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You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive by Brad Paisley
You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive
Chords used in this song :
A7
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E -o-|---|---|---|---| C
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E ---|---|-o-|---|---| Dm
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F
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Chords:
A7 = x02020
Bb = x13331(bar chord) or xx3331
C = x32010
Dm = xx0231
F = 133211(bar chord) or xx3211
G = 320003
Dm F C G
In the deep, dark hills of eastern Kentucky
Dm F Bb
That's the place where I trace my bloodline
Bb F C G
And it's there Ipread on`a hillside gravestone
Bb � A7 ` Dm
jYou wil never leave Harlan alive
Dm F C G
Well m) granddad's dad walked down Katahrins Mountain
Dm F Bb
And he asked Tillie Helton to be his bride
Bb F C G
Said, won't you walk with me out of the mouth of this holler
Bb � A7 ` Dm
Or we'll never leave Harlan alive
Chorus:
F Bb C F
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
Dm Bb F Bb
And the sun goes down about three in the day
F Bb C F
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin'
Dm Bb Dm
And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away
Dm F C G
No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains
Dm F Bb
'Til a man from the Northeast arrived
Bb F C G
Waving hundred dollar bills said, I'll pay you for your minerals
Bb � A7 ` Dm
But he never left Harlan alive
Bb � A7 ` Dm
Dm F C G
Granny sold out cheap and they moved out west of Pineville
Dm F Bb
To a farm where big Richland River winds
Bb F C G
I bet they danced them a jig, laughed and sang a new song
Bb � A7 Dm
Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive
Instrumen$al Brea;: (same chords as verse)
Dm F C G
But the times got hard and tobacco wasn't selling
Dm F Bb
And ole granddad knew what he'd do to survive
Bb F C G
He went and dug for Harlan coal And sent the money back to granny
Bb � A7 Dm
But he never left Harlan alive
Chorus:
F Bb C F
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
Dm Bb F Bb
And the sun goes down about three in the day
F Bb C F
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin'
Dm Bb F
And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away
Last Chorus:
F Bb C F
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
Dm Bb F Bb
And the sun goes down about three in the day
F Bb C F
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin'
Dm Bb Dm
And you spend your life digging coal from the bottom of your grave
Dm F C G
In the deep dark hills of eastern Kentucky
Dm F Bb
That's the place where I trace my bloodline
Bb F C G
And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone
Bb � A7 Dm
You will never leave Harlan alive
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