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Coppers

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1/7

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Position

Step 1 / 7Position: 3

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Intro
G C, G C, G C, E D, (this is the main chord sequnce throughout the song)
CHORUS:
GLondon you're gonna Cfind them      
GNew York, L.A., back to CKingston
                  G                      Cx2
All I see is youth fighting
EAll I see is youth Dfighting       
VERSE:
GWell, in sympathCy, there's someG  
IntegritCy, but inG  
HumilitCy I've come to Efind a whole lot Dmore 
GI'm not one to Cjudge, nor IG  
Carry a Cgrudge, but IG  
Refuse to Cbudge my Edeterminating Dvow 
CHORUS:
London you're gonna find them (London town)
New York, L.A., back to Kingston (waterhouse)
All I see is youth fighting (youth them all they fight)
All I see is youth fighting (youth them all they fight) 
London you're gonna find them (Brixton)
New York, L.A., back to Kingston (Kingston, JA)
All I see is youth fighting (youth them all they fight)
All I see is youth fighting (youth them all they fight) 
RAP VERSE:
GCome I said put down your ratchet nowC  
Rudeboy set down your gunG  
L.A., KingsCton, New York and LonGdon
Move, nobody fightC, form together as Eone
This gun pressure Dsoon be over and Gdone 
? the road conCtrolled by SaGtan
Fight back from Cthat with love vibraGtion
Pull out, diCvision, racism, and schEism
We gonna make 'em Dflee, run 
VERSE:
A dead man can't hear all the calls
BREAK:
Dv2      Dsus4  D5*      Dsus4x2
RAP VERSE: (no guitar)
(G)               (C)
Coppers and hoods, dead man's stood
(G)                         (C)
It ain't no good when you're misunderstood
(G)                         (C)
When you're rotting in jail, wish you would be
(E)                    (D)
Out on the street like Robin Hood 
(G)                (C)
All those who fall, those who try
(G)            (C)
Let them go, oh victimize
(G)                                      (C)
You see you ain't gonna take their power, demise
(E)                     (D)
Not in your lifetime see more hypnotized, come again 
CHORUS:
New York, L.A., back to Kingston (waterhouse)
All I see is youth fighting (youth them all they fight)
London you're gonna find them (Brixton)
All I see is youth fighting (youth them all they fight)
RAP VERSE:
Rudeboy set down your gun
Move, nobody fight, form together as one
Fight back from that with love vibration
We gonna make 'em flee, run 
VERSE:
A dead man can't hear all the calls
STEEL DRUM SOLO
 G  C,  G  C,  G  C,  E  D,
CHORUS   x4
New York, L.A., back to Kingston (Kingston, JA)
All I see is youth fighting (youth them all they fight)
OUTRO:
GAll I see is youth Cfighting
GAll I see is youth Cfighting
GAll I see is youth Cfighting
EAll I see is youth Gfighting
Chords
      G     C     E    DDv2   Dsus4  D5*
e|-3---3---7---5---2----3----5------|
B|-3---5---9---7---3----3----3------|
G|-4---5---9---7---2----2----2------|
D|-5---5---9---7---0----0----0------|
A|-5---3---7---5---x----x----x------|
E|-3---x---x---x---x----x----x------|
(or you can play them all open, but barre sounds better, in my opinion)
happy playing!...

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Coppers

by Rancid

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dsus4

Intro

G C, G C, G C, E D, (this is the main chord sequnce throughout the song)

CHORUS:

G C

London you're gonna find them

G C

New York, L.A., back to Kingston

G C

All I see is youth fighting

E D

All I see is youth fighting

VERSE:

G C G

Well, in sympathy, there's some

C G

Integrity, but in

C E D

Humility I've come to find a whole lot more

G C G

I'm not one to judge, nor I

C G

Carry a grudge, but I

C E D

Refuse to budge my determinating vow

CHORUS:

London you're gonna find them (London town)

New York, L.A., back to Kingston (waterhouse)

All I see is youth fighting (youth them all they fight)

London you're gonna find them (Brixton)

New York, L.A., back to Kingston (Kingston, JA)

All I see is youth fighting (youth them all they fight)

RAP VERSE:

G C

Come I said put down your ratchet now

Rudeboy set down your gun

C G

L.A., Kingston, New York and London

C E

Move, nobody fight, form together as one

D G

This gun pressure soon be over and done

C G

? the road controlled by Satan

C G

Fight back from that with love vibration

C E

Pull out, division, racism, and schism

We gonna make 'em flee, run

VERSE:

A dead man can't hear all the calls

BREAK:

Dsus4 D5 Dsus4

Dv2 * x2

RAP VERSE: (no guitar)

G C

() ()

Coppers and hoods, dead man's stood

G C

() ()

It ain't no good when you're misunderstood

G C

() ()

When you're rotting in jail, wish you would be

E D

() ()

Out on the street like Robin Hood

G C

() ()

All those who fall, those who try

G C

() ()

Let them go, oh victimize

G C

() ()

You see you ain't gonna take their power, demise

E D

() ()

Not in your lifetime see more hypnotized, come again

CHORUS:

New York, L.A., back to Kingston (waterhouse)

All I see is youth fighting (youth them all they fight)

London you're gonna find them (Brixton)

All I see is youth fighting (youth them all they fight)

RAP VERSE:

Rudeboy set down your gun

Move, nobody fight, form together as one

Fight back from that with love vibration

We gonna make 'em flee, run

VERSE:

A dead man can't hear all the calls

STEEL DRUM SOLO

G C G C G C E D

, , , ,

CHORUS x4

New York, L.A., back to Kingston (Kingston, JA)

All I see is youth fighting (youth them all they fight)

OUTRO:

G C

All I see is youth fighting

G C

All I see is youth fighting

G C

All I see is youth fighting

E G

All I see is youth fighting

Chords

G C E D Dsus4 D5

Dv2 *

e|-3---3---7---5---2----3----5------|

B|-3---5---9---7---3----3----3------|

G|-4---5---9---7---2----2----2------|

D|-5---5---9---7---0----0----0------|

A|-5---3---7---5---x----x----x------|

E|-3---x---x---x---x----x----x------|

(or you can play them all open, but barre sounds better, in my opinion)

happy playing!...

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