Capo 3 Intro - E5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5 E5 (No chords) In the deep dark hills of Eastern Kentucky Thats the place where I traced my bloodline E5 G5 D5 C5 And its there I read on a hillside gravestone G5 D5 E5 You'll never leave Harlen alive G5 D5 C5 Oh my Grandfathers Dad crossed the Cumberland Mountains E5 G5 C5 Where he took a pretty girl to be his bride E5 G5 D5 C5 Said "Won't you walk with me out of the mouth of this holler E5 D5 E5 Or we'll never leave Harlen alive" G5 C5 G5 Where the sun comes up about ten in the mornin E5 F5 C5 And the sun goes down about three in the day G5 C5 E5 And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin D5 E5 And you spend your life just thinkin of how to get away E5 G5 D5 C5 No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains E5 G5 C5 Till a man from the northeast arrived E5 G5 Wavin hundred dollar bills D5 C5 Said "I'll pay for your minerals" E5 D5 E5 But he never left Harlen alive E5 G5 D5 C5 Grandma sold out cheap and they moved out west of Pineville E5 G5 C5 To a farm where Big Richland River winds E5 G5 And I bet they danced them a jig D5 C5 And they laughed and sang a new song E5 D5 E5 "Who said we'd never leave Harlen alive" E5 G5 D5 C5 But the times got hard and tobacco wasn't sellin E5 G5 C5 And old Granddad knew what he'd do to survive E5 G5 He went and dug for Harlan coal D5 C5 And sent the money back to Grandma E5 D5 E5 But he never left Harlen alive G5 C5 G5 Where the sun comes up about ten in the mornin E5 F5 C5 And the sun goes down about three in the day G5 C5 E5 And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin D5 E5 And you spend your life diggin coal from the bottom of your grave D5 E5 Mmmmmmmm You'll never leave Harlen alive
