The Coppers Song Chords

[Intro]
 
D       A       G       G
 
(Here’s a song about a place very close to our hearts isn’t it Johnny
It’s a classic Dublin night-spot lads, ye’ve all been there, ye might not remember it though)
 
[Chorus]
 
D                       A
Teachers, students, nurses guards
G
I told her I was County
 
Scored from 90 yards
D
County colours
A
Jersey pullers
G
Not the kind of girl you take home to your mothers
D
Cheesy tunes
A
Mighty craic
Bm                             G
Grown men dancing to Westlife tracks
Em
Pints and bombers, girls with loose morals
G                   A                           D
You’ll find them all in Coppers
 
[Verse 1]
 
D                                 A
If you want to meet country people
             G
You can talk about silage season
             D               A
There’s yanks soggin pints of Guinness
           G
They’d want to keep an eye on their missus
             D                               A
If you’re sweatin from dancin to the Spice Girls mega-mix
               G
There’s a fella in the jacks selling sprays of Lynx
      D
No Joop, no Hoop
      A
No Armani, no Punani
G
For a gold card
 
I’d sell me granny
Bm
If you’re walkin the streets of Dublin
                G
And you’re lookin for a place to go
             E
You can ask any taxi man or guard cos
G
Cos they all know
 
[Chorus]
 
D                       A
Teachers, students, nurses guards
G
I told her I was County
 
Scored from 90 yards
D
County colours
A
Jersey pullers
G
Not the kind of girl you take home to your mothers
D
Cheesy tunes
A
Mighty craic
Bm                             G
Grown men dancing to Westlife tracks
Em
Pints and bombers, girls with loose morals
G                   A                   D       D/C#
You’ll find them all in Coppers
 
[Verse 2]
 
D                               A
Ag science students and architecture
G
Dancin till five, I’ll hardly make the lecture
D
If she’s a nurse
A
You could do worse
G
If he’s a guard
 
You’ll never be barred
D                                       A
Now if you’re single and you’re lookin’ to mingle
         G
You met a girl on the train up from Dingle
E
Bought her twelve rounds of gin
                    G                           A
And when you turned around she was shiftin’ Lee Chin
 
[Chorus]
 
D                       A
Teachers, students, nurses guards
G
I told her I was County
 
Scored from 90 yards
D
County colours
A
Jersey pullers
G
Not the kind of girl you take home to your mothers
D
Cheesy tunes
A
Mighty craic
Bm                             G
Grown men dancing to Westlife tracks
Em
Pints and bombers, girls with loose morals
G                   A
You’ll find them all in Coppers
 
[Mid-Section]
 
G
Now the lights are on
D
And all the lads are gone
A
There’s no sign of our car
Bm                      E
Any chance of the residents bar
G
If you’re walkin’ up Harcourt Street
D
And you hear the Vengaboys beat
E
When Bewitched comes on, don’t stop us
G                               A
Cos all the culchies love going to Coppers
 
[Chorus]
 
D                       A
Teachers, students, nurses guards
G
I told her I was County
 
Scored from 90 yards
D
County colours
A
Jersey pullers
G
Not the kind of girl you take home to your mothers
D
Cheesy tunes
A
Mighty craic
Bm                             G
Grown men dancing to Westlife tracks
Em
Pints and bombers, girls with loose morals
G                   A
You’ll find them all in Coppers
 
[Outro]
 
E
We’ve been workin hard
G                       A
Any chance of an aul gold card
 
Ahh gwan
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