| f | Copperhead Road - Steve Earle | f | Copperhead Road - Steve Earle |
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| Intro: | | Intro: |
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| Verse 1: | | Verse 1: |
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| Well my name's John Lee Pettimore (D) | | Well my name's John Lee Pettimore (D) |
| (D) Same as my daddy and his daddy before (D) | | (D) Same as my daddy and his daddy before (D) |
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| You hardly ever saw Grandaddy down here (D) | | You hardly ever saw Grandaddy down here (D) |
| (D) He only came to town about twice a year (D) | | (D) He only came to town about twice a year (D) |
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| He'd buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line (D) | | He'd buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line (D) |
| (D) Everybody knew that he made moonshine (D) | | (D) Everybody knew that he made moonshine (D) |
| G G | | G G |
| Now the revenue man wanted Grandaddy bad | | Now the revenue man wanted Grandaddy bad |
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| He headed up the holler with everything he had | | He headed up the holler with everything he had |
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| It's before my time but I've been told | | It's before my time but I've been told |
| (D*) He never came back from Copperhead Road | | (D*) He never came back from Copperhead Road |
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| Instrumental: | | Instrumental: |
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| G D G D | | G D G D |
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| Verse 2: | | Verse 2: |
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| Now Daddy ran the whiskey in a big block Dodge (D) | | Now Daddy ran the whiskey in a big block Dodge (D) |
| (D) Bought it at an auction at the Mason's Lodge (D) | | (D) Bought it at an auction at the Mason's Lodge (D) |
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| Johnson County Sheriff painted on the side (D) | | Johnson County Sheriff painted on the side (D) |
| (D) Just shot a coat of primer then he looked inside (D) | | (D) Just shot a coat of primer then he looked inside (D) |
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| Well him and my uncle tore that engine down (D) | | Well him and my uncle tore that engine down (D) |
| (D) I still remember that rumblin' sound (D) | | (D) I still remember that rumblin' sound (D) |
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| Well the sheriff came around in the middle of the night | | Well the sheriff came around in the middle of the night |
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| Heard mama cryin', knew something wasn't right | | Heard mama cryin', knew something wasn't right |
| G G | | G G |
| Headed down to Knoxville with the weekly load | | Headed down to Knoxville with the weekly load |
| (D*) You could smell the whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Road | | (D*) You could smell the whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Road |
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| Instrumental: | | Instrumental: |
| [D x 5] [D x 5] [D x 5] [D x 5] | | [D x 5] [D x 5] [D x 5] [D x 5] |
| n | (back to regular strumming) | n | {blue}(back to regular strumming) {/blue} |
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| G D G D | | G D G D |
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| Verse 3: | | Verse 3: |
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| I volunteered for the Army on my birthday (D) | | I volunteered for the Army on my birthday (D) |
| (D) They draft the white trash first,round here anyway (D) | | (D) They draft the white trash first,round here anyway (D) |
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| I done two tours of duty in Vietnam (D) | | I done two tours of duty in Vietnam (D) |
| (D) And I came home with a brand new plan (D) | | (D) And I came home with a brand new plan (D) |
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| I take the seed from Colombia and Mexico (D) | | I take the seed from Colombia and Mexico (D) |
| (D) I plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road (D) | | (D) I plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road (D) |
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| Well the D.E.A.'s got a chopper in the air | | Well the D.E.A.'s got a chopper in the air |
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| I wake up screaming like I'm back over there | | I wake up screaming like I'm back over there |
| G G | | G G |
| I learned a thing or two from Charlie don't you know | | I learned a thing or two from Charlie don't you know |
| [D*] You better stay away from Copperhead Road | | [D*] You better stay away from Copperhead Road |
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| Instrumental: | | Instrumental: |
| [D x 5] [D x 5] [D x 5] [D x 5] | | [D x 5] [D x 5] [D x 5] [D x 5] |
| t | (back to regular strumming) | t | {blue}(back to regular strumming) {/blue} |
| D D D D | | D D D D |
| G D G D | | G D G D |
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| Outro: | | Outro: |
| [D] Copperhead Road... [D] Copperhead Road | | [D] Copperhead Road... [D] Copperhead Road |
| [D] Copperhead Road... [D] Copperhead Road | | [D] Copperhead Road... [D] Copperhead Road |
| [D] Copperhead Road... [D] Copperhead Road | | [D] Copperhead Road... [D] Copperhead Road |
| [D] Copperhead Road... [D*] Copperhead Road | | [D] Copperhead Road... [D*] Copperhead Road |