D.b. Cooper chords

Todd Snider

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D.B. Cooper was 43 when we first heard his name. 
 
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47 miles away from where he fell down to his fame. 
 
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But he told me that the hardest part wasn't really jumping out of the plane. 
 
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It was spending the night, watching them lights shine through the pouring rain. 
 
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They had a manhunt that next morning like nothing I had ever seen. 
 
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I was only 8 years old at the time, watching on the tv screen. 
 
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They were saying he was never gonna make it now, now that daylight had set in. 
 
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But later that night they were shining a light down on the mountain again. 
 
 
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Not far away, from the city of roses, they all watched those lights up through the rain. 
 
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For D.B. Cooper. 
 
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Well, the cops blocked off all the exit roads and turned out all of the hounds. 
 
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They even dragged the river up a couple of times to see if he hit ground. 
 
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With all of those men working overtime well they swore they would bring him down. 
 
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But a parachute and a few hundred dollars is all that they've ever found. 
 
 
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Not far away, from the city of roses, they all watched those lights up through the rain. 
 
 
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Now some people say that he died up there, somewhere in the rain and the wind. 
 
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Other people say that he got away, but then his girlfriend did him in. 
 
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The lawmen say if he is out there, someday they're gonna drag him in. 
 
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As for me, I hope they never see, D.B. Cooper again. 
 
 
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Not far away, from the city of roses, a light shines from a house out in the rain. 
 
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It was D.B. Cooper, drinking champagne.  Drinking Champagne.