Chords for Darrell Scott: You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive - Transatlantic Sessions

_ [Dm] In the deep dark hills of _ [Am] eastern Kentucky _ _
_ _ [Dm] That's the place where I trace my _ _ _ bloodline
_ [D] _ And it's there I read on a _ hillside _ gravestone
_ Said [Bb] you will never _ _ [A] leave _ _ Harlan _
_ _ [D] _ _ alive
_ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Well my _ _ granddad's dad [F]
walked [C] down _ [G] Catterham's mountain _ _
[Dm] And he asked [F] Tilly Helton to [Bb] be his bride
_ _ Said [F] won't you [Bb] walk with [F] me out [C] of the mouth of this [G] holler
_ Or [Bb] we'll never _ [A] leave _ Harlan _ [Dm] alive
_ _ Where the sun [F] comes up _ _ _ [Bb] about _ [F] ten in the morning
[C] And the sun [D] goes down _ _ _ [Eb] about three [Bb] in the day
And you [C] fill [F] your cup _ _ with [Bb] whatever [Cm] bitter [F] fruit you're drinking
[Am] And you spend [D] your life _ just thinking [Eb] of how to get [Dm] away _ _
_ _ No one ever [F] knew there was [C] coal in them mountains
[G] _ _ _ [Dm] Till a man from [F] the northeast _ [Bb] _ arrived _
_ He was waiving hundred dollar [F] bills
And he said I'll [C] pay you for your minerals _
[G] _ _ But he [Bb] _ never [A] left Harlan _ [Dm] _ _ alive
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Dm] _
[A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Well granny she had sold [F] out cheap
And [C] they moved out west of Pineville [G] _ to a [Dm] farm
Where [F] big rich men and river [Bb] _ went _
And [F] I bet [Bb] they danced in the [G]
[F] chick
And they laughed [C] and sang a new [G] song
Who said [Bb] we'd never [A] leave _ Harlan [Dm] alive _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ Who [Bb] said _ we'd never leave _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ Harlan alive
[F] _
_ _ But [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] the [Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ times [G] got [F] hard _ _ [C] and tobacco wasn't [G] selling
_ _ [D] And old granddad knew what [F] he'd do to [Bb] survive _ _
He _ [F] went and [Bb] dug for Harlan [F] coal
_ And he sent the [C] money back to [G] granny
_ But [Bb] he never _ _ [A] left _ _ Harlan [D]
alive
_ _ _ _ _ Where the [F] sun comes _ _ up _
_ _ [Bb] about ten [F] in the morning
And the sun _ [Dm] _ goes down _ _ about [Eb] _ three [Bb] in the day
And you fill [F] your cup _ with _ whatever [Bb]
bitter [F] fruit you're drinking
And you spend [Dm] your life _ digging coal from [Eb] the bottom [F] of your [Bb] grave
[C] And the sun [F] comes _ up _ _ _ [Bb] about [C] ten in [F] the morning
[Am] And the sun [Dm] goes down _ _ _ about [Eb] three [A] [Bb] in the day
[C] And you [F] fill your cup _ with whatever [Bb] _ [C] bitter fruit you're [F] drinking
And you spend [Dm] your life digging coal _ [Eb] from the bottom of [Dm] your _ _ grave _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
Oh you [Bb] will never _ _ _ [A] leave _ _ Harlan _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _