You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive — Patty Loveless
Chords and lyrics for You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive by Patty Loveless (key of C).
Verse 1
Patty Loveless - You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive
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Intro
[Em] [G] [D] [Em] [G] [D] [Em]
N.C. (G) (D) (A)
In the deep dark hills of Eastern Kentucky
(Em) (G) (C)
That's the place where I trace my bloodline
And it's [C]there I [G]read on a [A]hillside [C]gravestone
"You'll [Em]never leave [B7]Harlan [Em]alive"
Oh, my grandfather's [G]dad crossed the [D]Cumberland [A]Mountains
Where he [Em]took a pretty [G]girl to be his [C]bride
Said, "Won't you walk with [G]me out the [A]mouth of this [C]holler
Or we'll [Em]never leave [B7]Harlan [Em]alive?"
Chorus
Where the sun comes [G]up about [C]ten in the [G]morning
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And the sun goes down about three in the day
And you'll fill your [G]cup with whatever [C]bitter brew you're [G]drinking
And you spend your [Em]life just thinking of [F]how to get [Em]away
No one ever [G]knew there was [D]coal in them [A]mountains
'Til a [Em]man from the [G]northeast [C]arrived
Waving hundred dollar [G]bills, said, "I'll [A]pay you for your [C]minerals"
But he [Em]never left [B7]Harlan [Em]alive
Grandma sold out cheap[G] and they [D]moved out west of [A]Pineville
To a [Em]farm where big [G]Richland River [C]winds
And I bet they danced them a [G]jig and they laughed and [A]sang a new [C]song
"Who said we'd [Em]never leave [B7]Harlan [Em]alive?"
Instrumental
[Em] [G] [D] [A] [Em] [G] [C] [G] [A] [C] [Em] [B7] [Em]
But the times they got [G]hard and [D]tobacco wasn't [A]selling
And old [Em]granddad knew what [G]he'd do to [C]survive
He went and dug for Harlan [G]coal and sent the [A]money back to [C]grandma
But he [Em]never left [B7]Harlan [Em]alive
Chorus
The sun comes [G]up about [C]ten in the [G]morning
~ Em F ~ C
And the sun goes down about three in the day
And you'll fill your [G]cup with whatever [C]bitter brew you're [G]drinking
And you spend your [Em]life digging coal from the [F]bottom of your [Em]grave
Interlude
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"You'll [Em]never leave [B7]Harlan [Em]alive"
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[Em] [G] [D] [A] [Em] [G] [C] [G] [A] [C] [Em] [B7] [Em]
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