Intro
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[Verse 1]
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In the deep, dark hills of eastern Kentucky
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That's the place where I trace my bloodline
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And it’s there I read on a hillside gravestone
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You will never leave Harlan alive
[Link] (enter electric guitar)
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[Verse 2]
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Well my granddad’s dad walked down Katahrins Mountain
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And he asked Tillie Helton to be his bride
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Said, won’t you walk with me out of the mouth of this holler
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Or we’ll never leave Harlan alive
[Chorus]
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Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
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And the sun goes down about three in the day
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And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you’re drinkin’
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And you spend your life just thinkin’ of how to get away
[Verse 3]
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No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains
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‘Til a man from the Northeast arrived
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Waving them hundred dollar bills said, hey I’ll pay you for your minerals
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But he never left Harlan alive
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[Verse 4]
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Granny sold out cheap and they moved out west of Pineville
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To a farm where big Richland River winds
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I bet they danced them a jig, laughed and sang a new song
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Who said we’d never leave Harlan alive
[Instrumental Break]
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[Link]
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[Verse 5]
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But the times they got hard and tobacco wasn’t selling
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And ole granddad knew what he’d do to survive
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He went and dug for Harlan coal and sent the money back to granny
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But he never left Harlan alive
[Chorus]
C# Gb G# C#
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
A#m Gb C# Gb
And the sun goes down about three in the day
C# Gb G# C#
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you’re drinkin’
A#m Gb C#
And you spend your life just thinkin’ of how to get away
[Last Chorus]
C# Gb G# C#
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
A#m Gb C# Gb
And the sun goes down about three in the day
C# Gb G# C#
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you’re drinkin’
A#m Gb A#m
And you spend your life digging coal from the bottom of your grave
[Last Verse]
Dm*
In the deep, dark hills of eastern Kentucky
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That's the place where I trace my bloodline
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And it’s there I read on a hillside gravestone
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You'll never leave Harlan alive
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