Chords for You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive
Tempo:
75.75 bpm
Chords used:
F
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C
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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In the deep [F] dark [C] hills of [G] eastern Kentucky, [D] that's the place where [F] I trace my [Bb] bloodline.
And it's there [F] I read on [C] a hillside [G] gravestone, [Bb] you'll never leave [A] the heart.
[Dm]
Well my [F] granddad's dad walked [C] down Kettering [G] Mountain, [Dm] and he asked Tilly Hilton to [Bb] be his bride.
[A] Said, won't you [F] walk with me out of [C] the mouth of [G] this holler?
[Bb] We'll never [A] leave a heart in a [Dm] lie.
Where the [F] sun comes up about ten in the morning, [D] and the sun [Dm] goes down about three in the day.
And you fill [F] your cup with whatever [C] bitter brew [F] you're drinking.
You [Dm] spend your life just [Eb] thinking of how to get away.
[Dm] No one ever [F] knew there [C] was gold in [Bm] the mountains, till [Dm] a man from [F] the northeast [Bb] arrived.
Waving hundred [F] dollar bills, he said [C] I'll pay you for your [Bm] mead rows.
[Bb] But he never [A] left Harlan.
[Dm] [Bb]
[A] [Dm] [D] Well granny she sold [F] out cheap, and [C] they moved out west of Harlan.
[Dm] To a farm [F] way bigger, rich land [Bb] with a wine.
And I think he danced [F] in the jig, and they [C] laughed and sang a new song.
Who [Bb] said we'd never [A] leave [Dm] Harlan alive.
[F] [C] [D]
[F] [Bb] [Am]
[F] [C] [Bb]
[A] [D]
[Dm] [D] [D] But times they [F] got hard, [C] and tobacco wasn't selling.
[Dm] And old granddad [F] knew what he'd do [Bb] to survive.
Well he went and dug [F] for Harlan coal, [C] and sent the money back to granny.
[Bb] But he [A] never left Harlan [D] alive.
[Dm] Where the [F] sun comes up about ten in the morning, and the sun [Dm] goes down about three [Bb] in the day.
And [F] you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking.
And you spend [Dm] your life [Dm] just thinking [Cm] of how to get [F] away.
And the sun comes up about [C] ten in the morning, and the [Dm] sun goes down about three [Bb] in the day.
And you [F] fill your cup with [Bb] whatever bitter brew you're drinking.
And [Dm] you spend your life digging coal [Eb] from the bottom [D] of your grave.
In the deep dark hills [A] of eastern [D] Kentucky.
That's the place where I trace my [Bb]
bloodline.
[A] [Dm] And it's there on the hillside gravestone.
[D] You will never leave Harlan.
[Dm]
And it's there [F] I read on [C] a hillside [G] gravestone, [Bb] you'll never leave [A] the heart.
[Dm]
Well my [F] granddad's dad walked [C] down Kettering [G] Mountain, [Dm] and he asked Tilly Hilton to [Bb] be his bride.
[A] Said, won't you [F] walk with me out of [C] the mouth of [G] this holler?
[Bb] We'll never [A] leave a heart in a [Dm] lie.
Where the [F] sun comes up about ten in the morning, [D] and the sun [Dm] goes down about three in the day.
And you fill [F] your cup with whatever [C] bitter brew [F] you're drinking.
You [Dm] spend your life just [Eb] thinking of how to get away.
[Dm] No one ever [F] knew there [C] was gold in [Bm] the mountains, till [Dm] a man from [F] the northeast [Bb] arrived.
Waving hundred [F] dollar bills, he said [C] I'll pay you for your [Bm] mead rows.
[Bb] But he never [A] left Harlan.
[Dm] [Bb]
[A] [Dm] [D] Well granny she sold [F] out cheap, and [C] they moved out west of Harlan.
[Dm] To a farm [F] way bigger, rich land [Bb] with a wine.
And I think he danced [F] in the jig, and they [C] laughed and sang a new song.
Who [Bb] said we'd never [A] leave [Dm] Harlan alive.
[F] [C] [D]
[F] [Bb] [Am]
[F] [C] [Bb]
[A] [D]
[Dm] [D] [D] But times they [F] got hard, [C] and tobacco wasn't selling.
[Dm] And old granddad [F] knew what he'd do [Bb] to survive.
Well he went and dug [F] for Harlan coal, [C] and sent the money back to granny.
[Bb] But he [A] never left Harlan [D] alive.
[Dm] Where the [F] sun comes up about ten in the morning, and the sun [Dm] goes down about three [Bb] in the day.
And [F] you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking.
And you spend [Dm] your life [Dm] just thinking [Cm] of how to get [F] away.
And the sun comes up about [C] ten in the morning, and the [Dm] sun goes down about three [Bb] in the day.
And you [F] fill your cup with [Bb] whatever bitter brew you're drinking.
And [Dm] you spend your life digging coal [Eb] from the bottom [D] of your grave.
In the deep dark hills [A] of eastern [D] Kentucky.
That's the place where I trace my [Bb]
bloodline.
[A] [Dm] And it's there on the hillside gravestone.
[D] You will never leave Harlan.
[Dm]
Key:
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_ _ In the deep [F] dark [C] hills of [G] eastern Kentucky, _ _ [D] that's the place where [F] I trace my [Bb] bloodline. _
And it's there [F] I read on [C] a hillside [G] gravestone, _ [Bb] you'll never leave [A] the heart.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well my _ [F] granddad's dad walked [C] down Kettering [G] Mountain, [Dm] and he asked Tilly Hilton to [Bb] be his bride.
[A] Said, won't you [F] walk with me out of [C] the mouth of [G] this holler?
[Bb] We'll never [A] leave a heart in a [Dm] lie.
Where the [F] sun comes up _ about ten in the morning, [D] and the sun [Dm] goes down _ about three in the day.
And you fill [F] your cup with whatever [C] bitter brew [F] you're drinking.
You [Dm] spend your life just [Eb] thinking of how to get away.
[Dm] _ No one ever [F] knew there [C] was gold in [Bm] the mountains, till [Dm] a man from [F] the northeast [Bb] _ arrived.
Waving hundred [F] dollar bills, he said [C] I'll pay you for your [Bm] mead rows.
[Bb] But he never [A] left Harlan.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [D] Well granny she sold [F] out cheap, and [C] they moved out west of Harlan.
[Dm] To a farm [F] way bigger, rich land [Bb] with a wine.
_ And I think he danced [F] in the jig, and they [C] laughed and sang a new song.
Who [Bb] said we'd never [A] leave [Dm] Harlan alive. _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [D] But times they [F] got hard, [C] and tobacco wasn't selling.
[Dm] And old granddad [F] knew what he'd do [Bb] to survive.
Well he went and dug [F] for Harlan coal, [C] and sent the money back to granny.
[Bb] But he [A] never left Harlan [D] alive.
_ [Dm] Where the [F] sun comes up _ about ten in the morning, and the sun [Dm] goes down about three [Bb] in the day.
And [F] you fill your cup _ with whatever bitter brew you're drinking.
And you spend [Dm] your life [Dm] just thinking [Cm] of how to get [F] away.
And the sun comes up _ about [C] ten in the morning, and the [Dm] sun goes down about three [Bb] in the day.
And you [F] fill your cup with [Bb] whatever bitter brew you're drinking.
And [Dm] you spend your life digging coal [Eb] from the bottom [D] of your grave.
_ _ _ In the deep dark hills [A] of eastern [D] Kentucky.
_ That's the place where I trace my [Bb]
bloodline.
[A] _ _ [Dm] And it's there on the hillside gravestone.
[D] You will never leave Harlan.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
And it's there [F] I read on [C] a hillside [G] gravestone, _ [Bb] you'll never leave [A] the heart.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well my _ [F] granddad's dad walked [C] down Kettering [G] Mountain, [Dm] and he asked Tilly Hilton to [Bb] be his bride.
[A] Said, won't you [F] walk with me out of [C] the mouth of [G] this holler?
[Bb] We'll never [A] leave a heart in a [Dm] lie.
Where the [F] sun comes up _ about ten in the morning, [D] and the sun [Dm] goes down _ about three in the day.
And you fill [F] your cup with whatever [C] bitter brew [F] you're drinking.
You [Dm] spend your life just [Eb] thinking of how to get away.
[Dm] _ No one ever [F] knew there [C] was gold in [Bm] the mountains, till [Dm] a man from [F] the northeast [Bb] _ arrived.
Waving hundred [F] dollar bills, he said [C] I'll pay you for your [Bm] mead rows.
[Bb] But he never [A] left Harlan.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [D] Well granny she sold [F] out cheap, and [C] they moved out west of Harlan.
[Dm] To a farm [F] way bigger, rich land [Bb] with a wine.
_ And I think he danced [F] in the jig, and they [C] laughed and sang a new song.
Who [Bb] said we'd never [A] leave [Dm] Harlan alive. _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [D] But times they [F] got hard, [C] and tobacco wasn't selling.
[Dm] And old granddad [F] knew what he'd do [Bb] to survive.
Well he went and dug [F] for Harlan coal, [C] and sent the money back to granny.
[Bb] But he [A] never left Harlan [D] alive.
_ [Dm] Where the [F] sun comes up _ about ten in the morning, and the sun [Dm] goes down about three [Bb] in the day.
And [F] you fill your cup _ with whatever bitter brew you're drinking.
And you spend [Dm] your life [Dm] just thinking [Cm] of how to get [F] away.
And the sun comes up _ about [C] ten in the morning, and the [Dm] sun goes down about three [Bb] in the day.
And you [F] fill your cup with [Bb] whatever bitter brew you're drinking.
And [Dm] you spend your life digging coal [Eb] from the bottom [D] of your grave.
_ _ _ In the deep dark hills [A] of eastern [D] Kentucky.
_ That's the place where I trace my [Bb]
bloodline.
[A] _ _ [Dm] And it's there on the hillside gravestone.
[D] You will never leave Harlan.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _