Never leave harlan alive  Patty Loveless

##song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. ###>From: "Allan & Sue Cates" ###Performed in the Down From the Mountain  concert series#In the [Am]deep dark [C] hills of [G]Eastern  Ke[D]ntucky


That's  the[Am] place where I[C] trace my blood[F]-lines.


And i[C/E]t was t[F]here I r[C]ead on a h[D]illside  g[F]ravestone


You'll [Am]never  leave[E7] Harlan a[Am]live.


(Verse II)


Oh, my Grandfather Dave crossed the  Cumberland Mountains


Where he took a pretty girl to be his bride.


He said  "Won't you walk with me out of the mouth of this holler.


Or we'll never leave  Harlan  Alive."


(Chorus)


Where the sun comes [C]up, about [F]ten i[G]n the  [C]morning


And  the sun goes[Am] down about[Bb] three in the[F]  day


And you fill your [C] cup with whatever[F] bitter [G]brew your [C] drinking


And you [G/B]spend your [Am]life, just thinking of, [Bb]how to get  a[Am]way.


(Verse III)


No one ever knew there was coal in them  mountains


Until a man a man from the Northeast arrived.


With a hundred  dollar bill he said I'll pay for your minerals


He never left Harlan  alive.


(Verse IV)


Grandma sold out cheap and they moved out west of  Conwell.


To a farm where the big Richland River winds


And I'll bet they  danced in the ditch and they laughed and sang a little


song


Who said we'd  never leave Harlan alive.


(Verse V)


But the times they got hard and  tobacco wasn't selling


And Old Granddad knew what he'd do to survive.


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


But he never  left Harlan alive.


(Chorus No. 2)


Where the sun comes up, about ten in  the morning


And the sun goes down, about three in the day


And you fill  your cup with whatever bitter brew your drinking


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