Copper
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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 12:20:57, -0500
From: MR KEN L REYNOLDS
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,
^?bout D what you almost G did
Don^?t you A ever put the cash on the C counter, Lou,
F when I^?m C with my G kid
Yeah, the D kid^?s 13, he^?s G growin^? Lou, two years
And D he^?ll be bigger than G me
Still he D think^?s I^?m 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^?t 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^?re E in big trouble with me, yes, you
If you A ever do that A7 again
Ten D bucks a week D7 protection
don^?t Gmean I can^?t knock you E down
You got to D treat me D/c# like a D/b livin^? D saint, Lou
G Whenever my G/f#son^?s 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^?ll 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^?t that be something to G see
^?Cause 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^?re C on the G take
G It^?s 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^?t no where to A7 hide
I spent D half my life D7 without no wife
Ridin^? 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^?m D worth
D G D G
Don^?t 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^?ll have A guys like you to A7 thank
Yeah, D ten bucks a week on your G grocery store
Means you D don^?t have to worry ^?bout 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
( [email protected] )
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