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