(Bm* = X20230)
[Intro]
D   Bm*  D   Bm*   D   Bm*   D   Bm*
[Estrofa]
D         Bm*       D     Bm*  D         Bm*     G         A7sus4 
Even the old folks never knew  why they call it like they do; 
D      Bm*                 D      Bm*   Em      D/F#     G   A 
I was wond'ring since the age of two,  down on Copperline. 
D       Bm*    D       Bm*   D      D/F#            G       A7sus4 
 Copper head,  copper beech, copper kettles sitting side by each - 
D       Bm*          D       Bm*    Em      D/F#     G A 
 Copper coil, cup o' Georgia peach, down on Copperline.
[Estribillo]
Bm                   D/F#   G      Em      D/F#         G          A 
 Half a mile down to Morgan Creek, leaning heavy on the end of the week. 
Bm              D/F#      G       Em          D/F#      G 
 Hercules and a hog-nosed snake - down on the Copperline, 
        G       A      D  Bm*  D  Bm*  D  Bm*  D  Bm* 
We were down on Copperline.
[Estrofa]
D            Bm*          D      Bm*  D     Bm*      G        A7sus4 
 Warm summer night on the Copperline, slip away past suppertime. 
D      Bm*      D   Bm*   Em       D/F#     G   A 
 Wood smoke and moonshine, down on Copperline. 
D           Bm*    D       Bm*  D           D/F#          G        A7sus4 
 One time I saw my daddy dance; watched him moving like a man in a trance. 
D              Bm*           D      Bm*     Em          D/F#     G A 
 He brought it back from the war in France, down on Copperline.
[Estribillo]
Bm                  D/F#  G     Em  D/F#     G     A 
 Branch water and tomato  wine, creosote and turpentine, 
Bm             D/F#    G      Em      D/F#   G (tacet) 
 Sour mash and new moonshine, down on Copperline; 
        G       A      D  Bm*  D  Bm*  D  Bm*  D  Bm* 
We were down on Copperline.
[Estrofa]
D      Bm*  D      Bm*  D       Bm*         G       A7sus4 
 First kiss ever I took, like a page from a romance book; 
D        Bm*            D     Bm*    Em      D/F#     G    A 
 The sky opened and the earth shook, down on Copperline.
[Estribillo]
Bm                  D/F#  G      Em      D/F#        G       A 
 Took a fall from a windy height; I only knew how to hold on tight, 
Bm                           D/F#     G     Em      D/F#   G (tacet) 
 And pray for love enough to last all night down on Copperline.
[Puente]
D6/G 
Day breaks and the boy wakes up, and the dog barks and the bird sings, 
(D6/G)                            A7sus4      D  Bm*  D  Bm*  D  Bm*  D  Bm* 
And the sap rises, and the angels sigh....Yeah
[Estrofa]
D           Bm*        D     Bm*  D    Bm*            G      A7sus4 
 I tried to go back as if I could; all spec house and plywood 
D    Bm*      D      Bm*   Em       D/F#  G   A 
 Tore up, and tore up good, down on Copperline. 
D           Bm*          D        Bm*   D           D/F#     G    A7sus4 
 It doesn't come as a surprise to me;    it doesn't touch my memory. 
D        Bm*            D      Bm*   Em      D/F#     G  A 
 Man I'm lifting up and rising free, down on Copperline.
[Estribillo]
Bm                   D/F#   G      Em       D/F#           G         A 
 Half a mile down to Morgan Creek, I'm only livin' for the end of the week. 
Bm              D/F#      G       Em          D/F#      G 
 Hercules and a hog-nosed snake - down on the Copperline, 
        G       A      D  Bm*  D  Bm* 
We were down on Copperline.
[Outro]
        G       A      D  Bm*  D  Bm*  D  Bm*  D 
Take me down on Copperline.