Tablature copper - Harry Chapin

          



 

  

  Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 12:20:57, -0500

  From: MR KEN L REYNOLDS <LTWU46B@prodigy.com>

  Subject: copper_by_harry_chapin

  

  

  album: Legends of the Lost and Found

  song: Copper

  artist: Harry Chapin

  transcribed: Ken Reynolds

  

  Please enjoy the following Harry Chapin selection.

  

  Copper

  Harry Chapin       (klr)

  

  [D]   [G]   [D]   [G]

  If you were [D] looking for a way to [G] get me mad 

  It was a [D] sure fire way you [G] found

  [D] Acting like a [G] half-wit fool, [A] laying your money [A7] 

  around

  Well, I  [D] came back to [G] tell you Lou,

  ^Ñbout [D] what you almost [G] did

  Don^Òt you [A] ever put the cash on the [C] counter, Lou, 

  [F] when I^Òm [C] with my [G] kid

  

  Yeah, the [D] kid^Òs 13, he^Òs [G] growin^Ò Lou, two years 

  And [D] he^Òll be bigger than [G] me

  Still he [D] think^Òs I^Òm strong as a [G] blacksmith and

  [A] straighter than the tall oak [A7] tree

  I [D] raised him alone ten [G] years now, 

  since his [D] momma ran [G] away

  Well, you [A] ain^Òt gonna blow his [C] image of me

  With a [F] stunt like you [C] pulled [G] today

  

  chorus

  [G] They took the copper right outta the penny, Lou

  They got the [D] pig locked up in the pen

  But you^Òre [E] in big trouble with me, yes, you

  If you [A] ever do that [A7] again

  Ten [D] bucks a week [D7] protection 

  don^Òt [G]mean I can^Òt knock you [E] down

  You got to [D] treat me [D/c#] like a [D/b] livin^Ò [D] saint, Lou

  [G] Whenever my [G/f#]son^Òs [D] around

  [D]   [G]   [D]   [G]

  

  Yeah, the [D] kid wants to be a [G] policeman, [D] just like [G] me

  You [D] know he^Òll be a [G] good one, 

  the [A] way I started out to [A7] be

  And he [D] just might end up [G] police chief,

  Now [D ]wouldn^Òt that be something to [G] see

  ^ÑCause then the [A] kid would kick right-[C] off the force

  All the [F] two-bit [C] grifters like [G] me  (chorus)

  

  I guess it [D] was when my [G] old lady left me and

  She [D] took off with a saleman [G] guy

  I [D] started to see things [G] differently,

  cut your [A] own slice outta the [A7] pie

  Yeah, I [D] grew up and it came [G] clear to me, 

  all the [D] smart cops on the [G] make

  You get a [A] silver badge not an [C] old tin star

  [F] when you^Òre [C] on the [G] take

  

  [G] It^Òs pimps and whores, punk gang wars,

  [D] Robberies and homicides [Bm]

  When you [E] walk the beat with the creeps on the street

  Well, there [A] ain^Òt no where to [A7] hide

  I spent [D] half my life [D7] without no wife

  Ridin^Ò [G] heard on the scum of the [E] earth

  I learned the [D] tricks of 

  the [D/c#] trade from the [D/b] gutter [D] parade

  And then I [G] prayed for [G/f#] all I^Òm [D] worth

  [D]   [G]   [D]   [G]

  

  Don^Òt you [D] know I appreciate the [G] money Lou,

  [D] Cause it all goes into the [G] bank

  And when I [D] send my kid to [G] college some day

  He^Òll have [A] guys like you to [A7] thank

  Yeah, [D] ten bucks a week on your [G] grocery store

  Means you [D] don^Òt have to worry ^Ñbout [G] crime

  But [A] hold your money when the [C] kids with me,

  You can [F] pay me [C] double next [G] time  (chorus)

  

  Enjoy all.

  Ken Reynolds

  ( ltwu46b@prodigy.com )

  

   


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 Copper, de Harry chapin 

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