You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive

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

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

C                     G  
Well, my granddad's dad crossed the Cumberland Mountains,  
Am                     F  
Where he took a little graveyard for his home.  
C                    G  
And he swore that someday,  
Am                     F  
He would return to Harlan,  
C                    G  
To be with his own.  

C                  G  
And in the dark of the night,  
Am                     F  
You can hear the cries of the lost and the found.  
C                     G  
When the sun rises up,  
Am                     F  
You can feel the shadows,  
C                    G  
That will never let you down.  

C                   G  
And you'll never leave Harlan alive,  
Am                     F  
No, you'll never leave Harlan alive.