Copperhead Road Steve Earl TAB D G D C G D e:--5-----5-----7-------5-----|--8--8--7------------8--5-----|--------| B:-----3-----3----10-8-----3--|----------10-8--8h10-------3--|-Repeat-| G:-----2-----2--0----------2--|--------0-------0----------2--|--Both--| D:--0--0--0--0----------0--0--|--10--------------------0--0--|--Bars--| A:----------------------------|------------------------------|--------| E:----------------------------|------------------------------|--------| 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a G C G e:--7--7--7--7---8-8-8--7--7--|--------|--------|--------|-| B:-----8-----8-------8-----8--|-Repeat-|-Repeat-|-Repeat-|-| G:--0-----0----------9--0--0--|---1st--|---Bar--|---1st--|-| D:------------------10--------|---Bar--|-Before-|---and--|-| A:----------------------------|--------|--Last--|---2nd--|-| E:----------------------------|--------|--------|--Bars--|-| 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a CRD ============Copperhead Road Steve Earle===Key:D===Tempo:81=== 001 D ;G D ;C G ;G D 002 [D5 - ringx hi-A VII II VIII VII - pickx ...... II 003 004 D ;G D ;C G ;G D 005 [rpt] 006 007 G ;C G ;D ;D 008 VII VIII VII II - lick on 3rd string thruout] 009 010 D ;D/g D ;D ;D/c D 011 Well, my name's John Lee Pettimore 012 013 D ;D/g D ;D ;D/c D 014 Same as my daddy and his daddy before 015 016 D ;D/g D ;D ;D/c D 017 We hardly ever saw grandaddy down here 018 019 D ;D/g D ;D ;D/c D 020 He'd only come to town about twice a year 021 022 D ;D/g D ;D ;D/c D 023 To buy a hundred pounds o' yeast and copper line 024 025 D ;D/g D ;D ;D/c D 026 Everybody knew that he made moonshine Well, the 027 028G ;C G ;D ;G D 029 revenue man wanted granddaddy bad, headed up the holler with everything he had 030 031 G ;C G ;D ;G D 032 Before my time but I've been told, "Never come back to Copperhead Road" 033 034 D ;G D ;C G ;G D 035 [opening riff] 036 037 D ;G D ;C G ;G D 038 [] 039 040 D ;D/g D ;D ;D/c D 041 Granddaddy ran his whisky in a big black Dodge 042 043 D ;D/g D ;D ;D/c D 044 He bought it at an auction at the Mason's Lodge 045 046 D ;D/g D ;D ;D/c D 047 "Johnson County Sheriff" painted on the side 048 049 D ;D/g D ;D ;D/c D 050 Shot with a coat a primer, and he looked inside 051 052D ;D/g D ;D ;D/c D 053 Well, him and my uncle tore that engine down 054 055 D ;D/g D ;D ;D/c D 056 I still remember that rumbling sound Then the sheriff 057 058 G ;C G ;D ;G D 059 came around in the m. of the nite, heard momma crying that somethx wasn't rite 060 061 G ;C G ;D ;G D 062 He was headed down to Knoxville with the wkly ld/smell of whisky burnx down CR 063 064 D ;D ;D ;D 065 [1st 5 8th notes of each bar sounded, then rest for 3] 066 067 D ;G D ;C G ;G D 068 [opening riff] 069 070 D ;G D ;C G ;G D 071 [3] 072 073 G ;C G ;D ;G D 074 [2] 075 076 G ;C G ;D ;G D 077 [1] 078 079 D ;D/g D ;D ;D/c D 080 I volunteered for the army on my birthday 081 082 D ;D/g D ;D ;D/c D 083 They draft white trash first 'round here anyway 084 085 D ;D/g D ;D ;D/c D 086 I did two tours of duty in Viet Nam 087 088 D ;D/g D ;D ;D/c D 089 I came home with a brand new plan I got 090 091 D ;D/g D ;D ;D/c D 092 the seeds from Columbia and Mexico 093 094 D ;D/g D ;D ;D/c D 095 I been planting up the holler down Copperhead Road. Now the 096 097 G ;C G ;D ;G D 098 DEA's got a chopper in the air, I wake up screaming like I'm back over there, 099 100G ;C G ;D ;G D 101 I learned a thing or 2 from Charley, don't u know, u better stay away from C R 102 103 D ;D ;D ;D 104 [5 8th's, rest for 3, rpt 3X more] 105 106 D ;G D ;C G ;G D 107 [Rave to end] Copperhead Road 108 109 D ;G D ;C G ;G D 110 [5] Copperhead Road 111 112 D ;G D ;C G ;G D 113 [4] Copperhead Road 114 115 D ;G D ;C G ;G D 116 [3] Copperhead Road 117 118 D ;G D ;C G ;G D 119 [2] Copperhead Road 120 121 D ;G D ;C G ;G D 122 [1] Copperhead Road 123 124 125 [end] LYRICS & CHORDS DRONE IN D NOTE:--- On accoustic try cappo on 5th fret and reshape the chords----: [] [D] Well, my name's John Lee Peddimore. Same as my daddy and his daddy's before. You hardly ever saw grandaddy down here. He'd only come to town about twice a year. To buy a hundred pounds o' yeast and some copper line. Everybody knew that we made moonshine. [G] Now, the revenue man wanted granddaddy bad. [D] Headed up the holler with everything he had. [G] Before my time, but I've been told. [D] He never come back from Copperhead Road. [] [D] Granddaddy ran whisky in a big black Dodge. Bought it at an auction at the Mason's Lodge. Johnson County Sheriff painted on the side. Just shot coat of primer, then he looked inside. Well, him and my uncle tore that engine down. I still remember that rumbling sound. [G] Then the sheriff came around in the middle of the nite. [D] Heard momma crying that something wasn't rite. [G] He was headed down to Knoxville with the weekly load. [D] You could smell the whisky burning down Copperhead Road. [] *Bridge* [] [D] I volunteered for the army on my birthday. They draft the white trash first, round hear anyway. I done two tours of duty in Viet Nam. I came home with a brand new plan. I'd take the seed from Columbia and Mexico. I just planted up a holler down Copperhead Road. [G] Now the D.E.A.'s got a chopper in the air. [D] Wake up screamin like I'm back over there. [G] I learned a thing or two from Charley, don't you know. [D] You better stay away from Copperhead Road. Copperhead Road Copperhead Road Ha. Copperhead Road [end]