Copperhead Road Chords by Steve Earle
- Key: G
- BPM: 158
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
GUITAR
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GUITAR -
UKULELE
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PIANO
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MANDOLIN
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BANJO
COPPERHEAD ROAD CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] D G D G D G D G ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Dsus4 G D ■ ■ ■ [Verse] D Well my name's John Lee Pettimore D Same as my daddy and his daddy before D You hardly ever saw grandaddy down here D He only came to town about twice a year D He'd buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line D Everybody knew that he made moonshine [Chorus] G Now the revenue man wanted frandaddy bad D Headed up the holler with everything he had G Before my time but I've been told D D7 D He never come back from Copperhead Road ■ ■ [Inst] [Verse] D Now daddy ran the whiskey in a big block Dodge D 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 G And then the Sheriff came around in the middle of the night D Heard mama crying 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 D Hey Hey Hey [Solo] D7 Am7 D D7 Am7 D ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ G D7 G D ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] D I volunteered for the Army on my birthday A D They drafted the white trash first around here anyway D I done two tour's of duty in Vietnam D I came home with a brand new plan [Chorus] D7 I take the seed from Colombia and Mexico D I just plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road G And now the DEA's got a chopper in the air D D7 I wake up screaming like I'm back over there G I learnt a thing or two from Charlie don't you know D D7 You better stay away from Copperhead Road ■ D D7 D D7 ■ Copperhead Road ■ Asus4 D ■ ■ Copperhead Road D7 D D7 D ■ Ha Copperhead Road ■ ■ ■ [Outro]
