{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1980771,"song":"Copper Canteen","artist":"James McMurtry","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11443171-copper-canteen-chords-by-james-mcmurtry/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1980771?type=chord","rating":4.81672,"votes":34,"content":"[tab][Chords]\r\n    [ch]G/D[/ch]  [ch]G/C#[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]G/A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G/F#[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em/G[/ch]  [ch]Em/F#[/ch]  [ch]A7sus2[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]       \r\ne|---------------------------------0------------------------2-|\r\nB|--0-----0-----0----0---0---0-----0----0----0------10------3-|\r\nG|--0-----0-----0----0---0---0-----0----0----0------0-------4-|\r\nD|--0-----0-----0----0---0---0----------------------9-------4-|\r\nA|--5-----4-----2----0-----------------10----9------7-------2-|\r\nD|-----------------------5---4-----2----------------7---------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Intro]\r\n    [ch]G/D[/ch]         [ch]G/C#[/ch]         [ch]G/B[/ch]           [ch]G/A[/ch]\r\ne|-----------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|------0------------0------------0-------------0------|\r\nG|----0---0--------0---0--------0---0---------0---0----|\r\nD|----------0------------0------------0-------------0--|\r\nA|--5-----------4------------2-------------0-----------|\r\nD|-----------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G/F#[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\ne|--------------------------------0-------------0------|\r\nB|------0------------0--------------0---0--------------|\r\nG|----0---0--------0---0--------0-----0-------0--------|\r\nD|----------0------------0-----------------------------|\r\nA|-----------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|--5-----------4------------2-------------2-----------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]G/C#[/ch]       [ch]Em/G[/ch]            [ch]Em/F#[/ch]\r\ne|-----------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|--------0-----------0--------------0-------------0---|\r\nG|------0-----------0--------------0---0---------0---0-|\r\nD|-----------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|-/5-5----------4--------/10-10-------------9---------|\r\nD|-----------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G/F#[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G/A[/ch]\r\ne|--------------------------------0--------------------|\r\nB|------0------------0--------------0------------------|\r\nG|----0---0--------0---0--------0-----0----------------|\r\nD|----------0------------0-----------------------------|\r\nA|-----------------------------------------0-----------|\r\nD|--5-----------4------------2-------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]G/C#[/ch]          [ch]G/B[/ch]           \r\nHoney, don't you be yelling at me [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G/A[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G/A[/ch]\r\nwhen I'm cleaning my gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G/D[/ch]       [ch]G/C#[/ch]          [ch]G/B[/ch]           \r\nI'll wash the blood off the tailgate [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G/A[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nwhen deer season's done[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A7sus2[/ch]\r\nWe got one more weekend to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G/F#[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nAnd I'd like to kill one more doe[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]G/C#[/ch]       [ch]Em/G[/ch]            [ch]Em/F#[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G/F#[/ch]       [ch]A7sus2[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]G/C#[/ch]          [ch]G/B[/ch]           \r\nSo I'll shovel the sidewalk again[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G/A[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G/A[/ch]\r\n'cause you're still in a stew[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G/D[/ch]             [ch]G/C#[/ch]          [ch]G/B[/ch]           \r\nI bet the bridge tender's widow won't mind [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G/A[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G/A[/ch]\r\nthat I can't please you[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A7sus2[/ch]\r\nShe's sure got the run of the men[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G/F#[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]    \r\nOut here where the pickin's are thin [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nand there's not much to do[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]G/C#[/ch]       [ch]Em/G[/ch]            [ch]Em/F#[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G/F#[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G/A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI woke up last night in the grip of a fright [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nscared to breathe for I might make a noise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThis life that we craved so little we saved [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]A7sus2[/ch]\r\nbetween the grandparents graves and the grandchildren's toys[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]G/C#[/ch]          [ch]G/B[/ch]           \r\nWe grew up hard        and our children [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G/A[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G/A[/ch]\r\ndon't know what that means[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]G/C#[/ch]       [ch]G/B[/ch]           \r\nWe turned into our parents   before[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G/A[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G/A[/ch]\r\n we were out of our teens[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]A7sus2[/ch]\r\nThrough a series of Chevys and Fords[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G/F#[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]    \r\nThe occasional spin round the floor [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nat the Copper Canteen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]G/C#[/ch]       [ch]Em/G[/ch]     [ch]Em/G[/ch]  [ch]Em/F#[/ch] [ch]Em/E[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G/F#[/ch]       [ch]A7sus2[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]G/C#[/ch]     [ch]G/B[/ch]           \r\nNow the big boxes out on the bypass[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G/A[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G/A[/ch]\r\nare shaving us thin[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]G/C#[/ch]       [ch]G/B[/ch]           \r\nI guess we'll hold on a couple more years [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G/A[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G/A[/ch]\r\n'til the pension kicks in[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]A7sus2[/ch]\r\nThen we'll sell all the stock in the store[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G/F#[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]    \r\nLeave only the lock on the door[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nAnd wonder what then[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]G/C#[/ch]   [ch]G/C#[/ch]   [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]G/A[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G/F#[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWhen I wake up at night in the grip of a fright [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nand you hold me so tight to your chest[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThen your breath on my skin still pulls me back in [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]A7sus2[/ch]\r\n'til I'm weightless and then I can rest[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]G/C#[/ch]     [ch]G/B[/ch]           \r\nSo if Monsignor should pull you aside [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G/A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G/A[/ch]\r\nas you're leaving the church[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]G/C#[/ch]     [ch]G/B[/ch]           \r\nAnd I'm out on the ice, dropping lines [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G/A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G/A[/ch]\r\nfor the walleye and perch[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]A7sus2[/ch]\r\nTell him it's not your job to bring me to the fold[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G/F#[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G/A[/ch]\r\nAnd I'd rather stand out in the cold[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G/D[/ch]              [ch]G/C#[/ch]       [ch]G/B[/ch]           \r\nAnd honey I know that the woodpile's low [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G/A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G/A[/ch]\r\nand you can't close the flue[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]G/C#[/ch]     [ch]G/B[/ch]           \r\nSo I'll split up a couple more cords [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G/A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G/A[/ch]\r\n'fore the winter time's through[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]A7sus2[/ch]\r\nHold on to your rosary beads[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G/F#[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]   \r\nLeave me to my mischievous deeds [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G/A[/ch]\r\nlike we always do[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]G/C#[/ch]       [ch]Em/G[/ch]            [ch]Em/F#[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G/F#[/ch]       [ch]A7sus2[/ch]\r\n[ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]G/C#[/ch]       [ch]Em/G[/ch]            [ch]Em/F#[/ch]\r\n[ch]A7sus2[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG/D          G/C#       Em/G            Em/F#\nG            G/F#       A7sus2\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG/D          G/C#       Em/G            Em/F#\nG            G/F#       Em              G/A\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG/D          G/C#       Em/G     Em/G  Em/F# Em/E\nG            G/F#       A7sus2\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG/D          G/C#   G/C#   G/B  G/A G/B  Em\n G           G/F#       Em    G/B\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nG/D          G/C#       Em/G            Em/F#\nG            G/F#       A7sus2\nG/D          G/C#       Em/G            Em/F#\nA7sus2       G","chords":["G/D","G/C#","G/B","G/A","G","G/F#","Em","Em/G","Em/F#","A7sus2","Bm","B","D","A","Em/E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}