D.B. Cooper  by Todd Snider

G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)     C (x32010@1)                 GD.B. (320003@1)Cooper was 43 when we first heard his name.

G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)                C (x32010@1)              D47 (xx0232@1)miles away from where he fell down to his fame.

C (x32010@1)                 D (xx0232@1)                 G (320003@1)                       CBut (x32010@1)he told me that the hardest part wasn't really jumping out of the plane.

G (320003@1)                 C (x32010@1)                  D (xx0232@1)                       GIt (320003@1)was spending the night, watching them lights shine through the pouring rain.

G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)                    C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1) ss
They had a manhunt that next morning like nothing I had ever seen.||

G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)              C (x32010@1)                DI (xx0232@1)was only 8 years old at the time, watching on the tv screen.

C (x32010@1)                       D (xx0232@1)                   G (320003@1)              CThey (x32010@1)were saying he was never gonna make it now, now that daylight had set in.

G (320003@1)                        C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)                  GBut (320003@1)later that night they were shining a light down on the mountain again.

(chorus)

C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)                    Amin (x02413@1)                DNot (xx0232@1)far away, from the city of roses, they all watched those lights up through the rain.

C (x32010@1)     GC GC
For D.B. Cooper.

G (320003@1)                      D (xx0232@1)            C (x32010@1)                   GWell, (320003@1)the cops blocked off all the exit roads and turned out all of the hounds.

G (320003@1)                         D (xx0232@1)                C (x32010@1)           DThey (xx0232@1)even dragged the river up a couple of times to see if he hit ground.

C (x32010@1)                      D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)                        CWith (x32010@1)all of those men working overtime well they swore they would bring him down.

G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)                    D (xx0232@1)                   GBut (320003@1)a parachute and a few hundred dollars is all that they've ever found.

(chorus)

C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)                    Amin (x02413@1)                D (xx0232@1)   DNot (xx0232@1)far away, from the city of roses, they all watched those lights up through the rain.

G (320003@1)                     D (xx0232@1)                C (x32010@1)                       GNow (320003@1)some people say that he died up there, somewhere in the rain and the wind.

G (320003@1)                      D (xx0232@1)                    C (x32010@1)                DOther (xx0232@1)people say that he got away, but then his girlfriend did him in.

C (x32010@1)              D (xx0232@1)               G (320003@1)                        CThe (x32010@1)lawmen say if he is out there, someday they're gonna drag him in.

G (320003@1)                    C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)         GAs (320003@1)for me, I hope they never see, D.B. Cooper again.

(chorus)

C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)                 Amin (x02413@1)           DNot (xx0232@1)far away, from the city of roses, a light shines from a house out in the rain.

C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)   CIt (x32010@1)was D.B. Cooper, drinking champagne.  Drinking Champagne.