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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.
Chords
Bm* = X20230
Em7 = 020030
A7sus4=x02030
D/F#= 020230
Intro
D Bm* D Bm*
e|---2-2-----0-0---|--h2-2----0-0---| B|---3-------3-----|---3------3-----| G|---2-------2-----|---2------2-----| D|-0---------------|-0--------------| A|---------2-------|--------2-------| E|-----------------|----------------|
D Bm* D Bm*
e|--h2-2-----0-0---|--h2-2----0-0---| B|---3-------3-----|---3------3-----| G|---2-------2-----|---2------2-----| D|-0---------------|-0--------------| A|---------2-------|--------2-------| E|-----------------|----------------||
Verse 1
D Bm* D Bm* D Bm* G A7sus4
e|--h2-2----0-0---h2-2----0-0-|-h2-2----0-0--0-0---0-0-| B|---3------3------3------3---|--3------3----3-----3---| G|---2------2------2------2---|--2------2----0-----0---| D|-0-------------0------------|------------------------| A|--------2-------------2-----|-------2-----------0----| E|----------------------------|-------------3----------|
Even the old folks never knew,why they call it like they do;
D Bm* D Bm* Em7 D/F# G A7sus4
e|---2-2-----0-0---h2-2---0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-| B|---3-------3------3-----3---|---3-----3-----3-----3---| G|---2-------2------2-----2---|---0-----2-----0-----0---| D|-0--------------0-----------|-------------------------| A|---------2-------------2----|--------------------0----| E|----------------------------|-0------2-----3----------|
I was wond'ring since the age of two, down on Copperline.
D Bm* D Bm* D Bm* G A7sus4
e|--h2-2----0-0---h2-2----0-0-|-h2-2----0-0--0-0---0-0-| B|---3------3------3------3---|--3------3----3-----3---| G|---2------2------2------2---|--2------2----0-----0---| D|-0-------------0------------|------------------------| A|--------2-------------2-----|-------2-----------0----| E|----------------------------|-------------3----------|
Copper head, copper beech,copper kettles sitting side by each -
D Bm* D Bm* Em7 D/F# G A7sus4
e|---2-2-----0-0---h2-2---0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-| B|---3-------3------3-----3---|---3-----3-----3-----3---| G|---2-------2------2-----2---|---0-----2-----0-----0---| D|-0--------------0-----------|-------------------------| A|---------2-------------2----|--------------------0----| E|----------------------------|-0------2-----3----------|
Copper coil, cup o' Georgia peach, down on Copperline.
Chorus 1
Bm* D/F# G Em7 D/F# G A7sus4
e|---0-0--0-0---0-0--0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-| B|---3----3-----3----3---|---3-----3-----3-----3---| G|---2----2-----2----0---|---0-----2-----0-----0---| D|-----------------------|-------------------------| A|-2-----2---------------|--------------------0----| E|-------------2----3----|-0------2-----3----------|
Half a mile down to Morgan Creek, leaning heavy on the end of the week.
Bm* D/F# G Em7 D/F# G
e|---0-0--0-0---0-0--0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-0--| B|---3----3-----3----3---|---3-----3-----3----| G|---2----2-----2----0---|---0-----2-----0----| D|-----------------------|--------------------| A|-2-----2---------------|--------------------| E|-------------2----3----|-0------2-----3-----|
Hercules and a hog-nosed snake - down on the Copperline,
G A7sus4 D Bm* D Bm*
e|---0-0----0-0--2-2-|----0-0----h2-2----0-0---| B|---3------3----3---|----3-------3------3-----| G|---0------0----2---|----2-------2------2-----| D|------------0------|----------0--------------| A|--------0----------|--2--------------2-------| E|-3-----------------|-------------------------|
We were down on Copperline.
Verse 2
D Bm* D Bm* D Bm* G A7sus4
e|--h2-2----0-0---h2-2----0-0-|-h2-2----0-0--0-0---0-0-| B|---3------3------3------3---|--3------3----3-----3---| G|---2------2------2------2---|--2------2----0-----0---| D|-0-------------0------------|------------------------| A|--------2-------------2-----|-------2-----------0----| E|----------------------------|-------------3----------|
Warm summer night on the Copperline, slip away past suppertime.
D Bm* D Bm* Em7 D/F# G A7sus4
e|---2-2-----0-0---h2-2---0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-| B|---3-------3------3-----3---|---3-----3-----3-----3---| G|---2-------2------2-----2---|---0-----2-----0-----0---| D|-0--------------0-----------|-------------------------| A|---------2-------------2----|--------------------0----| E|----------------------------|-0------2-----3----------|
Wood smoke and moonshine, down on Copperline.
D Bm* D Bm* D Bm* G A7sus4
e|--h2-2----0-0---h2-2----0-0-|-h2-2----0-0--0-0---0-0-| B|---3------3------3------3---|--3------3----3-----3---| G|---2------2------2------2---|--2------2----0-----0---| D|-0-------------0------------|------------------------| A|--------2-------------2-----|-------2-----------0----| E|----------------------------|-------------3----------|
One time I saw my daddy dance;watched him moving like a man in a trance.
D Bm* D Bm* Em7 D/F# G A7sus4
e|---2-2-----0-0---h2-2---0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-| B|---3-------3------3-----3---|---3-----3-----3-----3---| G|---2-------2------2-----2---|---0-----2-----0-----0---| D|-0--------------0-----------|-------------------------| A|---------2-------------2----|--------------------0----| E|----------------------------|-0------2-----3----------|
He brought it back from the war in France, down on Copperline.
Chorus 2
Bm* D/F# G Em7 D/F# G A7sus4
e|---0-0--0-0---0-0--0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-| B|---3----3-----3----3---|---3-----3-----3-----3---| G|---2----2-----2----0---|---0-----2-----0-----0---| D|-----------------------|-------------------------| A|-2-----2---------------|--------------------0----| E|-------------2----3----|-0------2-----3----------|
Branch water and tomato wine, creosote and turpentine,
Bm* D/F# G Em7 D/F# G
e|---0-0--0-0---0-0--0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-0--| B|---3----3-----3----3---|---3-----3-----3----| G|---2----2-----2----0---|---0-----2-----0----| D|-----------------------|--------------------| A|-2-----2---------------|--------------------| E|-------------2----3----|-0------2-----3
Sour mash and new moonshine, down on Copperline;
G A7sus4 D Bm* D Bm*
e|---0-0----0-0--2-2-|----0-0----h2-2----0-0---| B|---3------3----3---|----3-------3------3-----| G|---0------0----2---|----2-------2------2-----| D|------------0------|----------0--------------| A|--------0----------|--2--------------2-------| E|-3-----------------|-------------------------|
We were down on Copperline.
Verse 3
D Bm* D Bm* D Bm* G A7sus4
e|--h2-2----0-0---h2-2----0-0-|-h2-2----0-0--0-0---0-0-| B|---3------3------3------3---|--3------3----3-----3---| G|---2------2------2------2---|--2------2----0-----0---| D|-0-------------0------------|------------------------| A|--------2-------------2-----|-------2-----------0----| E|----------------------------|-------------3----------|
First kiss ever I took, like a page from a romance book;
D Bm* D Bm* Em7 D/F# G A7sus4
e|---2-2-----0-0---h2-2---0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-| B|---3-------3------3-----3---|---3-----3-----3-----3---| G|---2-------2------2-----2---|---0-----2-----0-----0---| D|-0--------------0-----------|-------------------------| A|---------2-------------2----|--------------------0----| E|----------------------------|-0------2-----3----------|
The sky opened and the earth shook, down on Copperline.
D Bm* D Bm* D Bm* G A7sus4
e|--h2-2----0-0---h2-2----0-0-|-h2-2----0-0--0-0---0-0-| B|---3------3------3------3---|--3------3----3-----3---| G|---2------2------2------2---|--2------2----0-----0---| D|-0-------------0------------|------------------------| A|--------2-------------2-----|-------2-----------0----| E|----------------------------|-------------3----------|
D Bm* D Bm* Em7 D/F# G A7sus4
e|---2-2-----0-0---h2-2---0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-| B|---3-------3------3-----3---|---3-----3-----3-----3---| G|---2-------2------2-----2---|---0-----2-----0-----0---| D|-0--------------0-----------|-------------------------| A|---------2-------------2----|--------------------0----| E|----------------------------|-0------2-----3----------|
Chorus 3
Bm* D/F# G Em7 D/F# G A7sus4
e|---0-0--0-0---0-0--0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-| B|---3----3-----3----3---|---3-----3-----3-----3---| G|---2----2-----2----0---|---0-----2-----0-----0---| D|-----------------------|-------------------------| A|-2-----2---------------|--------------------0----| E|-------------2----3----|-0------2-----3----------|
Took a fall from a windy height; I only knew how to hold on tight,
Bm* D/F# G Em7 D/F# G
e|---0-0--0-0---0-0--0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-0--| B|---3----3-----3----3---|---3-----3-----3----| G|---2----2-----2----0---|---0-----2-----0----| D|-----------------------|--------------------| A|-2-----2---------------|--------------------| E|-------------2----3----|-0------2-----3-----|
pray for love enough to last all night down on Copperline.
Bridge
G
e|--------------------| B|--------------------| G|--------0-----0-----| D|------0-----0-------| A|--------------------| E|----3------3--------|
Day breaks and the boy wakes up, and the dog barks and the bird sings,
the sap rises,
A7sus4 D
e|---------------------| B|------3----3------3--| G|----0----0------2----| D|--------------0------| A|--0----0-------------| E|---------------------|
and the angels sigh....Yeah
Verse 4
D Bm* D Bm* D Bm* G A7sus4
e|--h2-2----0-0---h2-2----0-0-|-h2-2----0-0--0-0---0-0-| B|---3------3------3------3---|--3------3----3-----3---| G|---2------2------2------2---|--2------2----0-----0---| D|-0-------------0------------|------------------------| A|--------2-------------2-----|-------2-----------0----| E|----------------------------|-------------3----------|
I tried to go back as if I could; all spec house and plywood
D Bm* D Bm* Em7 D/F# G A7sus4
e|---2-2-----0-0---h2-2---0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-| B|---3-------3------3-----3---|---3-----3-----3-----3---| G|---2-------2------2-----2---|---0-----2-----0-----0---| D|-0--------------0-----------|-------------------------| A|---------2-------------2----|--------------------0----| E|----------------------------|-0------2-----3----------|
Tore up, and tore up good, down on Copperline.
D Bm* D Bm* D Bm* G A7sus4
e|--h2-2----0-0---h2-2----0-0-|-h2-2----0-0--0-0---0-0-| B|---3------3------3------3---|--3------3----3-----3---| G|---2------2------2------2---|--2------2----0-----0---| D|-0-------------0------------|------------------------| A|--------2-------------2-----|-------2-----------0----| E|----------------------------|-------------3----------|
It doesn't come as a surprise to me;it doesn't touch my memory.
D Bm* D Bm* Em7 D/F# G A7sus4
e|---2-2-----0-0---h2-2---0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-| B|---3-------3------3-----3---|---3-----3-----3-----3---| G|---2-------2------2-----2---|---0-----2-----0-----0---| D|-0--------------0-----------|-------------------------| A|---------2-------------2----|--------------------0----| E|----------------------------|-0------2-----3----------|
Man I'm lifting up and rising free, down on Copperline.
Chorus 4
Bm* D/F# G Em7 D/F# G A7sus4
e|---0-0--0-0---0-0--0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-| B|---3----3-----3----3---|---3-----3-----3-----3---| G|---2----2-----2----0---|---0-----2-----0-----0---| D|-----------------------|-------------------------| A|-2-----2---------------|--------------------0----| E|-------------2----3----|-0------2-----3----------|
Half a mile down to Morgan Creek, leaning heavy on the end of the week.
Bm* D/F# G Em7 D/F# G
e|---0-0--0-0---0-0--0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-0--| B|---3----3-----3----3---|---3-----3-----3----| G|---2----2-----2----0---|---0-----2-----0----| D|-----------------------|--------------------| A|-2-----2---------------|--------------------| E|-------------2----3----|-0------2-----3-----|
Hercules and a hog-nosed snake - down on the Copperline,
G A7sus4 D Bm* D Bm*
e|---0-0----0-0--2-2-|----0-0----h2-2----0-0---| B|---3------3----3---|----3-------3------3-----| G|---0------0----2---|----2-------2------2-----| D|------------0------|----------0--------------| A|--------0----------|--2--------------2-------| E|-3-----------------|-------------------------|
We were down on Copperline.
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