Harlan County

C#m E I wandered far from Harlan County C#m E Wanted to escape the fate A E Of digging coal out of a mountain A B E Where a man can break his back and dig his grave C#m E I work the fields of southern Georgia C#m E I lumbered mills in Tennessee E I drove steel down in Alabama A E But Kentucky kept on call and haunting me C#m E Like the fish of Harlan County C#m E That swam the river to the sea A E They’ll return they’re ready A B E To rest in the cold cold mountain stream C#m E I want to go back to Harlan County C#m E Can’t shake the cold dust out of my brain A E Though things have changed in Harlan County A B E At the courthouse, in the records, find my name C#m E There’s a little church up in Harlan County C#m E As a young man I knew it well A E I want to go back to knell at that altar A B E And feel the spirit in my prism swell C#m E Oh Harlan county of old Kentucky C#m E Your mountain calls for me and wait A E I’m proud to be from Harlan County A B E On the mountain in the cold I’ll dig my grave A B E On the mountain in the cold I’ll dig my grave