Copper Kettle
Joan Baez (Albert Frank Bedoe, 1953)
| [C] Get you a | [G] copper | [C] kettle, | [C]
| [C] Get you a | [G] copper | [C] coil, | [C]
| [E7] Cover it with | new- made | [Am] corn mash | [Am]
And | [Dm] never more... | ... you'll | [G] toil. | [G]
Chorus
You just | [Am] lay | there by the | [Em] juniper | [Em]
| [Am] ...while the | moon is | [Em] bright, | [Em]
| [Am] ...Watch them | jugs a- | [Dm] filling | [Dm]
| [Am] In the | [Em] pale moon- | [Am] light. | [Am] | [Am] | [G] |
| [C] My daddy, | [G] he made | [C] whiskey | [C]
| [C] ...My grand- | [G] mother he did | [C] too. | [C]
And | [E7] I ain't | paid my | [Am] income tax | [Am]
Since | [Dm] seventeen | ninety- | [G] two. | [G]
Chorus
I just | [Am] lay | there by the | [Em] juniper | [Em]
| [Am] ...while the | moon is | [Em] bright, | [Em]
| [Am] ...Watch them | jugs a- | [Dm] filling | [Dm]
| [Am] In the | [Em] pale moon- | [Am] light. | [Am] | [Am] | [G] |
| [C] Build your | [G] fire with | [C] hickory, | [C]
| [C] Hickory and | [G] ash and | [C] oak, | [C]
Don't | [E7] use no | green or | [Am] rotten wood; | [Am]
They'll | [Dm] get you | by the | [G] smoke. | [G]
Chorus
As you | [Am] lay | there by the | [Em] juniper | [Em]
| [Am] ...while the | moon is | [Em] bright, | [Em]
| [Am] ...Watch them | jugs a- | [Dm] filling | [Dm]
| [Am] In the | [Em] pale moon- | [Am] light. | [Am] | [Am] | [G] |
| [C] Get you a | [G] copper | [C] kettle, | [C]
| [C] Get you a | [G] copper | [C] coil, | [C]
| [E7] ...Cover it with | new- made | [Am] corn mash | [Am]
And | [Dm] never more... | ... you'll | [G] toil. | [G]
Chorus
You just | [Am] lay | there by the | [Em] juniper | [Em]
| [Am] ...while the | moon is | [Em] bright, | [Em]
| [Am] ...Watch them | jugs a- | [Dm] filling | [Dm]
| [Am] In the | [Em] pale moon- | [Am] light. | [Am] | [Am] | [G] |
| [C↓] In the | [G↓] pale moon- | [Am] light. | [Am] | [Am] | [Am↓]
#Capo on 3rd fret to play with original.
#Last Updated 10/07/19 JJ
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Joan Baez (Albert Frank Bedoe, 1953)
| [C] Get you a | [G] copper | [C] kettle, | [C]
| [C] Get you a | [G] copper | [C] coil, | [C]
| [E7] Cover it with | new- made | [Am] corn mash | [Am]
And | [Dm] never more... | ... you'll | [G] toil. | [G]
Chorus
You just | [Am] lay | there by the | [Em] juniper | [Em]
| [Am] ...while the | moon is | [Em] bright, | [Em]
| [Am] ...Watch them | jugs a- | [Dm] filling | [Dm]
| [Am] In the | [Em] pale moon- | [Am] light. | [Am] | [Am] | [G] |
| [C] My daddy, | [G] he made | [C] whiskey | [C]
| [C] ...My grand- | [G] mother he did | [C] too. | [C]
And | [E7] I ain't | paid my | [Am] income tax | [Am]
Since | [Dm] seventeen | ninety- | [G] two. | [G]
Chorus
I just | [Am] lay | there by the | [Em] juniper | [Em]
| [Am] ...while the | moon is | [Em] bright, | [Em]
| [Am] ...Watch them | jugs a- | [Dm] filling | [Dm]
| [Am] In the | [Em] pale moon- | [Am] light. | [Am] | [Am] | [G] |
| [C] Build your | [G] fire with | [C] hickory, | [C]
| [C] Hickory and | [G] ash and | [C] oak, | [C]
Don't | [E7] use no | green or | [Am] rotten wood; | [Am]
They'll | [Dm] get you | by the | [G] smoke. | [G]
Chorus
As you | [Am] lay | there by the | [Em] juniper | [Em]
| [Am] ...while the | moon is | [Em] bright, | [Em]
| [Am] ...Watch them | jugs a- | [Dm] filling | [Dm]
| [Am] In the | [Em] pale moon- | [Am] light. | [Am] | [Am] | [G] |
| [C] Get you a | [G] copper | [C] kettle, | [C]
| [C] Get you a | [G] copper | [C] coil, | [C]
| [E7] ...Cover it with | new- made | [Am] corn mash | [Am]
And | [Dm] never more... | ... you'll | [G] toil. | [G]
Chorus
You just | [Am] lay | there by the | [Em] juniper | [Em]
| [Am] ...while the | moon is | [Em] bright, | [Em]
| [Am] ...Watch them | jugs a- | [Dm] filling | [Dm]
| [Am] In the | [Em] pale moon- | [Am] light. | [Am] | [Am] | [G] |
| [C↓] In the | [G↓] pale moon- | [Am] light. | [Am] | [Am] | [Am↓]
#Capo on 3rd fret to play with original.
#Last Updated 10/07/19 JJ
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