James Taylor

Copperline(Chords)

James Taylor

Key: D

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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---------------------------  
D|-----|---0----------|---0-------|-0---------------------------------------  
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--------------------------------  
E|---------------|---------------|------------------------------------------ 
Intro: D Bm* (Bm* = X20230) D Bm* D Bm* D Bm*

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, (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.

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