Copperline

	  		  
  


  
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.