James McMurtry

Copper Canteen

James McMurtry

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Copper Canteen

Written by James McMurtry

	  		
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G/D G/C# G/B G/A e|-----------------------------------------------------| B|------0------------0------------0-------------0------| G|----0---0--------0---0--------0---0---------0---0----| D|----------0------------0------------0-------------0--| A|--5-----------4------------2-------------0-----------| D|-----------------------------------------------------| G G/F# Em Em e|--------------------------------0-------------0------| B|------0------------0--------------0---0--------------| G|----0---0--------0---0--------0-----0-------0--------| D|----------0------------0-----------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------| D|--5-----------4------------2-------------2-----------| G/D G/C# Em/G Em/F# e|-----------------------------------------------------| B|--------0-----------0--------------0-------------0---| G|------0-----------0--------------0---0---------0---0-| D|-----------------------------------------------------| A|-/5-5----------4--------/10-10-------------9---------| D|-----------------------------------------------------| G G/F# Em G/A e|--------------------------------0--------------------| B|------0------------0--------------0------------------| G|----0---0--------0---0--------0-----0----------------| D|----------0------------0-----------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------0-----------| D|--5-----------4------------2-------------------------|
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verse 1 G/D G/C# G/B Honey, don't you be yelling at me G/A G G/F# Em G/A when I'm cleaning my gun G/D G/C# G/B I'll wash the blood off the tailgate G/A G G/F# Em G/B when deer season's done G A7sus2 We got one more weekend to go G G/F# Em G/B And I'd like to kill one more doe Instrumental G/D G/C# Em/G Em/F# G G/F# A7sus2 verse 2 G/D G/C# G/B So I'll shovel the sidewalk again G/A G G/F# Em G/A 'cause you're still in a stew G/D G/C# G/B I bet the bridge tender's widow won't mind G/A G G/F# Em G/A that I can't please you G A7sus2 She's sure got the run of the men G G/F# Em Out here where the pickin's are thin G/B and there's not much to do Instrumental G/D G/C# Em/G Em/F# G G/F# Em G/A Bridge Bm I woke up last night in the grip of a fright G scared to breathe for I might make a noise Bm This life that we craved so little we saved G A7sus2 between the grandparents graves and the grandchildren's toys verse 3 G/D G/C# G/B We grew up hard and our children G/A G G/F# Em G/A don't know what that means G/D G/C# G/B We turned into our parents before G/A G G/F# Em G/A we were out of our teens G A7sus2 Through a series of Chevys and Fords G G/F# Em The occasional spin round the floor G/B at the Copper Canteen Instrumental G/D G/C# Em/G Em/G Em/F# Em G G/F# A7sus2 verse 4 G/D G/C# G/B Now the big boxes out on the bypass G/A G G/F# Em G/A are shaving us thin G/D G/C# G/B I guess we'll hold on a couple more years G/A G G/F# Em G/A 'til the pension kicks in G A7sus2 Then we'll sell all the stock in the store G G/F# Em Leave only the lock on the door G/B And wonder what then Instrumental G/D G/C# G/C# G/B G/A G/B Em G G/F# Em G/B Bridge Bm When I wake up at night in the grip of a fright G and you hold me so tight to your chest Bm Then your breath on my skin still pulls me back in G A7sus2 'til I'm weightless and then I can rest Verse 5 G/D G/C# G/B So if Monsignor should pull you aside G/A G G/F# Em G/A as you're leaving the church G/D G/C# G/B And I'm out on the ice, dropping lines G/A G G/F# Em G/A for the walleye and perch G A7sus2 Tell him it's not your job to bring me to the fold G G/F# Em G/A And I'd rather stand out in the cold Verse 6 G/D G/C# G/B And honey I know that the woodpile's low G/A G G/F# Em G/A and you can't close the flue G/D G/C# G/B So I'll split up a couple more cords G/A G G/F# Em G/A 'fore the winter time's through G A7sus2 Hold on to your rosary beads G G/F# Em Leave me to my mischievous deeds G/A like we always do Outro G/D G/C# Em/G Em/F# G G/F# A7sus2 G/D G/C# Em/G Em/F# A7sus2 G
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