Brad Paisley – Youll Never Leave Harlan Alive (Guitar)

A7  =   x02020
Bb  =   x13331 (bar chord) or xx3331

Dm  =   xx0231
F   =   133211 (bar chord) or xx3211

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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

         Bb         A7      Dm
You will never leave Harlan alive

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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

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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

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And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin'

                   Dm                   Eb         Dm
And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away

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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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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

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But the times 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

    Bb            A7     Dm
But he never left Harlan alive

                    F        Bb  C      F
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning

            Dm             Bb    F      Bb
And the sun goes down about three in the day

                   F                 Bb      C          F
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin'

                   Dm                   Eb          F
And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away

                   F        Bb  C       F
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning

            Dm             Bb    F      Bb
And the sun goes down about three in the day

                  F                 Bb      C          F
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin'

                   Dm                         Eb             Dm
And you spend your life digging coal from the bottom of your grave

       Dm        F        C       G
In the deep dark hills of eastern Kentucky

       Dm        F                Bb
That's the place where I trace my bloodline

         Bb      F         C        G
And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone

         Bb          A7     Dm
You will never leave Harlan alive