Dm In the deep, F dark hills of C eastern G Kentucky
That the Dm place where I F trace my Bb bloodline
And it's Dm there I F read on a C hillside Bb gravestone
You will Dm never leave Am7 Harlan Dm alive
Oh, my granddad's F dad walked down C Katahrins G Mountain
And he Dm asked Tillie F Helton to be his Bb bride
Said, won't you Dm walk with me F out of the C mouth of this Bb
holler
Or we'll Dm never leave Am7 Harlan Dm alive
Chorus
Where the sun comes F up about Bb ten in the F morning
And the sun goes Dm down about Am7 three in the Bb day
And you fill your F cup with whatever Bb bitter brew you're F drinkin'
And you spend your Dm life just thinkin' of Am7 how to get Dm away
No one ever F knew there was C coal in them G mountains
Til a Dm man from the F Northeast Bb arrived
Waving Dm hundred dollar F bills said, I'll C pay you for your Bb
minerals
But he Dm never left Am7 Harlan Dm alive
Granny sold out F cheap and they C moved out west of G Pineville
To a Dm farm where big F Richland River Bb winds
I bet they Dm danced them a F jig, laughed and C sang a new Bb song
Who said we'd Dm never leave Am7 Harlan Dm alive
But the Dm times they got F hard and tobacco C wasn't G selling
And ole Dm granddad knew what F he'd do to Bb survive
He went and Dm dug for Harlan F coal and sent the C money back to G
granny
But he Dm never left Am7 Harlan Dm alive
Where the sun comes F up about Bb ten in the F morning
And the sun goes Dm down about Am7 three in the Bb day
And you fill your F cup with whatever Bb bitter brew you're F drinkin'
And you spend your Dm life digging coal from the Am7 bottom of your Dm
grave
Repeat Chorus
Dm In the deep, F dark hills of C eastern G Kentucky
That the Dm place where I F trace my Bb bloodline
And it's Dm there I F read on a C hillside Bb gravestone
You will Dm never leave Am7 Harlan Dm alive
Brad Paisley
