F sharp major)
(B minor)
Verse 6
But the times, (B minor) they got hard (D major) and
to (A major) bacco wasn't selling (E major)
And old (B minor) Granddad knew what
(D major) he'd do to sur (G major) vive
Well he (D major) went and dug (G major) for Harlan coal
(D major) And he sent the money (A major) back to (E major) Granny
But he (G major) never left (F sharp major) Harlan alive (B minor)
Verse 7
Where the sun comes (D major) up about
(G major) ten (D major) in the morning
And the (A major) sun goes (B minor) down about
(C major) three (G major) in the day
And you (D major) fill your cup with whatever (G major) bit
ter brew (A major) you're drink (D major) ing
And you spend your (B minor) life just
thinking of (C major) how to get away
(D major) And the sun comes up about
(G major) ten (A major) in the morn (D major) ing
And the sun goes (B minor) down about
(C major) three (G major) in the day
And you (A major) fill your (D major) cup with whatever
(G major) bitter brew (A major) you're drink (D major) ing
And you (A major) spend your (B minor) life diggin' coal
from the (C major) bottom (B minor) of your grave
Verse 8
In the (B minor) deep,
dark (D major) hills of (A major) East (E major) ern Kentucky
That's (B minor) the place where I
(D major) trace my blood (G major) line
And it's there that I read (D major) on a
(A major) hillside (E major) gravestone
"You will never (G major) leave (F sharp major) Harlan alive" (B minor)
You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive
Montgomery Gentry
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