Youll Never Leave Harlan Alive

[ Am ] in the deep , [ C ] dark hills of [ G ] eastern [ D ] kentucky that the [ Am ] place where i [ C ] trace my [ F ] bloodline and its [ F ] there i [ C ] read on A [ G ] hillside [ D ] gravestone you will [ F ] never leave [ G ] harlan [ Am ] alive oh , my granddads [ C ] dad walked down [ G ] katahrins [ D ] mountain and he [ Am ] asked tillie [ C ] helton to be his [ F ] bride said , wont you [ F ] walk with me [ C ] out of the [ G ] mouth of this [ D ] holler or well [ F ] never leave [ G ] harlan [ Am ] alive Chorus where the sun comes [ C ] up about [ F ] ten in the [ C ] morning and the sun goes [ Am ] down about [ G ] three in the [ F ] day and you fill your [ C ] cup with whatever [ F ] bitter brew youre [ C ] drinkin and you spend your [ Am ] life just thinkin of [ G ] how to get [ F ] away [ Am ] no one ever [ C ] knew there was [ G ] coal in them [ D ] mountains til A [ Am ] man from the [ C ] northeast [ F ] arrived waving [ F ] hundred dollar [ C ] bills said , ill [ G ] pay you for your [ D ] minerals but he [ F ] never left [ G ] harlan [ Am ] alive [ Am ] granny sold out [ C ] cheap and they [ G ] moved out west of [ D ] pineville to A [ Am ] farm where big [ C ] richland river [ F ] winds i bet they [ F ] danced them A [ C ] jig , laughed and [ G ] sang a new [ D ] song who said wed [ F ] never leave [ G ] harlan [ Am ] alive {break - same as Verse} but the [ Am ] times they got [ C ] hard and tobacco [ G ] wasnt [ D ] selling and ole [ Am ] granddad knew what [ C ] hed do to [ F ] survive he went and [ F ] dug for harlan [ C ] coal and sent the [ G ] money back to [ D ] granny but he [ F ] never left [ G ] harlan [ Am ] alive where the sun comes [ C ] up about [ F ] ten in the [ C ] morning and the sun goes [ Am ] down about [ G ] three in the [ F ] day and you fill your [ C ] cup with whatever [ F ] bitter brew youre [ C ] drinkin and you spend your [ Am ] life digging coal from the [ G ] bottom of your [ F ] grave repeat Chorus [ Am ] in the deep , [ C ] dark hills of [ G ] eastern [ D ] kentucky that the [ Am ] place where i [ C ] trace my [ F ] bloodline and its [ F ] there i [ C ] read on A [ G ] hillside [ D ] gravestone you will [ F ] never leave [ G ] harlan [ Am ] alive