Youll Never Leave Harlan Alive

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[Verse 1]
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In the deep, dark hills of 
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eastern Kentucky
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That's the place where I trace my 
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bloodline
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And it’s there I read on a 
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hillside gravestone
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You will never leave Harlan alive

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[Verse 2]
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Well my granddad’s dad walked 
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down Katahrins Mountain
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And he asked Tillie Helton to be 
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his bride
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   Said, won’t you walk with me 
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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 
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in the morning
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And the sun goes down about three 
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in the day
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And you fill your cup with whatever
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 bitter brew you’re drinkin’
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And you spend your life just 
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thinkin’ of how to get away

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[Verse 3]
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No one ever knew there was coal 
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in them mountains
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‘Til a man from the Northeast 
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arrived
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Waving them hundred dollar bills 
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said, hey I’ll pay you for your 
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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 
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moved out west of Pineville
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To a farm where big Richland River
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 winds
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I bet they danced them a jig, 
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laughed and sang a new song
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Who said we’d never leave Harlan 
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alive

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[Verse 5]
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But the times they got hard and 
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tobacco wasn’t selling
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And ole granddad knew what he’d do
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 to survive
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He went and dug for Harlan coal 
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and sent the money back to granny
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But he never left Harlan alive

[Chorus]
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Where the sun comes up about ten 
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in the morning
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And the sun goes down about three 
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in the day
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And you fill your cup with whatever
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 bitter brew you’re drinkin’
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And you spend your life just 
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thinkin’ of how to get away

[Last Chorus]
                    F        Bb  
Where the sun comes up about ten 
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in the morning
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And the sun goes down about three 
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in the day
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And you fill your cup with whatever
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 bitter brew you’re drinkin’
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And you spend your life digging 
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coal from the bottom of your grave

[Last Verse]
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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'll never leave Harlan alive