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Capo: 2
This isn't meant to be exactly as James Taylor has performed it, but is rather the way I usually play it. Finger-picking isn't required, but it sure does sound nice! Capo 2 Intro: D Bm* (Bm* = X20230) D Bm* D Bm* D Bm* D Bm* D Bm* D Bm* G A7sus4 Verse 1: 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.
Chorus 1:Bm Half a mile down to D/F#Morgan GCreek, Emleaning D/F#heavy on the Gend of the Aweek. Bm Hercules and a D/F#hog-nosed Gsnake - Emdown on the D/F#CopperlineG, G A D Bm* D Bm* D Bm* D Bm* We were down on Copperline.
D Bm* D Bm* D Bm* G A7sus4 Verse 2: 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.
Chorus 2:Bm Branch water and toD/F#mato Gwine, EmcreoD/F#sote and GturpenAtine, 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.
D Bm* D Bm* D Bm* G A7sus4 Verse 3: 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.
Chorus 3:Bm Took a fall from a D/F#windy Gheight;Em I only D/F#knew how to Ghold on Atight, Bm D/F# G Em D/F# G (tacet) And pray for love enough to last all night down on Copperline.
Bridge: D6/GDay 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
D Bm* D Bm* D Bm* G A7sus4 Verse 4: 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.
Chorus 4:Bm Half a mile down to D/F#Morgan GCreek, EmI'm only D/F#livin' for the Gend of theA week. Bm Hercules and a D/F#hog-nosed Gsnake - Emdown on the D/F#CopperlineG, 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.