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[Am] In the deep, [C] dark hills of [G] eastern [D] Kentucky That the [Am] place where I [C] trace my [F] bloodline And it's [F] there I [C] read on a [G] hillside [D] gravestone You will [F] never leave [G] Harlan [Am] alive Oh, my granddad's [C] dad walked down [G] Katahrins [D] Mountain And he [Am] asked Tillie [C] Helton to be his [F] bride Said, won't you [F] walk with me [C] out of the [G] mouth of this [D] holler Or we'll [F] never leave [G] Harlan [Am] alive Chorus Where the sun comes [C] up about [F] ten in the [C] morning And the sun goes [Am] down about [G] three in the [F] day And you fill your [C] cup with whatever [F] bitter brew you're [C] drinkin' And you spend your [Am] life just thinkin' of [G] how to get [F] away
Am No one ever C knew there was G coal in them D mountains 'Til a Am man from the C Northeast F arrived Waving F hundred dollar C bills said, I'll G pay you for your D minerals But he F never left G Harlan Am alive
Am Granny sold out C cheap and they G moved out west of D Pineville To a Am farm where big C Richland River F winds I bet they F danced them a C jig, laughed and G sang a new D song Who said we'd F never leave G Harlan Am alive

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But the Am times they got C hard and tobacco G wasn't D selling And ole Am granddad knew what C he'd do to F survive He went and F dug for Harlan C coal and sent the G money back to D granny But he F never left G Harlan Am alive
Where the sun comes C up about F ten in the C morning And the sun goes Am down about G three in the F day And you fill your C cup with whatever F bitter brew you're C drinkin' And you spend your Am life digging coal from the G bottom of your F grave
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Am In the deep, C dark hills of G eastern D Kentucky That the Am place where I C trace my F bloodline And it's F there I C read on a G hillside D gravestone You will F never leave G Harlan Am alive