{t:COPPERHEAD ROAD}
{st:Steve Earle}
{c:slow optional intro – pipes or fiddle; ukes - one downstroke only}
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Well [D]my name's John Lee [G]Petti-[D]more [D] [G] [D]
[D]Same as my daddy and his [C]daddy be-[D]fore [D] [G] [D]
You [D]hardly ever saw grand-[G]daddy down [D]here [D] [G] [D]
He [D]only come to town about [C]twice a [D]year [D] [G] [D]
He’d buy a [D]hundred pounds of yeast and some [G]copper [D]line [D] [G] [D]
[D]Everybody knew that he [G]made moon-[D]shine [D] [G] [D]
Now the [G]revenue man wanted [C]granddaddy [G]bad
He [D]headed up the holler with [G]everything he [D]had
It’s be-[G]fore my time, but [C]I've been [G]told
He [D]never come back from Copperhead Road
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Now [D]daddy ran the whiskey in a [G]big black [D]Dodge [D] [G] [D]
[D]Bought it at an auction at the [C]Mason's [D]Lodge [D] [G] [D]
[D]Johnson County Sheriff painted [G]on the [D]side [D] [G] [D]
Just [D]shot a coat of primer then he [C]looked in-[D]side [D] [G] [D]
Well [D]him and my uncle tore that [G]engine [D]down [D] [G] [D]
I [D]still remember that [G]rumblin’ [D]sound [D] [G] [D]
Then the [G]sheriff came around in the [C]middle of the [G]night
[D]Heard momma cryin’ that [G]something wasn't [D]right
He was [G]headed down to Knoxville with the [C]weekly [G]load
You could [D]smell the whisky burnin’ down Copperhead Road
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I volun-[D]teered for the army on [G]my birth-[D]day [D] [G] [D]
They draft the [D]white trash first, ‘round [C]here any-[D]way [D] [G] [D]
I done [D]two tours of duty in [G]Viet-[D]nam [D] [G] [D]
[D]I came home with a [C]brand new [D]plan [D] [G] [D]
I take the [D]seed from Columbia and [G]Mexi-[D]co [D] [G] [D]
I just [D]plant up the holler down [G]Copperhead [D]Road [D] [G] [D]
Now the [G]D.E.A.'s got a [C]chopper in the [G]air
I [D]wake up screamin’ like I’m [G]back over [D]there
I [G]learned a thing or two from [C]Charlie don't you [G]know
You [D]better stay away from Copperhead Road
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Copperhead [D]Road [G] [D] [C] [G] [D] [G] [D]
Copperhead [D]Road [G] [D] [C] [G] [D] [G] [D]
Copperhead [D]Road [G] [D] [C] [G] [D] [G] [D]
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