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   Bm* (Bm* = X20230)  D   Bm*   D   Bm*   D   Bm*

         D         Bm*       D     Bm*  D         Bm*     G         A7sus4
Verse 1:  Even the old folks never knew  why they call it like they do;
         D      Bm*                 D      Bm*   Em      D/F#     G   A   
          I was wond'ring since the age of two,  down on Copperline.
         D       Bm*    D       Bm*   D      D/F#            G       A7sus4
          Copper head,  copper beech, copper kettles sitting side by each -
         D       Bm*          D       Bm*    Em      D/F#     G A 
          Copper coil, cup o' Georgia peach, down on Copperline.

         Bm                   D/F#   G      Em      D/F#         G          A
Chorus 1: Half a mile down to Morgan Creek, leaning heavy on the end of the week.
         Bm              D/F#      G       Em          D/F#      G         
          Hercules and a hog-nosed snake - down on the Copperline,
                  G       A      D  Bm*  D  Bm*  D  Bm*  D  Bm*
          We were down on Copperline.

         D            Bm*          D      Bm*  D     Bm*      G        A7sus4
Verse 2:  Warm summer night on the Copperline, slip away past suppertime.
         D      Bm*      D   Bm*   Em       D/F#     G   A   
          Wood smoke and moonshine, down on Copperline.
         D           Bm*    D       Bm*  D           D/F#          G        A7sus4
          One time I saw my daddy dance; watched him moving like a man in a trance.
         D              Bm*           D      Bm*     Em          D/F#     G A 
          He brought it back from the war in France, down on Copperline.

         Bm                  D/F#  G     Em  D/F#     G     A
Chorus 2: Branch water and tomato  wine, creosote and turpentine,
         Bm             D/F#    G      Em      D/F#   G (tacet)        
          Sour mash and new moonshine, down on Copperline;
                  G       A      D  Bm*  D  Bm*  D  Bm*  D  Bm*
          We were down on Copperline.

         D      Bm*  D      Bm*  D       Bm*         G       A7sus4
Verse 3:  First kiss ever I took, like a page from a romance book;
         D        Bm*            D     Bm*    Em      D/F#     G    A 
          The sky opened and the earth shook, down on Copperline.
 
         Bm                  D/F#  G      Em      D/F#        G       A
Chorus 3: Took a fall from a windy height; I only knew how to hold on tight,
         Bm                           D/F#     G     Em      D/F#   G (tacet)        
          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      D  Bm*  D  Bm*  D  Bm*  D  Bm*
          And the sap rises, and the angels sigh....Yeah

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


         Bm                   D/F#   G      Em       D/F#           G         A
Chorus 4: Half a mile down to Morgan Creek, I'm only livin' for the end of the week.
         Bm              D/F#      G       Em          D/F#      G         
          Hercules and a hog-nosed snake - down on the Copperline,
                  G       A      D  Bm*  D  Bm*
          We were down on Copperline.

                  G       A      D  Bm*  D  Bm*  D  Bm*  D  
          Take me down on Copperline.