Copperline — James Taylor
Chords and lyrics for Copperline by James Taylor (key of E).
Intro
[E]
[E] [A#maj7] [B5/F#] [E] [Asus2] [Am] [G#m/D#] [Am] [Asus2/E] [Em] [F#sus4/B] [E] [E] [F#7] [Em] [C#m]
Verse 1
Even [E]the old folks [E]never knew why [C#m][E]they called [A]it like they do.
[B][Em/B]I was wondering [C#m]since he dated [Em]to [F#m]down on Copperline.
Chorus
[C#][A][E/B]Copperhead, [C#m]copper [Em/B]beach, [C#m][E]copper kettle [G#/D#]sitting side [A]by each.
Copper coil cup adored [Em]to beach [F#m]down on Copperline.
[C#][A][Em]Half [C#m]a mile down the Morgan Creek, [F#m/A]I'm only living [G#m7]till [A]the end of the week.
[B][C#m]Hercules and a hog nose snicked [A]down on Copperline.
Verse 2
[E/G#][Asus2]Take me down [F#m]on Copperline.
[Em] [F#] [Em] [F#] [E] [F#sus4] [C#m]
Warm summer night, Copperline slip away past subterfuge.
Wood spoke and moved shiny down [F#m]on Copperline.
Verse 3
[G#][A]One time [C#m]someone daddy danced, watched him moving like a man [A]in a trance.
He brought it back from the war in France down [F#m]on Copperline.
Verse 4
[E][A][B]Brant [C#]water and tomato [F#m]wine, creased old [G#m/B][A]and turpentine.
[B][C#m]Sovereign mass in the new moon shining [F#m]down on Copperline.
Verse 5
[E][Asus2]Take me down [Bsus4]on [Amaj7]Copperline.
[E] [F#] [Em/B] [F#sus4] [E] [F#sus4] [E/B]
Oh [C#m7/E]first [E]kiss [F#sus4/B]ever [Em]I [C#m7/B]took, stole a page from [Asus2/B]a romance book.
[Em/B]The sky open [Bsus2]and [E/B]the earth shook [F#m]down on [C#m][A]Copperline.
Verse 6
Walk me [Em/B]down.
[F#] [Em] [F#] [E] [Asus2] [Em/B] [C#m7] [Em] [C#m] [F#m7/E] [E] [A5] [B]
I [C#]took a ball from a [G#m/B]windy height. [F#m]I only knew [E/B]how to hold on [F#m]tight.
[B]The [C#]faithful mother looked last [C#sus4]all night [F#m]down on Copperline.
Verse 7
[E] [Asus2/E]
Day breaks and boy wakes and dog barks and bird sings and the sap rises and the angels sigh.
[F#m]Yeah, [B5]I [Esus4/B][Em]tried to go [C#m]back as if I could. All spec house and [A]plywood tore [B7][E]up, [F#]tore [E]up good down [C#][F#m]on Copperline.
Verse 8
[C#m][A/E]Doesn't [Em]come [C#m]as a surprise [E]to me. [F#]It [E]never touched [G#m]my memory [A]while [B7]I'm [F#m7]lifting [E/B]up [C#m]and rising [B]free down [C#/G#]on [F#m/A]Copperline.
Verse 9
[C#m/E][A][B]Half [C#m]a mile down the Morgan Creek [A]I [F#m]only lived [E/B]until [A]the end of the week.
[B]Her [C#m]cuties and a hog [C#sus4]no snake [F#m]down on Copperline.
Outro
[E][A/E]On Copperline.
[Asus2]We were [A]down on Copperline.
[Em] [F#7/E] [E] [F#sus4] [E]
Oh [F#m]down on [A]Copperline.
[C#m/E]
Take [E/B][F#m]me back down on Copperline.
[Asus2] [E] [C#m] [E]
Baby [C#m/E][F#m]down on Copperline.
[A/E] [E] [F#7] [E/B] [C#m] [F#m7] [G#m/B] [Asus2] [A]
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