Copperhead Road chords by Steve Earle

Chords with lyrics

[Intro]

D MajorD
[RIFF 1]      [RIFF 2]
e---0---0-------2--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2------|
B---3---3-------3--0-0--5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-3------|
G-2-2-2-2-4p2p0-2--0-0--5-5-5-4-4s2-2p0-2------|
D-0---0-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|
A----------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------|
* PLAY RIFF 1 AFTER EACH VERSE LINE


[Verse]

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 Well my name's John Lee Pettimore

 Same as my daddy and his daddy before
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 You hardly ever saw Grandaddy down here

 He only came to town about twice a year
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 He'd buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line

 Everybody knew that he made moonshine
      G+G         C majorC    G+G
 Now the revenue man wanted Grandaddy bad
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 He headed up the holler with everything he had
    G+G         C majorC     G+G
 It's before my time but I've been told
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 He never came back from Copperhead Road


[INTRO RIFF]


[Verse]

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 Now Daddy ran the whiskey in a big block Dodge

 Bought it at an auction at the Mason's Lodge
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 Johnson County Sheriff painted on the side

 Just shot a coat of primer then he looked inside
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 Well him and my uncle tore that engine down

 I still remember that rumblin' sound
       G+G             C majorC       G+G
 Well the sheriff came around in the middle of the night
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 Heard mama cryin', knew something wasn't right
     G+G                 C majorC   G+G
 He was headed down to Knoxville with the weekly load
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 You could smell the whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Road

[BREAK]

D MajorD MUTE 4x

INTRO RIFF 2x G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD 2X


[Verse]

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 I volunteered for the Army on my birthday

 They draft the white trash first,'round here anyway
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 I done two tours of duty in Vietnam

 And I came home with a brand new plan
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 I take the seed from Colombia and Mexico

 I plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road
      G+G       C majorC       G+G
 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
   G+G                C majorC        G+G
 I learned a thing or two from ol' Charlie don't you know
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 You better stay away from Copperhead Road


[BREAK]
D MajorD MUTE 4x


[Outro]

INTRO RIFF 4x