STEVE EARLE - Copperhead Road Chords and Lyrics

This song is from the album Copperhead Road(1988), released on 17 October 1988.

Vocals: Steve Earle ,
Producer(s): Tony Brown , Steve Earle,
Writer(s): Steve Earle ,

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Scale: D Major
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 80
Suggested Strumming: DU,DU,DU,DU
T e k p o i n . c o m
 [INTRO]

 D G D G D
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 [VERSE ONE]
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 Well my name's John Lee Pettimore
  D
 Same as my daddy and his daddy before
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 You hardly ever saw Grandaddy down here
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 He only come to town about twice a year
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 He'd buy a hundred pound of yeast and some copper line
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 Everybody knew that he made moonshine
 
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          G
 Now the revenue man wanted Grandaddy bad
  D
 He headed up the holler with everything he had
       G
 It's before my time but I've been told
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 He never came back from Copperhead Road
 
 [INSTRUMENTAL] 
 
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 [VERSE TWO]
       D
 Now Daddy ran the whiskey in a big block Dodge
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 Bought it at an auction at the Mason's Lodge
  D
 Johnson County Sheriff painted on the side
  D
 Just shot a coat of primer then he looked inside
  D
 Well him and my uncle tore that engine down
   D
 I still remember that rumblin' sound

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            G
 Then the sheriff came around in the middle of the night
  D
 Heard mama cryin', knew something wasn't right
         G
 He was headed down to Knoxville with the weekly load
            D
 You could smell the whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Road
 
  [INSTRUMENTAL] 
 
 D G D G D
 
 [VERSE THREE]
 D
 I volunteered for the Army on my birthday
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 They draft the white trash first, 'round here anyway
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 I done two tours of duty in Vietnam
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 And I came home with a brand new plan
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 I take the seed from Colombia and Mexico
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 I just plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road
 
 D             G
 And now 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
 I learned a thing or two from Charlie don't you know
       D
 You better stay away from Copperhead Road
 
 [OUTRO]
 D
 Copperhead Road
 D
 Copperhead Road
 D
 Copperhead Road
 
  

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