Chords for Copperline (James Taylor) guitar lesson and tab
Tempo:
122.55 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
C#m
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
[A]
[F#] [E]
[C#m]
Even the old folk never knew
Why they called it [B] like they do.
[E] I [C#m] was wondering since the age of two
[F#m] down [E] on Copper [A] Line
[C#] Copperhead
Copper Beach
Copper Kettles [A] sitting side by [B] each
Copper Coil, Copper [C#m] Georgia Peach, [F#m] down [E] on Copper Line
[B] [C#m] Half a mile down to Morgan [A] Creek.
I'm [E] only living for the [B] end of the week
[C#m] Hercules [E] and a [A] Hognose Snake, [E] down on Copper Line
[F#] We went [E] down on Copper [B] Line
Warm summer night on the Copper Line
Drifting [A] way past supper [F#] time
[C#m] wood smoke and moonshine
[E] Down on Copper [A] Line
[B]
One time I saw my daddy dance
[E] Saw him moving like [F#m] a man in a [B] dress.
He brought it back from the war in France, [F#m] [E] down on Copper [A] Line
[C#] French [E] water and tomato wine
[F#m] [E] Creole salt and [A] turpentine
[C#m]
Sour [E] mash and mule [A] [F#m] mudshine, [G#m] down on Copper [F#] Line
We went down on Copper [B] Line
[E] [B]
First kiss ever I took
Like a page [A] from a [F#] romance book
[E] Sky [B] opened and the earth it [F#m] shook, down [E] on Copper Line
down on Copper Line
[A] [F#]
[B]
[E] [B] [C#]
Took a [E] fall from a windy [A] height.
I only knew how to hold on tight
[C#m] Pray for love [E] will last all night, [F#m] down [E] on Copper Line
Day breaks and the boy wakes up and the dog barks and the bird sings and the sap rises and
the angels [F#] sigh
Try [B]
to go back as if I could
Oh, [A] speckled plywood
[F#] [C#m] Tore up and it tore up good
[E] Down on [A] Copper [B] Line
[C#m] Doesn't come as a surprise to [E] me
[A] Doesn't touch my memory
[B] Might have lifted up
Rising [F#m] free, down [E] on Copper Line
[B] [C#m] Half [E] a mile down to [A] Morgan [F#m] Street
Only [A] living for the end [B] of the week
[C#m] Ghillies and a [A] log no sake, [E] down on Copper Line
We [F#] went down on [B] Copper Line
We went [E] down on Copper Line
We [F#] went down [B] on Copper Line
We [F#m] went down [F#] on Copper [E] Line
[A]
[F#] [E]
[C#m]
Even the old folk never knew
Why they called it [B] like they do.
[E] I [C#m] was wondering since the age of two
[F#m] down [E] on Copper [A] Line
[C#] Copperhead
Copper Beach
Copper Kettles [A] sitting side by [B] each
Copper Coil, Copper [C#m] Georgia Peach, [F#m] down [E] on Copper Line
[B] [C#m] Half a mile down to Morgan [A] Creek.
I'm [E] only living for the [B] end of the week
[C#m] Hercules [E] and a [A] Hognose Snake, [E] down on Copper Line
[F#] We went [E] down on Copper [B] Line
Warm summer night on the Copper Line
Drifting [A] way past supper [F#] time
[C#m] wood smoke and moonshine
[E] Down on Copper [A] Line
[B]
One time I saw my daddy dance
[E] Saw him moving like [F#m] a man in a [B] dress.
He brought it back from the war in France, [F#m] [E] down on Copper [A] Line
[C#] French [E] water and tomato wine
[F#m] [E] Creole salt and [A] turpentine
[C#m]
Sour [E] mash and mule [A] [F#m] mudshine, [G#m] down on Copper [F#] Line
We went down on Copper [B] Line
[E] [B]
First kiss ever I took
Like a page [A] from a [F#] romance book
[E] Sky [B] opened and the earth it [F#m] shook, down [E] on Copper Line
down on Copper Line
[A] [F#]
[B]
[E] [B] [C#]
Took a [E] fall from a windy [A] height.
I only knew how to hold on tight
[C#m] Pray for love [E] will last all night, [F#m] down [E] on Copper Line
Day breaks and the boy wakes up and the dog barks and the bird sings and the sap rises and
the angels [F#] sigh
Try [B]
to go back as if I could
Oh, [A] speckled plywood
[F#] [C#m] Tore up and it tore up good
[E] Down on [A] Copper [B] Line
[C#m] Doesn't come as a surprise to [E] me
[A] Doesn't touch my memory
[B] Might have lifted up
Rising [F#m] free, down [E] on Copper Line
[B] [C#m] Half [E] a mile down to [A] Morgan [F#m] Street
Only [A] living for the end [B] of the week
[C#m] Ghillies and a [A] log no sake, [E] down on Copper Line
We [F#] went down on [B] Copper Line
We went [E] down on Copper Line
We [F#] went down [B] on Copper Line
We [F#m] went down [F#] on Copper [E] Line
Key:
E
A
B
C#m
F#
E
A
B
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Even the old folk never knew
_ Why they called it [B] like they do.
[E] I [C#m] was wondering since the age of two
[F#m] down [E] on Copper [A] Line _
[C#] _ _ _ Copperhead
Copper Beach
Copper Kettles [A] sitting side by [B] each
Copper Coil, Copper [C#m] Georgia Peach, [F#m] down [E] on Copper Line
_ [B] _ _ [C#m] Half a mile down to Morgan [A] Creek.
I'm [E] only living for the [B] end of the week
[C#m] _ Hercules [E] and a [A] Hognose Snake, [E] down on Copper Line _ _ _
[F#] We went [E] down on Copper _ [B] Line
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Warm summer night on the Copper Line
_ Drifting [A] way past supper [F#] time
_ [C#m] wood smoke and moonshine _ _
[E] Down on Copper [A] Line
[B] _ _
One time I saw my daddy dance
_ [E] Saw him moving like [F#m] a man in a [B] dress.
He brought it back from the war in France, [F#m] _ [E] down on Copper [A] Line _
_ [C#] _ French [E] water and tomato wine
[F#m] _ [E] Creole salt and [A] turpentine
_ [C#m] _
Sour [E] mash and mule [A] _ [F#m] mudshine, [G#m] down on Copper [F#] Line
_ _ _ We went down on Copper _ [B] Line _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ First kiss ever I took
Like a page [A] from a [F#] romance book
[E] Sky [B] opened and the earth it [F#m] shook, down [E] on Copper Line
_ down on Copper Line _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [C#]
Took a [E] fall from a windy [A] height.
I only knew how to hold on tight
[C#m] _ Pray for love [E] will last all night, [F#m] down [E] on Copper Line _ _
_ _ _ _ Day breaks and the boy wakes up and the dog barks and the bird sings and the sap rises and
_ the angels _ [F#] sigh
_ Try [B] _
to go back as if I could
_ Oh, [A] speckled plywood
[F#] _ _ [C#m] Tore up and it tore up good
[E] Down on [A] Copper [B] Line
_ [C#m] Doesn't come as a surprise to [E] me _
[A] Doesn't touch my memory
[B] Might have lifted up
Rising [F#m] free, down [E] on Copper Line
_ [B] _ _ [C#m] Half [E] a mile down to [A] Morgan [F#m] Street
Only [A] living for the end [B] of the week
[C#m] _ Ghillies and a [A] log no sake, [E] down on Copper Line
_ _ _ We [F#] went down on [B] Copper _ Line _
_ _ _ _ We went [E] down on Copper Line _ _ _ _ _ _
We [F#] went down [B] on Copper _ Line
_ _ _ _ _ We [F#m] went down [F#] on Copper _ [E] Line
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Even the old folk never knew
_ Why they called it [B] like they do.
[E] I [C#m] was wondering since the age of two
[F#m] down [E] on Copper [A] Line _
[C#] _ _ _ Copperhead
Copper Beach
Copper Kettles [A] sitting side by [B] each
Copper Coil, Copper [C#m] Georgia Peach, [F#m] down [E] on Copper Line
_ [B] _ _ [C#m] Half a mile down to Morgan [A] Creek.
I'm [E] only living for the [B] end of the week
[C#m] _ Hercules [E] and a [A] Hognose Snake, [E] down on Copper Line _ _ _
[F#] We went [E] down on Copper _ [B] Line
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Warm summer night on the Copper Line
_ Drifting [A] way past supper [F#] time
_ [C#m] wood smoke and moonshine _ _
[E] Down on Copper [A] Line
[B] _ _
One time I saw my daddy dance
_ [E] Saw him moving like [F#m] a man in a [B] dress.
He brought it back from the war in France, [F#m] _ [E] down on Copper [A] Line _
_ [C#] _ French [E] water and tomato wine
[F#m] _ [E] Creole salt and [A] turpentine
_ [C#m] _
Sour [E] mash and mule [A] _ [F#m] mudshine, [G#m] down on Copper [F#] Line
_ _ _ We went down on Copper _ [B] Line _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ First kiss ever I took
Like a page [A] from a [F#] romance book
[E] Sky [B] opened and the earth it [F#m] shook, down [E] on Copper Line
_ down on Copper Line _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [C#]
Took a [E] fall from a windy [A] height.
I only knew how to hold on tight
[C#m] _ Pray for love [E] will last all night, [F#m] down [E] on Copper Line _ _
_ _ _ _ Day breaks and the boy wakes up and the dog barks and the bird sings and the sap rises and
_ the angels _ [F#] sigh
_ Try [B] _
to go back as if I could
_ Oh, [A] speckled plywood
[F#] _ _ [C#m] Tore up and it tore up good
[E] Down on [A] Copper [B] Line
_ [C#m] Doesn't come as a surprise to [E] me _
[A] Doesn't touch my memory
[B] Might have lifted up
Rising [F#m] free, down [E] on Copper Line
_ [B] _ _ [C#m] Half [E] a mile down to [A] Morgan [F#m] Street
Only [A] living for the end [B] of the week
[C#m] _ Ghillies and a [A] log no sake, [E] down on Copper Line
_ _ _ We [F#] went down on [B] Copper _ Line _
_ _ _ _ We went [E] down on Copper Line _ _ _ _ _ _
We [F#] went down [B] on Copper _ Line
_ _ _ _ _ We [F#m] went down [F#] on Copper _ [E] Line
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _