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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1861944,"song":"Copperhead Road","artist":"Steve Earle","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11414741-copperhead-road-chords-by-steve-earle/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1861944?type=chord","rating":4.75945,"votes":1527,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][Riff 1]           [Riff 2]\r\ne|---0---0-------2--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2------|\r\nB|---3---3-------3--0-0--5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-3------|\r\nG|-2-2-2-2-4p2p0-2--0-0--5-5-5-4-4\\2-2p0-2------|\r\nD|-0---0-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|\r\nA|----------------------------------------------|\r\nE|----------------------------------------------|\r\n* PLAY RIFF 1 AFTER EACH VERSE LINE[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell my name's John Lee Pettimore[/tab]\r\nSame as my daddy and his daddy before\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou hardly ever saw Grandaddy down here[/tab]\r\nHe only came to town about twice a year\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe'd buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line[/tab]\r\nEverybody knew that he made moonshine\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow the revenue man wanted Grandaddy bad[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe headed up the holler with everything he had[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's before my time but I've been told[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe never came back from Copperhead Road[/tab]\r\n\r\n[INTRO RIFF]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow Daddy ran the whiskey in a big block Dodge[/tab]\r\nBought it at an auction at the Mason's Lodge\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nJohnson County Sheriff painted on the side[/tab]\r\nJust shot a coat of primer then he looked inside\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell him and my uncle tore that engine down[/tab]\r\nI still remember that rumblin' sound\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell the sheriff came around in the middle of the night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHeard mama cryin', knew something wasn't right[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was headed down to Knoxville with the weekly load[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] (LET RING)\r\nYou could smell the whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Road[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  N.C. x4\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]  x2\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI volunteered for the Army on my birthday[/tab]\r\nThey draft the white trash first,'round here anyway\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI done two tours of duty in Vietnam[/tab]\r\nAnd I came home with a brand new plan\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI take the seed from Colombia and Mexico[/tab]\r\nI plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell the D.E.A.'s got a chopper in the air[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI wake up screaming like I'm back over there[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI learned a thing or two from ol' Charlie don't you know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou better stay away from Copperhead Road[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  N.C. 4x\r\n\r\n[tab][Outro]\r\n [Riff 1]           [Riff 2]\r\ne|---0---0-------2--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2------|\r\nB|---3---3-------3--0-0--5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-3------|\r\nG|-2-2-2-2-4p2p0-2--0-0--5-5-5-4-4\\2-2p0-2------|\r\nD|-0---0-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|\r\nA|----------------------------------------------|\r\nE|----------------------------------------------|\r\n* PLAY RIFF 1 AFTER EACH VERSE LINE[/tab]\r\n\r\n************************************\r\n\r\n| p  Pull-off\r\n| \\  Slide down\r\n\r\n************************************","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\nSame as my daddy and his daddy before\n\nHe only came to town about twice a year\n\nEverybody knew that he made moonshine\n\n\n\n\n\n[INTRO RIFF]\n\n[Verse]\n\nBought it at an auction at the Mason's Lodge\n\nJust shot a coat of primer then he looked inside\n\nI still remember that rumblin' sound\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\nD  N.C. x4\n\n[Instrumental]  x2\nG  C G  D\n\n[Verse]\n\nThey draft the white trash first,'round here anyway\n\nAnd I came home with a brand new plan\n\nI plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\nD  N.C. 4x\n\n\n\n************************************\n\n| p  Pull-off\n| \\  Slide down\n\n************************************","chords":["D","B","G","A","E","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}