You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive
     key=Dm


            Dm         F        C           G
     In the deep dark  hills of Eastern  Kentucky
                 Dm            F              Bb
     That's  the place where I trace my blood-lines
                Bb      F         C         G
     And it was there I read on a hillside  gravestone
            Bb           A       Dm
     You'll never  leave Harlan alive


     Oh, my GrandDaddy's dad crossed the  Cumberland Mountains
     Where he asked Tillie Copeland to be his bride
     He said,  Tillie, walk with me out of the mouth of this holler
     Or we'll never leave  Harlan  Alive

      Chorus:
     [                     F         Bb  C      F                     ]
     [ Where the sun comes up, about ten in the morning               ]
     [                   Dm         Eb           Bb                   ]
     [ And  the sun goes down about three in the day                  ]
     [                   F                 Bb     C         F         ]
     [ And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew your drinking  ]
     [                    Dm                      Eb           Dm     ] 
     [ And you spend your life, just thinking of, how to get  away    ]


     No one ever knew there was coal in them  mountains
     Until a man a man from the Northeast arrived
     Waving hundred  dollar bills, he said I'll pay for your minerals
     but he never left Harlan  alive
     
     Grandma sold out cheap and they moved out west to Pineville
     To a farm where the big Richland River winds
     And they  danced a little jig, and they and sang a little song 
     Who said we'd  never leave Harlan alive

     But the times they got hard and  tobacco wasn't selling
     And Old Granddad knew what he'd do to survive
     He went and dug for Harlan coal and sent the money back to Grandma
     But he never left Harlan alive

     Chorus 2:
     [ Where the sun comes up, about ten in  the morning                      ]
     [ And the sun goes down, about three in the day                          ]
     [ And you fill  your cup with whatever bitter brew your drinking         ]
     [ And you spend your life,  digging coal, from the bottom of your  grave ]
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     key=Am

            Am         C        G           D
     In the deep dark  hills of Eastern  Kentucky
                 Am            C              F
     That's  the place where I trace my blood-lines
                F       C         G         D
     And it was there I read on a hillside  gravestone
            F            E       Em
     You'll never  leave Harlan alive

      Chorus:
     [                     C         F   G      C                     ]
     [ Where the sun comes up, about ten in the morning               ]
     [                   Am         Bb           F                    ]
     [ And  the sun goes down about three in the day                  ]
     [                   C                 F      G         C         ]
     [ And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew your drinking  ]
     [                    Am                      Bb           Am     ] 
     [ And you spend your life, just thinking of, how to get  away    ]