You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive chords by Montgomery Gentry
Verse 1
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In the deep,
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dark hills of Eastern Kentucky
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That's the place where I trace
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my bloodline
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And it's there that I read on
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a hillside gravestone
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"You will never leave Harlan alive"
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Verse 2
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Well my Granddaddy's dad crossed
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the Cumberland Mountain
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And he asked Nelly Has
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sell to be his bride
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Said, "Won't you walk with me out
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of the mouth of this holler
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Or we'll never leave Harlan alive"
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Verse 3
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Where the sun comes up about
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ten in the morning
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And the sun goes down
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about three in the day
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And you fill your cup with whatever
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bitter brew you're drinking
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And you spend your life
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thinking of how to get away
Verse 4
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No one ever knew there was
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coal in them mountains
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'Til a man from the northeast
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arrived
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Waving hundred dollar bills,
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he said "I'll pay you for your minerals"
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But he never left Harlan alive
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Verse 5
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Well Granny sold out cheap and they
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moved out west of Pineville
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To a farm where Big Richland River winds
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And I bet they danced them a jig,
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and they laughed and sang a new song
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"Who said we'd never leave
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Harlan alive?"
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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But the times, they got hard and
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tobacco wasn't selling
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And old Granddad knew what
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he'd do to survive
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Well he went and dug for Harlan coal
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And he sent the money back to Granny
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But he never left Harlan alive
Verse 7
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Where the sun comes up about
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ten in the morning
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And the sun goes down about
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three in the day
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And you fill your cup with whatever bit
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ter brew you're drinking
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And you spend your life just
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thinking of how to get away
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And the sun comes up about
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ten in the morning
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And the sun goes down about
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three in the day
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And you fill your cup with whatever
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bitter brew you're drinking
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And you spend your life diggin' coal
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from the bottom of your grave
Verse 8
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In the deep,
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dark hills of Eastern Kentucky
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That's the place where I
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trace my bloodline
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And it's there that I read on a
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E
hillside gravestone
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F#
Bm
"You will never leave Harlan alive"
You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive
Montgomery Gentry
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