Chapin Harry

Chapin Harry - Copper guitar tab

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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