Copper Canteen

	  		
Intro 
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verse 1 
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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 
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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 
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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