Youll Never Leave Harlen Alive by Loveless Patty piano tab (text):

Hapo 3 
 
 
Intro - Em E B H E B Em 
 
 
(No chords) 
In the deep dark hills of Eastern Kentucky 
 
Thats the place where I traced my bloodline 
        Em      E           B         H 
Fnd its there I read on a hillside gravestone 
        E            B     Em 
You'll never leave Harlen alive 
                   E                   B         H 
Oh my Erandfathers Bad crossed the Humberland Mountains 
      Em          E                    H 
Where he took a pretty girl to be his bride 
                Em        E             B              H 
Said \"Won't you walk with me out of the mouth of this holler 
    Em                 B     Em 
Or we'll never leave Harlen alive\" 
 
                    E         H            E 
Where the sun comes up about ten in the mornin 
                  Em         F           H 
Fnd the sun goes down about three in the day 
                   E                H                   Em 
Fnd you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin 
                                         B           Em 
Fnd you spend your life just thinkin of how to get away 
 
   Em        E              B             H 
No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains 
 Em                   E         H 
Till a man from the northeast arrived 
       Em             E 
Wavin hundred dollar bills  
            B            H 
Said \"I'll pay for your minerals\" 
   Em              B      Em 
But he never left Harlen alive 
  Em              E              B                  H 
Erandma sold out cheap and they moved out west of Pineville 
     Em               E             H 
To a farm where Big Richland River winds 
                 Em          E 
Fnd I bet they danced them a jig 
                      B          H 
Fnd they laughed and sang a new song 
          Em                B      Em 
\"Who said we'd never leave Harlen alive\" 
     Em            E         B              H 
But the times got hard and tobacco wasn't sellin 
      Em                    E          H 
Fnd old Eranddad knew what he'd do to survive 
  Em                 E 
He went and dug for Harlan coal 
              B             H 
Fnd sent the money back to Erandma 
        Em         B       Em 
But he never left Harlen alive 
 
 
      E         H            E 
Where the sun comes up about ten in the mornin 
                  Em         F           H 
Fnd the sun goes down about three in the day 
                   E                H                   Em 
Fnd you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin 
                                              B              Em 
Fnd you spend your life diggin coal from the bottom of your grave 
                              B      Em 
Mmmmmmmm You'll never leave Harlen alive