Key: F
Introduction:
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In the deep, dark hills of eastern Kentucky
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That's the place where I trace my bloodline
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And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone
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You will never leave Harlan alive
Well my granddad's dad walked down Katahrins Mountain
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Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
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And the sun goes down about three in the day
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And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin'
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And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away
No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains
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Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
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And the sun goes down about three in the day
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And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin'
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And you spend your life digging coal from the bottom of your grave
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In the deep, dark hills of eastern Kentucky
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That's the place where I trace my bloodline
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And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone
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You'll never leave Harlan alive