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This is my first tab so sorry for any mistakes
Copperline (James Taylor)
D XX0231 Gadd9 21003X Em 012000 A X01230
||0232 32003| 022000 |02220
Bm X10230 A7ss4 X01030 D/F# 10023X D6/G 3X0102
|20230 |02030 20023| 3|0202
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|---------------|---------------|------------------------------------------

D Bm D Bm D Bm Gadd9 A7ss4
Even the old folks who 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 D/F# G A7ss4
Copper head copper beech Copper Kettles sittin' 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
Half a mile down to morgan Creek
Em D/F# G A
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 the copperline
One Summer night on the Copperline
Slip away past supper time
Wood smoke and moonshine
Down on Copperline
One time I saw my daddy dance
Watched him moving like a man in a trance
He bought it back from the war in France
Down onto Copperline
Branch water and tomato wine
Creosote and turpentine
Sour mash and new moon shine
Down on Copperline
Down on Copperline
First kiss ever I took
Like a page from a romance book
The sky opened and the earth shook
Down on Copperline
Down on Copperline
Took a fall from a windy height
I only knew how to hold on tight
And pray for love enough to last all night
Down on Copperline
BRIDGE
D6/G
Day breaks and the boy wakes up
(D6/G)
And the dog barks and the birds sing
(D6/G) A7ss4
And the sap rises and the angels sigh, yeah
I tried to go back, as if I could
All spec house and plywood
Tore up and tore up good
Down on Copperline
It doesn't come as a surprise to me
It doesn't touch my memory
Man I'm lifting up and rising free
Down on over Copperline
Half a mile down to Morgan Creek
I'm only living for the end of the week
Hercules and a hog-nosed snake
Down on Copperline, yeah
Take me down on Copperline
Oh, down on Copperline
Take me down on Copperline

Source: http://www.azchords.com/j/jamestaylor-tabs-1972/copperline2-tabs-19496.html

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