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The Copa Chords by The Pretenders

The Copa chords by The Pretenders

Guitar chords with lyrics

  • Capo on 1st
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
🎸 Intro:

 E E4 E | Dadd4add9 | E    | E    :


🎸 Verse 1:
   D           C
Your long blonding hair of heavy salty sea
    Dsus2         C
Like a curtain when it closed over and above me
Em   D  Em     D       Em       D  Em
 Locked the vicious sun like the wings of passing gulls
        D           C     D   D
Empty you held nothing, hollow as the washed-up shells

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🎸 Chorus:
 E          E       E     E
I woke up this morning with the Copa on my mind
   D            A            F#m  F#m
Those days of cryptic signals, I was sad to leave behind
  C            C         D    E  E
A scarf tied to a shutter, no one else would look to find
      A           A/G#
Oh, I still wake up in the morning
F#m      E4    E
 With the Copa on my mind


🎸 Post-Chorus:
 D    | C    | D    | C    :


🎸 Verse 2:
D            C
Sitting on the rock that looked onto the ocean
D              C
Walking to the waves as they brewed a magic potion
Em         D  Em     D       Em    D  Em
 Calling them like faithless dogs, your commands and whims
             D             C    D  D
While the crashing on the rocks rose to the sky like ancient hills


🎸 Chorus:
 E          E       E     E
I woke up this morning with the Copa on my mind
   D            A            F#m  F#m
Those days of cryptic signals, I was sad to leave behind
  C            C         D    E  E
A scarf tied to a shutter, no one else would look to find
      A           A/G#
Oh, I still wake up in the morning
F#m      E4    E
 With the Copa on my mind


🎸 Solo:
 D    | C    | D    | C    :
 D    | C    | D    | C    :


🎸 Verse 3:
  D             C
You knew it was the end as you watched me from the gate
Dadd4add9          C
I waved my boarding pass and didn't hesitate
Em     D  Em     D   Em   D  Em
 Security, security, I took off my shoes
              D
Turned around and you were gone


🎸 Outro:
E          E       E     E
Woke up this morning with the Copa on my mind
 E    | E    | E    | E    | E    | E    | E    :

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