You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive(corrected)(Chords)

	        

BANJO INTRO: Em G D C G D Em  


VERSE 1:  

Acapella:  
In the deep dark  hills of Eastern  Kentucky,  
                                          
That's the place where I trace my bloodline,  

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And it's there I read on a hillside  gravestone  
          Em               B7       Em        
You'll never leave Harlan alive.  


VERSE 2:  

               Em                 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/B            C            G                      A                   C  
He said  'Won't you walk with me out of the mouth of this holler  
               Em               B7        Em      
Or we'll never leave  Harlan  alive.'  


                            G             C    D         G  
Where the sun comes up, about ten in the morning  
                               Em               F                 C  
And  the sun goes down about three in the day  
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And you fill your cup whatever bitter brew you're drinking  
        D/F#                Em                                 F              Em  
And you spend your life just thinking 'bout how to get away.
  


VERSE 3:  

       Em    G             D             A  
No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains  
        Em            G         C  
Until a man  from the Northeast arrived.  
G/B    C               G               A            C  
Waving hundred  dollar bills said I'll pay for your minerals  
Em            B7       Em     
He never left Harlan  alive.  


VERSE 4:   

                 Em           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/B              C                   G                                
and I'll bet they  danced them a jig   
                                    A                C   
and they laughed and sang a new song, 
                          Em             B7          Em    
'Who said we'd  never leave Harlan alive?'  


INSTR: Em  G   D  A  Em G C G/B C G A C  Em  B7   Em  

VERSE 5:  

             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/B            C                     G                     A                    C  
He  went and dug for Harlan coal, sent the money back to Grandma  
            Em           B7        Em    
But he never left Harlan alive.  


                            G             C   D          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               D         G  
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking  
        D/F#                Em                                      F                    Em  
And you spend your life digging coal from the bottom of the grave
  


HUMMING:  

 Em             G          D            A  
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm  
        Em                 G             C  
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm  
     G/B     C              G                 A             C  
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm  
             Em          B7     Em    
Mmmmm you'll never leave harlin alive  


Em  G   D  A   Em  G  C G/B C G A C   Em          B7     Em  
                                      Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm  


Em             G          D            A  
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm  
        Em                 G             C  
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm  
     G/B     C              G                 A             C  
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm  
             Em          B7     Em    
Mmmmm you'll never leave harlin alive 

	        

Written by Darrell Scott