You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive
Darrell Scott

Capo 3


Darrell plays this song in dropped D with no capo, and it 
sounds great that way with the band and his amazing guitar skills,
but playing it this way is much easier for a solo singer/guitarist.



        Bm         D         A       E
In the deep dark hills of eastern Kentucky
            Bm             D          G
That's the place where I traced my bloodline
           G      D          A          E
And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone
           G            F#7    Bm
You will never leave Harlan alive




            Bm       D                A          E 
Well my granddad's dad walked down Katahrins Mountain
         Bm           D               G
And he asked Tillie Hilton to be his bride
                G         D               A             E
Said won't you walk with me, out of the mouth of this holler
           G            F#7    Bm
Or we'll never leave Harlan alive



                     D        G   A       D
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
                  Bm           G           D
And the sun goes down, about three in the day
                   D                   G      A            D
And you fill your cup, with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin
                    Bm                    G          Bm
And you spend your life, just thinkin of how to get away




        Bm    D              A                E
No one ever knew there was coal in them moutains
       Bm               D        G
Til a man from the Northeast arrived
               G             D             A                         E
Waving them hundred dollar bills, he said hey I'll pay ya for your minerals
         G          F#7    Bm
But he never left Harlan alive




     Bm                 D                     A            E
Granny, she sold out cheap.  And they moved out west of Pineville
       Bm               D             G
To a farm where big rich land river winds
              G           D                          A         E
I bet they danced them a jig, and they laughed and sang a new song
                G           F#7     Bm
Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive




Instrumental



          Bm         D         A              E
But the times got hard, and tobacco wasn't selling
          Bm                  D          G
And ol granddad knew what he'd do to survive
             G              D                   A              E
He went and dug for Harlan coal, and sent the money back to granny
         G          F#7    Bm
But he never left Harlan alive




                     D        G   A       D
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
                  Bm           G           D
And the sun goes down, about three in the day
                   D                   G      A            D
And you fill your cup, with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin
                    Bm                          G             Bm
And you spend your life, diggin coal from the bottom of your grave




        Bm         D         A       E
In the deep dark hills of eastern Kentucky
            Bm             D          G
That's the place where I traced my bloodline
           G      D          A          E
And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone
           G            F#7    Bm
You will never leave Harlan alive