The Copper Beech

Transpose
Year: 2021
Album: Song of Co-Aklan

VERSE 1
Em 
 
Bm/F# 
F#m 
When the wind gusts  
Bm/F# 
up the dale
 
The  
F#maj7sus4 
roof beams creak and  
C#7 
sigh
 
Like his  
Bm 
weary limbs,  
Bdim 
tensing and failing
 
As  
C#m 
Father sat up to die
VERSE 2
 
The  
F#m 
time has passed, I’m  
Bm 
here 
 
alone
 
Now  
F#maj7sus4 
Mother’s gone as  
C#7/F# 
well
 
Their  
F#m 
house is a dusty  
Abm 
shell
 
Each  
A6 
bump and scratch, I know too well
CHORUS 1
 
The  
Em 
copper 
 
 
Em7 
beech and the  
Em 
time-lapse 
 
 
Em6 
limit 
 
 
Em 
 
Em7 
 
Em 
 
Bm 
 
Don’t be  
Em 
gin 
 
a
Em7 
gain on what was  
Em 
meant to  
Em6 
finish 
 
 
Em 
 
Em7 
 
Em 
 
Bm 
VERSE 3
F#m 
Spring arrives, un
Bm/F# 
bidden
 
Those  
F#maj7sus4 
branches blush and  
C#7 
gleam
 
Look  
Bm 
down on me with  
E7b9/G# 
pity
 
Like  
C#m 
this whole town, it seems
VERSE 4
 
When I  
F#m 
take a drink on  
Bm/F# 
Sunday
 
Day  
F#maj7sus4 
labour set a
C#7/F# 
side
 
somebody  
F#m 
sober always gets  
Abm 
snide
 
‘Cos they  
A6 
know they won’t be asked out
D 
side
CHORUS 2
 
I  
Em 
walk these  
Em7 
streets, a one-
Em 
man 
 
pro
Em6 
cession 
 
 
Em 
 
Em7 
 
Em 
 
Bm 
 
The  
Em 
copper 
 
 
Em7 
beech and the  
Em 
unlearned 
 
 
Em6 
lessons 
 
 
Em 
 
Em7 
 
Em 
 
Bm 
INTERLUDE
Bm 
In the cities,  
Em 
swanky 
 
fellas
F#7 
Duck and dive and  
Bm 
scheme
Bm 
Cufflinks glint and  
Dm6 
brandy’s 
 
sipped
 
Those  
Bdim 
midnight lamps and sweet deals beckon  
F#7 
me
 
Bm 
 
F#maj7sus4 
 
C#7 
Bm 
 
E7b9/G# 
 
C#m 
 
F#m 
 
Bm/F# 
 
F#maj7sus4 
 
C#7 
 
F#m 
 
Abm 
 
A6 
OUTRO
Em 
Moving 
 
 
Em7 
on before I  
Em 
grow 
 
un
Em6 
able 
 
 
Em 
 
Em7 
 
Em 
 
Em6 
Em 
Copper 
 
 
Em7 
beech, time to  
Em 
burn my  
Em6 
cradle 
 
 
Em 
 
Em7 
 
Em 
 
Em6 
 
Oh,  
Em 
copper 
 
 
Em7 
beech, don’t you  
Em 
chide or  
Em6 
warn me  
Em 
 
Em7 
 
Em 
 
Em6 
 
’cause there’s a  
Em 
world out  
Em7 
there with a  
Em 
plan made  
Em6 
for me  
A6 
 
Abm7 
 
C#m7 
 
D6