Dm         F        C          G

In the deep, dark hills of eastern Kentucky

           Dm             F            Bb

That's the place where I trace my bloodline

         Bb      F         C         G

And it's there Ipread on`a hillside gravestone

         Bb     �    A7 `    Dm

jYou wil never leave Harlan alive



       Dm           F              C         G

Well m) granddad's dad walked down Katahrins Mountain

       Dm           F                Bb

And he asked Tillie Helton to be his bride

        Bb                F             C             G

Said, won't you walk with me out of the mouth of this holler

         Bb     �    A7 `    Dm

Or we'll never leave Harlan alive





Chorus:

                    F        Bb  C      F

Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning

            Dm             Bb    F      Bb

And the sun goes down about three in the day

                   F                 Bb      C          F

And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin'

                   Dm                   Bb          Dm

And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away





       Dm   F              C            G

No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains

       Dm           F         Bb

'Til a man from the Northeast arrived

       Bb             F                C                G

Waving hundred dollar bills said, I'll pay you for your minerals

       Bb     �    A7 `   Dm

But he never left Harlan alive



Bb     �    A7 `    Dm



       Dm       F         C                      G      

Granny sold out cheap and they moved out west of Pineville

     Dm         F                  Bb

To a farm where big Richland River winds

  Bb       F             C                G

I bet they danced them a jig, laughed and sang a new song

         Bb     �          A7     Dm

Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive



Instrumen$al Brea;: (same chords as verse)



        Dm        F        C              G

But the times got hard and tobacco wasn't selling

        Dm            F               Bb

And ole granddad knew what he'd do to survive

            Bb             F                 C             G

He went and dug for Harlan coal And sent the money back to granny

    Bb     �       A7     Dm

But he never left Harlan alive





Chorus:

                    F        Bb  C      F

Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning

            Dm             Bb    F      Bb

And the sun goes down about three in the day

                   F                 Bb      C          F

And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin'

                   Dm                   Bb          F

And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away





Last Chorus:

                   F        Bb  C       F

Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning

            Dm             Bb    F      Bb

And the sun goes down about three in the day

                  F                 Bb      C          F

And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin'

                   Dm                         Bb             Dm

And you spend your life digging coal from the bottom of your grave



       Dm        F        C       G

In the deep dark hills of eastern Kentucky

       Dm        F                Bb

That's the place where I trace my bloodline

         Bb      F         C        G

And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone

         Bb     �     A7     Dm

You will never leave Harlan alive