Copper Chords

[Intro]
G C/G D/G C/G G C/G D/G C/G
 
 
[Verse 1]
            G                    C/G                  D/G                C/G
If you were looking for a way to make me mad it was a sure fire way you found
G             C/G            D
Acting like a half wit fool, laying your money around
       G                 C/G                 D/G             C/G
Well I came back here to tell you Lou, 'bout what you almost did
          D                        F            Bb       F       C
Don't you ever put the cash on the counter Lou, when I'm with my kid
 
         G                   C/G                        D/G                  C/G
Yeah the kid's thirteen he's growing Lou, two years and he'll be bigger than me
         G                      C/G            D
Still he thinks I'm strong as a blacksmith and straighter than the tall oak tree
  G                    C/G                 D/G       C/G
I raised him alone ten years now since his Mama ran away
        D                    F                   Bb             F       C
And you ain't gonna blow his image of me for the stunt like you pulled today
 
[Chorus]
C
They took the copper right out of the penny Lou
             G          G/F#      Em
They got the pig locked up in the pen
           A        E          A       A/B A/C A/C#
But you're in big trouble with me, yes you
       D NC
If you ever do that again
    G               G7            C            G/B       A
Ten bucks a week protection don't mean I can't knock you down
              G        G/F#   Em                    D              G
You've got to treat me like a living saint Lou, whenever my son's around
 
[Repeat Intro]
G C/G D/G C/G
 
[Verse 2]
         G                   C/G    D/G        C/G
Yeah the kid wants to be a policeman just like me
    G               C/G          D
You know he'll be a good one the way I started out to be
       G                    C/G                     D/G                  C/G
And he just might end up police chief, now wouldn't that be something to see?
                D                    F                        Bb      F             C
'Cause then the kid would kick right off of the force all the two-bit grifters like me
 
[Chorus]
C
They took the copper right out of the penny Lou
             G          G/F#      Em
They got the pig locked up in the pen
           A        E          A       A/B A/C A/C#
But you're in big trouble with me, yes you
       D NC
If you ever do that again
    G               G7            C            G/B       A
Ten bucks a week protection don't mean I can't knock you down
              G        G/F#   Em                    D              G
You've got to treat me like a living saint Lou, whenever my son's around
 
[Verse 3]
  G                    C/G                      D/G                      C/G
I guess it was when my old lady left me and she took off with a salesman guy
  G                        C/G                   D
I started to see things so differently, cut your own slice out of the pie
       G                   C/G                 D/G               C/G
Yeah I grew up and it came clear to me all the smart cops on the make
          D                   F            Bb          F      C
You get a silver badge not an old tin star when you're on the take
 
[Bridge]
C                                      G             G/F#   Em
It's pimps and whores, punk gang wars, robberies and homicides
         A                      A      A/B    A/C  A/C#          D                    D/E D/F D/F#
When you walk the beat with the creeps on the street, well there ain't no way to hide
        G                G7                 C             G/B       A
I spent half my life without no wife ridin' herd on the scum of the earth
              G             G/F#           Em                       D                  G
I learned the tricks of the trade from the gutter parade and then I prayed for all I'm worth
 
[RepeatIntro]
G C/G D/G C/G G C/G D/G C/G
 
[Verse 4]
          G                     C/G                  D/G                      C/G
Don't you know I appreciate the money Lou, 'cause it all goes into the bank
           G              C/G                       D
And when I send my kid to college someday I'll have guys like you to thank
     G                        C/G                     D/G                       C/G
Yeah ten bucks a week on your grocery store means you don't have to worry 'bout crime
    D                        F                     Bb     F           C
But hold your money when the kid's with me you can pay me double next time
 
[Chorus]
C
They took the copper right out of the penny Lou
             G          G/F#      Em
They got the pig locked up in the pen
           A        E          A       A/B A/C A/C#
But you're in big trouble with me, yes you
       D NC
If you ever do that again
    G               G7            C            G/B       A
Ten bucks a week protection don't mean I can't knock you down
              G        G/F#   Em                    D              G
You've got to treat me like a living saint Lou, whenever my son's around
 
    G               G7            C            G/B       A
Ten bucks a week protection don't mean I can't knock you down
              G        G/F#   Em                    D              C     Bb Am G
You've got to treat me like a living saint Lou, whenever my son's around
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