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Capo on 2nd fret
D Bm
e|---2-|------------2-|-----------|---2-2---0-0-0---This is the intro lead--
B|-----|-----3--------|-------3---|---3-3---3-3-3---and is followed by:-----
G|-2---|----------2---|-----0-----|---------2-2-2---------------------------
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A|-----|--------------|---------0-|-------2---------------------------------
E|-----|-3-----3------|-3---------|-----------------------------------------
D Bm D Bm D Bm
e|-0h2-2-2---0-0-|---2-2---0-0-0-|-0h2-2-2---0-0-----This lead part begins
B|-3---3-3---3-3-|---3-3---3-3-3-|-3---3-3---3-3-----the verses each time--
G|-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-2---2-2-2-|-2---2-2---2-2----------------------------
D|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0----------------------------------------
A|---------2-----|-------2-------|---------2--------------------------------
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Verse 1:
D Bm*
D Bm*
D Bm*
G A7sus4
Even the old folks never knew why they call it like they do;
D Bm*
D Bm*
Em D/F# G A
I was wond'ring since the age of two, down on Copperline.
D Bm*
D Bm*
D D/F# G A7sus4
Copper head, copper beech, copper kettles sitting side by each -
D Bm*
D Bm*
Em D/F# G A
Copper coil, cup o' Georgia peach, down on Copperline.
Bm D/F# G Em D/F# G A
Half a mile down to Morgan Creek, leaning heavy on the end of the week.
Bm D/F# G Em D/F# G
Hercules and a hog-nosed snake - down on the Copperline,
G A D Bm* D Bm* D Bm* D Bm*
We were down on Copperline.
Verse 2:
D Bm*
D Bm*
D Bm*
G A7sus4
Warm summer night on the Copperline, slip away past suppertime.
D Bm*
D Bm*
Em D/F# G A
Wood smoke and moonshine, down on Copperline.
D Bm*
D Bm*
D D/F# G A7sus4
One time I saw my daddy dance; watched him moving like a man in a trance.
D Bm*
D Bm*
Em D/F# G A
He brought it back from the war in France, down on Copperline.
Bm D/F# G Em D/F# G A
Branch water and tomato wine, creosote and turpentine,
Bm D/F# G Em D/F# G (tacet)
Sour mash and new moonshine, down on Copperline;
G A D Bm* D Bm* D Bm* D Bm*
We were down on Copperline.
Verse 3:
D Bm*
D Bm*
D Bm*
G A7sus4
First kiss ever I took, like a page from a romance book;
D Bm*
D Bm*
Em D/F# G A
The sky opened and the earth shook, down on Copperline.
Bm D/F# G Em D/F# G A
Took a fall from a windy height; I only knew how to hold on tight,
Bm D/F# G Em D/F# G (tacet)
And pray for love enough to last all night down on Copperline.
Bridge:
D6/G
Day breaks and the boy wakes up, and the dog barks and the bird sings,
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D6/G)
A7sus4 D Bm*
D Bm*
D Bm*
D Bm*
And the sap rises, and the angels sigh....Yeah
Verse 4:
D Bm*
D Bm*
D Bm*
G A7sus4
I tried to go back as if I could; all spec house and plywood
D Bm*
D Bm*
Em D/F# G A
Tore up, and tore up good, down on Copperline.
D Bm*
D Bm*
D D/F# G A7sus4
It doesn't come as a surprise to me; it doesn't touch my memory.
D Bm*
D Bm*
Em D/F# G A
Man I'm lifting up and rising free, down on Copperline.
Bm D/F# G Em D/F# G A
Half a mile down to Morgan Creek, I'm only livin' for the end of the week.
Bm D/F# G Em D/F# G
Hercules and a hog-nosed snake - down on the Copperline,
G A D Bm* D Bm*
We were down on Copperline.
G A D Bm* D Bm* D Bm* D
Take me down on Copperline.