This isn't meant to be exactly as James Taylor has performed it, 
but is rather the way I usually play it. Finger-picking isn't
required, but it sure does sound nice!

Capo 2
 
Intro:   D (xx0232@1) Bm* (Bm* = X20230)  D (xx0232@1) Bm*   D (xx0232@1) Bm*   D (xx0232@1) Bm*

D (xx0232@1)       Bm*       D (xx0232@1)   Bm*  D (xx0232@1)       Bm*     G (320003@1)       A7sus4Verse (002033@1)1:  Even the old folks never knew  why they call it like they do;
         D (xx0232@1)    Bm*                 D (xx0232@1)    Bm*   Em (022000@1)    D/F# (200232@1)   G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) 
          I was wond'ring since the age of two,  down on Copperline.
         D (xx0232@1)     Bm*    D (xx0232@1)     Bm*   D (xx0232@1)    D/F# (200232@1)          G (320003@1)     A7sus4 (002033@1)         Copper head,  copper beech, copper kettles sitting side by each -
         D (xx0232@1)     Bm*          D (xx0232@1)     Bm*    Em (022000@1)    D/F# (200232@1)   G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A 
          Copper coil, cup o' Georgia peach, down on Copperline.

Bm (x24432@1)                 D/F# (200232@1) G (320003@1)    Em (022000@1)    D/F# (200232@1)       G (320003@1)        AChorus (x02220@1)1: Half a mile down to Morgan Creek, leaning heavy on the end of the week.
         Bm (x24432@1)            D/F# (200232@1)    G (320003@1)     Em (022000@1)        D/F# (200232@1)    G (320003@1)       
          Hercules and a hog-nosed snake - down on the Copperline,
                  G (320003@1)     A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)Bm*  D (xx0232@1)Bm*  D (xx0232@1)Bm*  D (xx0232@1)Bm*
          We were down on Copperline.

D (xx0232@1)          Bm*          D (xx0232@1)    Bm*  D (xx0232@1)   Bm*      G (320003@1)      A7sus4Verse (002033@1)2:  Warm summer night on the Copperline, slip away past suppertime.
         D (xx0232@1)    Bm*      D (xx0232@1) Bm*   Em (022000@1)     D/F# (200232@1)   G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) 
          Wood smoke and moonshine, down on Copperline.
         D (xx0232@1)         Bm*    D (xx0232@1)     Bm*  D (xx0232@1)         D/F# (200232@1)        G (320003@1)      A7sus4 (002033@1)         One time I saw my daddy dance; watched him moving like a man in a trance.
         D (xx0232@1)            Bm*           D (xx0232@1)    Bm*     Em (022000@1)        D/F# (200232@1)   G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A 
          He brought it back from the war in France, down on Copperline.

Bm (x24432@1)                D/F# (200232@1)G (320003@1)   Em (022000@1)D/F# (200232@1)   G (320003@1)   AChorus (x02220@1)2: Branch water and tomato  wine, creosote and turpentine,
         Bm (x24432@1)           D/F# (200232@1)  G (320003@1)    Em (022000@1)    D/F# (200232@1) G(tacet) (320003@1)       
          Sour mash and new moonshine, down on Copperline;
                  G (320003@1)     A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)Bm*  D (xx0232@1)Bm*  D (xx0232@1)Bm*  D (xx0232@1)Bm*
          We were down on Copperline.

D (xx0232@1)    Bm*  D (xx0232@1)    Bm*  D (xx0232@1)     Bm*         G (320003@1)     A7sus4Verse (002033@1)3:  First kiss ever I took, like a page from a romance book;
         D (xx0232@1)      Bm*            D (xx0232@1)   Bm*    Em (022000@1)    D/F# (200232@1)   G (320003@1)  A (x02220@1)          The sky opened and the earth shook, down on Copperline.
 
         Bm (x24432@1)                D/F# (200232@1)G (320003@1)    Em (022000@1)    D/F# (200232@1)      G (320003@1)     AChorus (x02220@1)3: Took a fall from a windy height; I only knew how to hold on tight,
         Bm (x24432@1)                         D/F# (200232@1)   G (320003@1)   Em (022000@1)    D/F# (200232@1) G(tacet) (320003@1)       
          And pray for love enough to last all night down on Copperline.

D6/G
Bridge:   Day breaks and the boy wakes up, and the dog barks and the bird sings,
          (D6/G)                            A7sus4 (002033@1)    D (xx0232@1)Bm*  D (xx0232@1)Bm*  D (xx0232@1)Bm*  D (xx0232@1)Bm*
          And the sap rises, and the angels sigh....Yeah

D (xx0232@1)         Bm*        D (xx0232@1)   Bm*  D (xx0232@1)  Bm*            G (320003@1)    A7sus4Verse (002033@1)4:  I tried to go back as if I could; all spec house and plywood
         D (xx0232@1)  Bm*      D (xx0232@1)    Bm*   Em (022000@1)     D/F# (200232@1)G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) 
          Tore up, and tore up good, down on Copperline.
         D (xx0232@1)         Bm*          D (xx0232@1)      Bm*   D (xx0232@1)         D/F# (200232@1)   G (320003@1)  A7sus4 (002033@1)         It doesn't come as a surprise to me;    it doesn't touch my memory.
         D (xx0232@1)      Bm*            D (xx0232@1)    Bm*   Em (022000@1)    D/F# (200232@1)   G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)          Man I'm lifting up and rising free, down on Copperline.

Bm (x24432@1)                 D/F# (200232@1) G (320003@1)    Em (022000@1)     D/F# (200232@1)         G (320003@1)       AChorus (x02220@1)4: Half a mile down to Morgan Creek, I'm only livin' for the end of the week.
         Bm (x24432@1)            D/F# (200232@1)    G (320003@1)     Em (022000@1)        D/F# (200232@1)    G (320003@1)       
          Hercules and a hog-nosed snake - down on the Copperline,
                  G (320003@1)     A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)Bm*  D (xx0232@1)Bm*
          We were down on Copperline.

G (320003@1)     A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)Bm*  D (xx0232@1)Bm*  D (xx0232@1)Bm*  D (xx0232@1)
          Take me down on Copperline.