Chords for Remembering Wilma Lee Cooper
Tempo:
121.55 bpm
Chords used:
F
E
C
D
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[G]
[A] [D] Willmalee Cooper is a quintessential no holds barred, reared back [G] Appalachian singer.
[D] It's a very soulful singing style and soul piercing.
Particularly [D] Willmalee's gospel repertoire, it just [A] really drips with emotion.
[Dm] I mean it just [C#] is so penetrating.
[F#]
[G#]
[C#] Willmalee Cooper was born in [F#] 1921 in Valleyhead in Randolph [G#] County
and grew up performing with her parents [C#] and sisters in the regionally popular Leary [E] Family Gospel Group.
We sung in every church in Elkins.
That was near our home.
Everything but the Catholic church we didn't sing it at.
Cooper [B] continues to recuperate from a stroke in [E] 2001, but the 87 [A] year old remains passionate [E] about her music.
[B] For being such a petite [E] woman, you had a [A] powerful, powerful voice, [E] didn't you?
Yes, I was [F] blessed with a strong voice.
[A#]
[F] [C]
Willmalee married the gospel [F] group's fiddler, Dale Stoney Cooper, [A#] in 1939.
Together [Fm] they formed their own group, the Clinch [C] Mountain Clan, performing a [F] mix of country, [G#] bluegrass and mountain music.
The Coopers were a mainstay for a decade on the [C#] Wheeling Jamboree and the Grand Old [F#] Opry
and established themselves as one of country music's most [G#] popular duos.
Talk to us about performing at [F] the Grand Old Opry.
It was the top country show in the country.
We were working [A#] there.
W.R.V.A. was from Virginia.
They booked a lot of the Grand Old Opry shows.
When they did, they always wanted us [F] on their show.
[C] [F] In 1974, [C] the Smithsonian Institution honored [F] Willmalee Cooper as the First Lady of [C] Bluegrass.
[F]
Stoney Cooper died in [N] 1977, but Willmalee continued to perform until 2001.
[N]
[G]
[A] [D] Willmalee Cooper is a quintessential no holds barred, reared back [G] Appalachian singer.
[D] It's a very soulful singing style and soul piercing.
Particularly [D] Willmalee's gospel repertoire, it just [A] really drips with emotion.
[Dm] I mean it just [C#] is so penetrating.
[F#]
[G#]
[C#] Willmalee Cooper was born in [F#] 1921 in Valleyhead in Randolph [G#] County
and grew up performing with her parents [C#] and sisters in the regionally popular Leary [E] Family Gospel Group.
We sung in every church in Elkins.
That was near our home.
Everything but the Catholic church we didn't sing it at.
Cooper [B] continues to recuperate from a stroke in [E] 2001, but the 87 [A] year old remains passionate [E] about her music.
[B] For being such a petite [E] woman, you had a [A] powerful, powerful voice, [E] didn't you?
Yes, I was [F] blessed with a strong voice.
[A#]
[F] [C]
Willmalee married the gospel [F] group's fiddler, Dale Stoney Cooper, [A#] in 1939.
Together [Fm] they formed their own group, the Clinch [C] Mountain Clan, performing a [F] mix of country, [G#] bluegrass and mountain music.
The Coopers were a mainstay for a decade on the [C#] Wheeling Jamboree and the Grand Old [F#] Opry
and established themselves as one of country music's most [G#] popular duos.
Talk to us about performing at [F] the Grand Old Opry.
It was the top country show in the country.
We were working [A#] there.
W.R.V.A. was from Virginia.
They booked a lot of the Grand Old Opry shows.
When they did, they always wanted us [F] on their show.
[C] [F] In 1974, [C] the Smithsonian Institution honored [F] Willmalee Cooper as the First Lady of [C] Bluegrass.
[F]
Stoney Cooper died in [N] 1977, but Willmalee continued to perform until 2001.
[N]
Key:
F
E
C
D
A
F
E
C
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] Willmalee Cooper is a quintessential no holds barred, reared back [G] Appalachian singer. _
[D] It's a very soulful singing style and soul piercing.
Particularly [D] Willmalee's gospel repertoire, it just [A] really drips with emotion.
[Dm] I mean it just [C#] is so penetrating.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ Willmalee Cooper was born in [F#] 1921 in Valleyhead in Randolph [G#] County
and grew up performing with her parents [C#] and sisters in the regionally popular Leary [E] Family Gospel Group.
We sung in every church _ in Elkins.
That was near our home.
Everything but the Catholic church we didn't sing it at. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Cooper [B] continues to recuperate from a stroke in [E] 2001, but the 87 [A] year old remains passionate [E] about her music.
_ [B] For being such a petite [E] woman, you had a [A] powerful, powerful voice, [E] didn't you?
Yes, _ I was [F] blessed with a _ strong voice.
_ [A#] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
Willmalee married the gospel [F] group's fiddler, Dale Stoney Cooper, [A#] in 1939.
Together [Fm] they formed their own group, the Clinch [C] Mountain Clan, performing a [F] mix of country, [G#] bluegrass and mountain music.
_ _ The Coopers were a mainstay for a decade on the [C#] Wheeling Jamboree and the Grand Old [F#] Opry
and established themselves as one of country music's most [G#] popular duos.
Talk to us about performing at [F] the Grand Old Opry.
It was the top country show _ in the country.
We were working [A#] there.
W.R.V.A. was from Virginia.
They booked a lot of the Grand Old Opry shows.
_ When they did, they always wanted us [F] on their show. _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ In 1974, [C] the Smithsonian Institution honored [F] Willmalee Cooper as the First Lady of [C] Bluegrass. _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Stoney Cooper died in [N] 1977, but Willmalee continued to perform until 2001.
_ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] Willmalee Cooper is a quintessential no holds barred, reared back [G] Appalachian singer. _
[D] It's a very soulful singing style and soul piercing.
Particularly [D] Willmalee's gospel repertoire, it just [A] really drips with emotion.
[Dm] I mean it just [C#] is so penetrating.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ Willmalee Cooper was born in [F#] 1921 in Valleyhead in Randolph [G#] County
and grew up performing with her parents [C#] and sisters in the regionally popular Leary [E] Family Gospel Group.
We sung in every church _ in Elkins.
That was near our home.
Everything but the Catholic church we didn't sing it at. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Cooper [B] continues to recuperate from a stroke in [E] 2001, but the 87 [A] year old remains passionate [E] about her music.
_ [B] For being such a petite [E] woman, you had a [A] powerful, powerful voice, [E] didn't you?
Yes, _ I was [F] blessed with a _ strong voice.
_ [A#] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
Willmalee married the gospel [F] group's fiddler, Dale Stoney Cooper, [A#] in 1939.
Together [Fm] they formed their own group, the Clinch [C] Mountain Clan, performing a [F] mix of country, [G#] bluegrass and mountain music.
_ _ The Coopers were a mainstay for a decade on the [C#] Wheeling Jamboree and the Grand Old [F#] Opry
and established themselves as one of country music's most [G#] popular duos.
Talk to us about performing at [F] the Grand Old Opry.
It was the top country show _ in the country.
We were working [A#] there.
W.R.V.A. was from Virginia.
They booked a lot of the Grand Old Opry shows.
_ When they did, they always wanted us [F] on their show. _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ In 1974, [C] the Smithsonian Institution honored [F] Willmalee Cooper as the First Lady of [C] Bluegrass. _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Stoney Cooper died in [N] 1977, but Willmalee continued to perform until 2001.
_ [N] _ _