COPPERLINE (James Taylor)
  
  
D          Bm         D         Bm D           Bm    Gadd9     A7sus4              
  Even the old folks never knew      why they call it like they do
D        Bm                  D     Bm   Em    D/F#   
  I was wond'ring since the age of two down on Copperline
D         Bm   D          Bm         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
   Hercules and a hog-nosed snake
 Em         D/F#    G   E  F#     G      A     D    Bm
Down on the Copperline, we were down on Copperline


D             Bm           D         Bm  D       Bm      Gadd9      A7sus4
 Warm summer night on the Copperline,      slip away past suppertime
D      Bm         D   Bm     Em     D/F#
  Wood smoke and moonshine, down on Copperline
D            Bm      D          Bm              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 unto the Copperline
Bm                    D/F#  G   Em     D/F#     G      A
   Branch water and tomato wine    creosote and turpentine
Bm             D/F#      G    
  Sour Mash and New Moonshine
Em      D/F#    G            A         D   Bm
Down on Copperline  down on Copperline


D        Bm    D         Bm  D       Bm         Gadd9    A7sus4
  First kiss I ever took,     like a page from a romance book
D         Bm               D    Bm     Em     D/F#   G
  The sky opened and the earth shook, down on Copperline
Em       A        D Bm
Down on Copperline


D         Bm          D     Bm    D         Bm         Gadd9   A7sus4
  Took a fall from a windy height   I only knew how to hold on tight
D               Bm              D       Bm     
  And pray for love enough to last all night
Em      D/F#   G
Down on Copperline


D6/G
Day breaks and the boy wakes up

And the dog barks and the bird sings
                          A7sus4
And the sap rises and the angels sigh....Yeah


D            Bm         D          Bm  D      Bm       Gadd9   A7sus4
  I tried to go back as if I could,      all-spec house and plywood
D     Bm      D       Bm    Em     D/F#
 Tore up and tore up good, down on Copperline
D           Bm             D      Bm             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    leaning heavy on the end of the week
Bm                D/F#       G
   Hercules and a hog-nosed snake
 Em         D/F#    G    E   F#  G       A         D   G
Down on the Copperline, take me down on Copperline    Yeah
 E   F#  G       A         D Bm  D Bm     G      A7       D Bm  D Bm 
Take me down on Copperline            Oh down on Copperline
         G      A7          D  Bm  D  Bm  ...
Take me down on Copperline