You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive - Brad Paisley
Album: Part II
Written by: Darrell Scott
Capo Third Fret
Verse 1:
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In the deep, dark hills of eastern Kentucky
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That's the place where I trace my bloodline
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And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone
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You will never leave Harlan alive
Verse 2:
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Well my granddad's dad walked down Katahrins Mountain
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And he asked Tillie Helton to be his bride
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Said, won't you walk with me out of the mouth of this holler
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Or we'll never leave Harlan alive
Chorus:
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Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
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And the sun goes down about three in the day
D G Bm
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin'
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And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away
Verse 3:
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No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains
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'Til a man from the Northeast arrived
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Waving hundred dollar bills said, I'll pay you for your minerals
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But he never left Harlan alive
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Verse 4:
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Granny sold out cheap and they moved out west of Pineville
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To a farm where big Richland River winds
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I bet they danced them a jig, laughed and sang a new song
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Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive
Instrumental Break: (same chords as verse)
Verse 5:
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But the times they got hard and tobacco wasn't selling
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And ole granddad knew what he'd do to survive
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He went and dug for Harlan coal and sent the money back to granny
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But he never left Harlan alive
Chorus:
D G Bm
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
D A Em
And the sun goes down about three in the day
D G Bm
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin'
G A Bm
And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away
Last Chorus:
D G Bm
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
D A Em
And the sun goes down about three in the day
D G Bm
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin'
G A Bm
And you spend your life digging coal from the bottom of your grave
Last verse:(Strum once through each note)
Bm D A E
In the deep, dark hills of eastern Kentucky
Bm D G
That's the place where I trace my bloodline
Bm D A E
And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone
G A Bm (SLOW STRUM)
You'll never leave Harlan alive
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