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Patty Loveless - You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive
## NOTE: ~ = Walk-Down between Chords ##
CAPO: 3rd Fret
[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
C G A C
And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone
Em B7 Em
"You'll never leave Harlan alive"
G D A
Oh, my grandfather's dad crossed the Cumberland Mountains
Em G C
Where he took a pretty girl to be his bride
G A C
Said, "Won't you walk with me out the mouth of this hollow
Em 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
And the sun goes down about three in the day
G C ~ G
And you'll 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 northeast arrived
G A C
Waving hundred dollar bills, said, "I'll pay you for your minerals"
Em B7 Em
But he never left Harlan alive
G D A
Grandma sold out cheap and they moved out west of Pineville
Em G C
To a farm where big Richland River winds
G A C
And I bet they danced them a jig and they laughed and sang a new song
Em B7 Em
"Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive?"
[INSTRUMENTAL]
Em G D A Em G C G A C Em B7 Em
G D A
But the times they got hard and tobacco wasn't selling
Em G C
And old granddad knew what he'd do to survive
G A C
He went and dug for Harlan coal and sent the money back to grandma
Em B7 Em
But he never left Harlan alive
[CHORUS]
G C ~ G
The sun comes up about ten in the morning
~ Em F ~ C
And the sun goes down about three in the day
G C ~ G
And you'll 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
[INTERLUDE]
N.C. Em G D A
Hm hm hmm hm hm hmm hm hm hmm hmm hmm
Em G C
Hm hm hmm hm hm hmm hm hmm
G A C
Hm hm hmm hm hm hmm hm hmm hm hm hmm
Em B7 Em
"You'll never leave Harlan alive"
[OUTRO] (## repeat 2x ##)
Em G D A Em G C G A C Em B7 Em
