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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 12:20:57, -0500
From: MR KEN L REYNOLDS
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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)
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D] [
G] [
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G]
If you were looking for a way to get me mad
It was a sure fire way you found
Acting like a half-wit fool, laying your money
around
Well, I came back to tell you Lou,
^?bout what you almost did
Don^?t you ever put the cash on the counter, Lou,
when I^?m with my kid
Yeah, the kid^?s 13, he^?s growin^? Lou, two years
And he^?ll be bigger than me
Still he think^?s I^?m strong as a blacksmith and
straighter than the tall oak tree
I raised him alone ten years now,
since his momma ran away
Well, you ain^?t gonna blow his image of me
With a stunt like you pulled today
chorus
They took the copper right outta the penny, Lou
They got the pig locked up in the pen
But you^?re in big trouble with me, yes, you
If you ever do that again
Ten bucks a week protection
don^?t mean I can^?t knock you down
You got to treat me [D/c#] like a [D/b] livin^? saint, Lou
Whenever my [G/f#]son^?s around
[
D] [
G] [
D] [
G]
Yeah, the kid wants to be a policeman, just like me
You know he^?ll be a good one,
the way I started out to be
And he just might end up police chief,
Now [D ]wouldn^?t that be something to see
^?Cause then the kid would kick right- off the force
All the two-bit grifters like me (chorus)
I guess it was when my old lady left me and
She took off with a saleman guy
I started to see things differently,
cut your own slice outta the pie
Yeah, I grew up and it came clear to me,
all the smart cops on the make
You get a silver badge not an old tin star
when you^?re on the take
It^?s pimps and whores, punk gang wars,
Robberies and homicides
When you walk the beat with the creeps on the street
Well, there ain^?t no where to hide
I spent half my life without no wife
Ridin^? heard on the scum of the earth
I learned the tricks of
the [D/c#] trade from the [D/b] gutter parade
And then I prayed for [G/f#] all I^?m worth
[
D] [
G] [
D] [
G]
Don^?t you know I appreciate the money Lou,
Cause it all goes into the bank
And when I send my kid to college some day
He^?ll have guys like you to thank
Yeah, ten bucks a week on your grocery store
Means you don^?t have to worry ^?bout crime
But hold your money when the kids with me,
You can pay me double next time (chorus)
Enjoy all.
Ken Reynolds
( ltwu46b@prodigy.com )
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