Importante cantante y compositor de bonitas melodías folk, su primer sencillo “Taxi” logró un éxito inminente, pero sus primeros dos álbumes, “Head And Trais” y “Sniper And Other Love Songs” no disfrutarían del mismo éxito. Su tercer trabajo, “Short Stories”, permaneció en las listas unos seis meses gracias al sencillo “W.O.L.D.”. El disco “Verities And Balderdash” fue disco de oro y Chapin también consigue una nominación de la Academia por su documental “Legendary Champions” en 1968.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 12:20:57, -0500 From: MR KEN L REYNOLDS Subject: copper_by_harry_chapin
album: Legends of the Lost and Found song: Copper artist: Harry Chapin transcribed: Ken Reynolds
Please enjoy the following Harry Chapin selection.
Copper Harry Chapin (klr)
[D] [G] [D] [G] If you were [D] looking for a way to [G] get me mad It was a [D] sure fire way you [G] found [D] Acting like a [G] half-wit fool, [A] laying your money [A7] around Well, I [D] came back to [G] tell you Lou, ^?bout [D] what you almost [G] did Don^?t you [A] ever put the cash on the [C] counter, Lou, [F] when I^?m [C] with my [G] kid
Yeah, the [D] kid^?s 13, he^?s [G] growin^? Lou, two years And [D] he^?ll be bigger than [G] me Still he [D] think^?s I^?m strong as a [G] blacksmith and [A] straighter than the tall oak [A7] tree I [D] raised him alone ten [G] years now, since his [D] momma ran [G] away Well, you [A] ain^?t gonna blow his [C] image of me With a [F] stunt like you [C] pulled [G] today
chorus [G] They took the copper right outta the penny, Lou They got the [D] pig locked up in the pen But you^?re [E] in big trouble with me, yes, you If you [A] ever do that [A7] again Ten [D] bucks a week [D7] protection don^?t [G]mean I can^?t knock you [E] down You got to [D] treat me [D/c#] like a [D/b] livin^? [D] saint, Lou [G] Whenever my [G/f#]son^?s [D] around [D] [G] [D] [G]
Yeah, the [D] kid wants to be a [G] policeman, [D] just like [G] me You [D] know he^?ll be a [G] good one, the [A] way I started out to [A7] be And he [D] just might end up [G] police chief, Now [D ]wouldn^?t that be something to [G] see ^?Cause then the [A] kid would kick right-[C] off the force All the [F] two-bit [C] grifters like [G] me (chorus)
I guess it [D] was when my [G] old lady left me and She [D] took off with a saleman [G] guy I [D] started to see things [G] differently, cut your [A] own slice outta the [A7] pie Yeah, I [D] grew up and it came [G] clear to me, all the [D] smart cops on the [G] make You get a [A] silver badge not an [C] old tin star [F] when you^?re [C] on the [G] take
[G] It^?s pimps and whores, punk gang wars, [D] Robberies and homicides [Bm] When you [E] walk the beat with the creeps on the street Well, there [A] ain^?t no where to [A7] hide I spent [D] half my life [D7] without no wife Ridin^? [G] heard on the scum of the [E] earth I learned the [D] tricks of the [D/c#] trade from the [D/b] gutter [D] parade And then I [G] prayed for [G/f#] all I^?m [D] worth [D] [G] [D] [G]
Don^?t you [D] know I appreciate the [G] money Lou, [D] Cause it all goes into the [G] bank And when I [D] send my kid to [G] college some day He^?ll have [A] guys like you to [A7] thank Yeah, [D] ten bucks a week on your [G] grocery store Means you [D] don^?t have to worry ^?bout [G] crime But [A] hold your money when the [C] kids with me, You can [F] pay me [C] double next [G] time (chorus)