Never Leave Harlan Alive

**Chords:**
Am  G  C  F  
Am  G  C  F  

          Am                G  
In the deep dark hills of eastern Kentucky,  
         C                   F  
That's the place where I traced my bloodline.  
         Am               G  
And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone,  
       C                     F  
You'll never leave Harlan alive.  

          Am                 G  
Well, my granddad's dad crossed the Cumberland Mountain,  
        C                      F  
And he asked the coalminer's daughter for her hand.  
         Am                G  
She said, "Won't you take me home to your family?"  
       C                     F  
You'll never leave Harlan alive.  

          Am                G  
Where the sun comes up, and the world goes down,  
         C                     F  
And the moon shines bright on the coal fields,  
          Am                G  
And the whiskey flows like the river,  
       C                     F  
You'll never leave Harlan alive.  

          Am                G  
Well, the coal dust fills the air with a warning,  
        C                      F  
And the mountains whisper a sad lullaby.  
         Am               G  
And the pain of those who came before me,  
       C                     F  
You'll never leave Harlan alive.