D C G/B D 1, I'm a Harlan Man G D Went down in the mine when I was barely grown C G/B D It was easy then A D 'Cause I didn't know what I know now C G/B D But I'm a family man G D And it's the only life that I've ever known C G/B D But I'm a Harlan Man A D Just as long as my luck and lungs hold out (Instr,vers) 2, I'm a mountain man Born in east Kentucky and here I'll stay And if it's the good Lord's plan I'll wake up in the mornin' and find I'm lookin' at the end Of another long week and I can draw my pay 'Cause I'm a Harlan Man Never catch me whinin' cause I ain't that kind (Instr,vers) 3, I'm a union man Just like my daddy and all my kin I took a union stand No matter what the company said