You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive chords by Patty Loveless
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Intro 1
(E minor) (G major) (D major) (A major)
(E minor) (B minor) (E minor)
Verse 1
In the deep dark hills of eastern Kentucky
That's the place where I traced my bloodline
(G major) And it's (C major) there I read (G major) on a (A major) hillside (C major) gravestone
"You'll (E minor) never leave (B major) Harlan alive" (E minor) (E minor)
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Verse 2
Oh, my (E minor) grandfather's (G major) dad
crossed the Cumberland (D major) Mountains (A major)
Where he (E minor) took a pretty girl (G major) to be his bride (C major)
Said, (G major) "Won't you (C major) walk with me, (G major)
out of the mouth (A major) of this holler, (C major)
or we'll (E minor) never leave (B major) Harlan alive" (E minor)
Chorus 1
Where the sun comes (G major) up
about (C major) ten (G major) in the mornin'
And the sun goes (E minor) down
about (F major) three in the day (C major)
And you (D major) fill your (G major) cup
with whatever (C major) bitter brew you're drinkin' (G major)
And you spend your (E minor) life
just thinkin' of (F major) how to get away (E minor)
Verse 3
No one (E minor) ever knew (G major)
there was coal (D major) in them mountains (A major)
Till a man (E minor) from the northeast (G major) arrived (C major)
(G major) Wavin' (C major) hundred dollar bills, (G major)
said, "I'll pay (A major) you for your minerals" (C major)
But he (E minor) never left (B major) Harlan alive (E minor) (E minor)
Verse 4
Grandma (E minor) sold out cheap (G major)
and they moved (D major) out west of (A major) Pineville
To a farm (E minor) where Big (G major) Richland River winds (C major)
And I (G major) bet they danced (C major) them a jig (G major)
And they laughed and (A major) sang a new song (C major)
"Who said we'd (E minor) never leave (B major) Harlan alive" (E minor)
Interlude 1
(E minor) (G major) (D major) (A major)
(E minor) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) (G major) (A major) (C major)
(E minor) (B major) (E minor)
Verse 5
But the (E minor) times they got (G major) hard
and tobacco (D major) wasn't sellin' (A major)
And old (E minor) granddad knew what (G major) he'd do
to survive (C major)
He (G major) went and dug (C major) for Harlan coal (G major)
And sent the money (A major) back to grandma (C major)
But he (E minor) never left (B major) Harlan alive (E minor)
Chorus 2
Where the sun comes (G major) up
about (C major) ten (G major) in the mornin'
And the sun goes (E minor) down
about (F major) three in the day (C major)
And you fill your (G major) cup
with whatever (C major) bitter brew you're drinkin' (G major)
And you spend your (E minor) life diggin' coal
from the (F major) bottom of your (E minor) grave
Interlude 2
(E minor) (G major) (D major) (A major)
(E minor) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) (G major) (A major) (C major)
You'll (E minor) never leave (B major) Harlan alive (E minor)
Outro 1
(E minor) (G major) (D major) (A major)
(E minor) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) (G major) (A major) (C major)
(E minor) (B major) (E minor)
(E minor) (G major) (D major) (A major)
(E minor) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) (G major) (A major) (C major)
(E minor) (B major) (E minor)
You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive
Patty Loveless
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