You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive - Brad Paisley
Album: Part II

Capo Third Fret

Verse 1:
        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
You will never leave Harlan alive


Verse 2:
        Bm         D             A          E
Well my granddad's dad walked down Katahrins Mountain
        Bm           D            G
And he asked Tillie Helton to be his bride
               Bm       D            A           E
Said, won't you walk with me out of the mouth of this holler
          G         A        Bm
Or we'll never leave 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


Verse 3:
       Bm  D              A             E
No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains
      Bm           D            G
'Til a man from the Northeast arrived
       Bm            D                A              E
Waving hundred dollar bills said, I'll pay you for your minerals
       G          A      Bm
But he never left Harlan alive

G   A   Bm

Verse 4:
  Bm             D            A                 E
Granny sold out cheap and they moved out west of Pineville
      Bm           D              G
To a farm where big Richland River winds
            Bm            D              A         E
I bet they danced them a jig, laughed and sang a new song
             G           A      Bm
Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive

Instrumental Break: (same chords as verse)

Verse 5:
         Bm           D        A            E
But the times they got hard and tobacco wasn't selling
         Bm               D           G
And ole granddad knew what he'd do to survive
           Bm            D                A               E
He went and dug for Harlan coal and sent the money back to granny
        G        A       Bm
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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