Copperhead Road
Written & Recorded by Steve Earle

(No Capo)

Intro.:  (D) - - - - |(D) / / / | x 8

(Verse)
(D) Well my name's John Lee Pettimore
(D)Same as my daddy and his daddy before
You (D)hardly ever saw Grandaddy down here
He (D)only came to town about twice a year
He'd buy a (D)hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line
(D)Everybody knew that he made moonshine
Now the (G)revenue man wanted (C)Grandaddy (G)bad
He (D)headed up the holler with everything he had
It's be-(G)fore my time but (C)I've been (G)told
He (D)never came back from Copperhead Road
 
Solo:  |(D) / / / | x 4
 
(Verse)
Now (D)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
Just (D)shot a coat of primer then he looked inside
Well (D)him and my uncle tore that engine down
I (D)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 (D)smell the whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Road
 
Solo:  |(D) / / / |(D) / / / |(D) / / / |(D) / / / |
       |(D/F#) / / / |(D/F#) / / / |(D) / / / |(D) / / / | x 2
       |(G) / / / |(G) / / / |(D) / / / |(D) / / / | x 2

(Verse)
I volun-(D)teered for the Army on my birthday
They draft the (D)white trash first,'round here anyway
I done (D)two tours of duty in Vietnam
And (D)I came home with a brand new plan
I take the (D)seed from Colombia and Mexico
I (D)plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road
Well the (G)D.E.A.'s got a chopper in the air
I (D)wake up screaming like I'm back over there
I (G)learned a thing or two from ol' Charlie don't you know
You (D)better stay away from Copperhead Road
 
Outro.:  |(D) / / / |(D) / / / |(D) / / / |(D) / / / |
         |(G) / / / |(G) / / / |(D) / / / |(D) / / / Copperhead Road | x 4 - - - - -