Copperhead Road — Steve Earle
Chords and lyrics for Copperhead Road by Steve Earle (key of G).
Intro
[D]
[Riff 1] [Riff 2]
Verse
[D]Well my name's John Lee Pettimore
Same as my daddy and his daddy before
[D]You hardly ever saw Grandaddy down here
He only came to town about twice a year
[D]He'd buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line
Everybody knew that he made moonshine
Now the [G]revenue man wanted [C]Grandaddy [G]bad
[D]He headed up the holler with everything he had
It's [G]before my time but [C]I've been [G]told
[D]He never came back from Copperhead Road
Verse
[D]Now Daddy ran the whiskey in a big block Dodge
Bought it at an auction at the Mason's Lodge
[D]Johnson County Sheriff painted on the side
Just shot a coat of primer then he looked inside
[D]Well him and my uncle tore that engine down
I still remember that rumblin' sound
Well the [G]sheriff came around in the [C]middle of the [G]night
[D]Heard mama cryin', knew something wasn't right
He was [G]headed down to Knoxville with the [C]weekly [G]load
You could smell the whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Road
Break
[D]
[Instrumental] x2
[G] [C] [G] [D]
Verse
[D]I volunteered for the Army on my birthday
They draft the white trash first,'round here anyway
[D]I done two tours of duty in Vietnam
And I came home with a brand new plan
[D]I take the seed from Colombia and Mexico
I plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road
Well the [G]D.E.A.'s got a [C]chopper in the [G]air
[D]I wake up screaming like I'm back over there
I [G]learned a thing or two from ol' [C]Charlie don't you [G]know
[D]You better stay away from Copperhead Road
Break
D N.C. 4x
Outro
[Riff 1] [Riff 2]
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