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You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive by Kathy Mattea
You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive
Tuning: E A D G B E
## NOTE: ~ = Walk-Down between Chords ##
CAPO: 1st Fret
INTRO: Em
G D A
In the deep dark hills of Eastern Kentucky
Em G C
That's the place where I trace my bloodline
G D A
And it's there that I read on a hillside gravestone
C B7 Em
"You'll never leave Harlan alive"
G D A
Oh, my granddad's dad crossed the Cumberland Mountains
Em G C
Where he took a pretty girl to be his bride
G D A
Said, "Won't you walk with me out of the mouth of this hollow
C B7 Em
Or we'll never leave Harlan alive?"
CHORUS:
G C ~ G
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
~ Em F ~ C
The sun goes down about three in the day
G C ~ G
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking
~ Em F Em
And you spend your life just thinking of how to get away
G D A
No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains
Em G C
'Til a man from the north-east arrived
G D A
He was waving hundred dollar bills, said, "I'll pay you for your minerals"
C B7 Em C B7 Em
But he never left Harlan alive
G D A
Grandma sold out cheap and they moved out west of Pikeville
Em G C
To a farm where big Richland River winds
G D A
Oh, I bet they danced them a jig and they laughed and sang a new song
C B7 Em C B7 Em
"Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive?"
G D A
But the times got hard and tobacco wasn't selling
Em G C
And old granddad knew what he'd do to survive
G D A
So he went and dug for Harlan coal, sent the money back to granny
C B7 Em
But he never left Harlan alive
CHORUS:
G C ~ G
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
~ Em F ~ C
The sun goes down about three in the day
G C ~ G
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking
~ Em F Em
And you spend your life just thinking of how to get away
CHORUS:
G C ~ G
The sun comes up about ten in the morning
~ Em F ~ C
The sun goes down about three in the day
G C ~ G
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking
~ Em F Em
And you spend your life digging coal from the bottom of your grave
OUTRO: (## repeat and fade to end ##)
Em G D A Em G C G D A C B7 Em
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