Chords:
{t:You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive}
{artist:Patty Loveless}
{key: Em}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqDVObM1kxc Capo on 3
[Em] [G] [D] [Em] [G] [D] [Em]
In the [Em] deep, dark [G] hills of [D] eastern Ken-[A]tucky
That's the [Em] place where I [G] trace my blood-[C]line
And it's [C] there I [G] read on`a [A] hillside [C] gravestone
You'll [Em] never leave [B7] Harlan a-[Em]live
{c: }
Oh my [Em] grandfather's [G] dad crossed the [D] Cumberland [A] Mountains
Where he [Em] took a pretty [G] girl to be his [C] bride
Said, [C] won't you walk with [G] me out of the [A] mouth of this [C] holler
Or we'll [Em] never leave [B7] Harlan a-[Em]live
{c: Quickish}
Where the sun comes [G] up about [C] ten in the [G] morning
And the sun goes [Em] down about [F] three in the [C] day
And you fill your [G] cup with whatever [C] bitter brew you're [G] drinkin'
And you spend your [Em] life just thinkin' of [F] how to get a-[Em]way
{c: }
No one [Em] ever [G] knew there was [D] coal in them [A] mountains
'Til a [Em] man from the [G] Northeast [C] arrived
Waving [C] hundred dollar [G] bills said, I'll [A] pay you for your [C] minerals
But he [Em] never left [B7] Harlan a-[Em]live
{c: }
Grandma [Em] sold out [G] cheap and they [D] moved out west to [A] Pineville
To a [Em] farm where big [G] Richland River [C] winds
I [C] bet they danced them a [G] jig and they laughed and [A] sang a new [C] song
Who said [Em] we'd never leave [B7] Harlan a-[Em]live
{c: }
{sos}
In the [Em] deep, dark [G] hills of [D] eastern Ken-[A]tucky
That's the [Em] place where I [G] trace my blood-[C]line
And it's [C] there I [G] read on`a [A] hillside [C] gravestone
You'll [Em] never leave [B7] Harlan a-[Em]live
{eos}
{c: single strums and slower}
But the [Em] times they got [G] hard and [D] tobacco wasn't [A] selling
And ole [Em] granddad knew [G] what he'd do to sur-[C]vive
He went and [C] dug for Harlan [G] coal and sent the [A] money back to [C] grandma
But [Em] he never left [B7] Harlan a-[Em]live
{c: Slowish }
Where the sun comes [G] up about [C] ten in the [G] morning
And the sun goes [Em] down about [F] three in the [C] day
And you fill your [G] cup with whatever [C] bitter brew you're [G] drinkin'
And you spend your [Em] life digging coal from the [C] bottom of your [Em] grave
{c: }
Hm hm [Em] hmm hm hm [G] hmm hm hm [D] hmm hmm [A] hmm
Hm hm [Em] hmm hm hm [G] hmm hm [C] hmm
Hm hm hmm hm hm [G] hmm hm [A] hmm hm hm [C] hmm
You'll [Em] never leave [B7] Harlan a-[Em]live"
{c: Optional - play instrumental twice}
{sos}
In the [Em] deep, dark [G] hills of [D] eastern Ken-[A]tucky
That's the [Em] place where I [G] trace my blood-[C]line
And it's [C] there I [G] read on`a [A] hillside [C] gravestone
You'll [Em] never leave [B7] Harlan a-[Em]live
{eos}
