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 In the deep, dark hills of eastern Kentucky

 That's the place where I trace my bloodline

 And it's there Ipread on`a hillside gravestone

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jYou wil never leave Harlan alive

 Well m) granddad's dad walked down Katahrins Mountain

 And he asked Tillie Helton to be his bride

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

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Or we'll never leave Harlan alive

Chorus

 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 you're drinkin'

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

 No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains

 'Til a man from the Northeast arrived

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

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But he never left Harlan alive

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 Granny sold out cheap and they moved out west of Pineville

 To a farm where big Richland River winds

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

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Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive

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

 But the times got hard and tobacco wasn't selling

 And ole granddad knew what he'd do to survive

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

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But he never left Harlan alive

Chorus

 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 you're drinkin'

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

Last Chorus:

 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 you're drinkin'

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

 In the deep dark hills of eastern Kentucky

 That's the place where I trace my bloodline

 And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone

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You will never leave Harlan alive