Chords for Patty Loveless & Chris Stapleton — You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive — Kentucky Rising | 2022

I said I had some friends and heroes out here with me tonight. _
So I, when I knew we were going to do something for East Kentucky, I couldn't help but _ _ want
to call this next lady I want to call up to the stage. _ _ _
_ She's one of the greatest country music singers that has ever lived, _ or ever will live. _ _ _
_ And we all love her so much up here.
_ She comes to us out of Elkhorn City, Kentucky.
Please make her welcome, Miss Patty Loveless. _ _ _ _ _
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Oh, mercy.
_ I'm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ sending this up to my daddy in heaven, and to all those coal miners. _ _ _
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_ [N] _ _ _ In the dark _ _ _ _ _ hills _ of _ eastern _ Kentucky, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ that's the place. _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ And it's there _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[C] on the _ hillside, _ [Eb] _ _
gravestone.
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You'll _ never _ leave _ _ Harlan.
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_ [Gm] But he took pretty [Bb]
girl to be his [Eb] bride. _ _
_ _ Said, won't you walk with [Bb] me out of the [C]
mouth of [Eb] this holler?
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We'll _ never leave [Dm] _ _ _
[Gm] Harlan alive. _ _ _ _
Well, the sun [Bb] comes up _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] about morning, [F] _ _ [Bb] _
and [Dm] the sun [Gm] goes down _
_ _ about [Ab] three in [Eb] the day.
And you feel [Bb] your cup _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] get a brew.
[Bb] You're drinking, and [Dm] you spend your [Gm] life _ just thinking of [Ab] how to get [Gm] away. _ _ _ _
_ No one _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ said there was [F] coal in them [C] mountains.
_ [Gm] Tell them the _
_ [Bb] _ _ northeast [Eb] dry, _ _ _ _ a wave and a _
_ _ [Cm] _ [Bb] hurrah.
[C] Said, I'll pay you for [Eb] your man.
_ _ [Gm] He _ never left [D] Harlan _ _
[Gm] _ alive. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ A grandma spoke, _ _ [Bb] _ _
and they [F] moved _ west [C] upon a boy [Gm] to a far _ _ [Bb]-rich land,
river [Eb] wide. _ _ _ _
And I bet they danced, fell on [Cm] cheek, [Bb] and they laughed [C] and sang a [Eb] new song.
Who said [Gm] we _ never [D] leave Harlan _ _ [Gm] _ alive? _
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_ [Bb] _ [Gm] _ _ _ Well, the _ times ain't [Bb] got.
_ _ [F] And tobacco _ _ [C] wasn't selling. _
[Gm] And old Granddad, _ [Bb] what'd he do to [Eb] survive? _ _ _ _ _
He went and worked for.
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And sent [C] the money back [Eb] to Tremble.
_ _ [Gm] _ He never [D] left _ _ Harlan [Gm] _ _
alive. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [N] Well, the sun comes _ [G] up _ _ _ about _ 10 in the morning, and the sun goes down _
_ _ _ [N] about three in the day.
And you feel your _ cup with _ _ _ whatever Peter brew you're drinking.
And you spend your _ life digging coal _ _ _ from _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ the bottom _ _ of your _ _ _ _ _ _ veins. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ You'll _ [Bb] _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ never [D] leave _ _ [Gm] Harlan alive.
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Y'all got to hear this. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Gm] _ _ You'll _ _ _ never leave [D] _ Harlan. _
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_ _ _ It's so good to be back home, y'all. _ _ _ _ _ _ _