
Artist:
Steve Earle

Audio:
willc's Music Library

Rated:
( 1 )
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Drop D Tuning
- 4/4 Time
Intro:
(www.ultimate-tabs.com/steve-earle/copperhead-road-chords)
D
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e|---------|-------------|---------------|-----------|
B|---------|-------------|---------------|-----------|
G|-0h2-2---|-4s5s4-0-2---|-4s5---4s5s4-0-|-0-2-0h2---|
D|-0-------|---------0---|---------------|-----0-----|
A|---------|-------------|---------------|-----------|
D|---------|-------------|---------------|-----------|
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e|---------|-------------|---------------|-----------|
B|---------|-------------|---------------|-----------|
G|-0h2-2---|-4s5s4-0-2---|-4s5---4s5s4-0-|-0-2-0h2---|
D|-0-------|---------0---|---------------|-----0-----|
A|---------|-------------|---------------|-----------|
D|---------|-------------|---------------|-----------|
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e|---------|-------------|-----------|
B|-0-3-----|-0h3p0-------|-----------|
G|---------|---------0---|-0h2-------|
D|---0-----|-------------|-0---------|
A|---------|-------------|-----------|
D|---------|-------------|-----------|
Chords: D, D, D, D, G, D, D
Main Riff/ Melody:
(www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/steve-earle-copperhead-road-tab-s54497t5)
D
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e|-------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
B|-------------|-----------------|---3-----------|-------------|
G|-0h2-2-2-0-2-|-4s2p0-0h2-2-4-4s|-5---5-5s4p0-0-|-4s2p0---2---|
D|-0---0-0-0-0-|-0-----0---0-0---|-----0-0-------|-0-----0---0-|
A|-------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
Verse 1:
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D D
Well my name's John Lee Pettimore
D D
Same as my daddy and his daddy before
D D
You hardly ever saw Grandaddy down here
D D
He only came to town about twice a year
D D
He'd buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line
D D
Everybody knew that he made moonshine
G C G D '
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e|-3---------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-0---------|---------0---|-----3-----------|-----------------|
G|-0-0-0-2-4-|-5s4p0-----0-|-4s5---5-4p0-2-0-|-----------------|
D|-0---------|-------0-----|-----------------|-4p0-------0-0-0-|
A|-----------|-------------|-----------------|-----0h2h3-------|
D|-----------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Now the revenue man wanted Grandaddy bad.
He headed up the holler with everything he had
G C G D '
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e|-3---------|-------------|-----------------|---------------|
B|-0---------|---------0---|-----3-----------|---------------|
G|-0-0-0-2-4-|-5s4p0-----0-|-4s5---5-4p0-2-0-|---------------|
D|-0---------|-------0-----|-----------------|-4p0-------0---|
A|-----------|-------------|-----------------|-----0h2h3-----|
D|-----------|-------------|-----------------|-------------0-|
It's before my time, but I've been told.
He never came back from Copperhead Road
Main Riff/Melody: (2 times)
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e|-------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
B|-------------|-----------------|---3-----------|-------------|
G|-0h2-2-2-0-2-|-4s2p0-0h2-2-4-4s|-5---5-5s4p0-0-|-4s2p0---2---|
D|-0---0-0-0-0-|-0-----0---0-0---|-----0-0-------|-0-----0---0-|
A|-------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
Verse 2:
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D D
Now Daddy ran the whiskey in a big block Dodge
D D
Bought it at an auction at the Mason's Lodge
D D
Johnson County Sheriff painted on the side
D D
Just shot a coat of primer then he looked inside
D D
Well him and my uncle tore that engine down
D D
I still remember that rumblin' sound
G C G D '
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e|-3---------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-0---------|---------0---|-----3-----------|-----------------|
G|-0-0-0-2-4-|-5s4p0-----0-|-4s5---5-4p0-2-0-|-----------------|
D|-0---------|-------0-----|-----------------|-4p0-------0-0-0-|
A|-----------|-------------|-----------------|-----0h2h3-------|
D|-----------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Then the sheriff came around in the middle of the night.
Heard Mama cryin', knew something wasn't right
G C G D '
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e|-3---------|-------------|-----------------|---------------|
B|-0---------|---------0---|-----3-----------|---------------|
G|-0-0-0-2-4-|-5s4p0-----0-|-4s5---5-4p0-2-0-|---------------|
D|-0---------|-------0-----|-----------------|-4p0-------0---|
A|-----------|-------------|-----------------|-----0h2h3-----|
D|-----------|-------------|-----------------|-------------0-|
He was headed down to Knoxville with the weekly load.
You could smell the whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Road
Bridge:
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D, D, D, D
Main Riff/Melody: (2 times)
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e|-------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
B|-------------|-----------------|---3-----------|-------------|
G|-0h2-2-2-0-2-|-4s2p0-0h2-2-4-4s|-5---5-5s4p0-0-|-4s2p0---2---|
D|-0---0-0-0-0-|-0-----0---0-0---|-----0-0-------|-0-----0---0-|
A|-------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
Last 8 bars of Verse:
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G C G D '
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e|-3---------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-0---------|---------0---|-----3-----------|-----------------|
G|-0-0-0-2-4-|-5s4p0-----0-|-4s5---5-4p0-2-0-|-----------------|
D|-0---------|-------0-----|-----------------|-4p0-------0-0-0-|
A|-----------|-------------|-----------------|-----0h2h3-------|
D|-----------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G C G D '
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e|-3---------|-------------|-----------------|---------------|
B|-0---------|---------0---|-----3-----------|---------------|
G|-0-0-0-2-4-|-5s4p0-----0-|-4s5---5-4p0-2-0-|---------------|
D|-0---------|-------0-----|-----------------|-4p0-------0---|
A|-----------|-------------|-----------------|-----0h2h3-----|
D|-----------|-------------|-----------------|-------------0-|
Final Riff:
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e|-----------------|-----------|
B|-----------------|-----------|
G|-----2-0---------|-----------|
D|---------4p0---0-|-2p0---0-0-|
A|-3s5---------3---|-----3-----|
D|-----------------|-----------|
Verse 3:
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D D
I volunteered for the Army on my birthday
D D
They draft the white trash first, ‘round here anyway
D D
I done two tours of duty in Vietnam
D D
I came home with a brand new plan
D D
I take the seed from Colombia and Mexico
D D
plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road
G C G D '
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e|-3---------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-0---------|---------0---|-----3-----------|-----------------|
G|-0-0-0-2-4-|-5s4p0-----0-|-4s5---5-4p0-2-0-|-----------------|
D|-0---------|-------0-----|-----------------|-4p0-------0-0-0-|
A|-----------|-------------|-----------------|-----0h2h3-------|
D|-----------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
And now the D.E.A.'s got a chopper in the air.
I wake up screaming like I'm back over there
G C G D '
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e|-3---------|-------------|-----------------|---------------|
B|-0---------|---------0---|-----3-----------|---------------|
G|-0-0-0-2-4-|-5s4p0-----0-|-4s5---5-4p0-2-0-|---------------|
D|-0---------|-------0-----|-----------------|-4p0-------0---|
A|-----------|-------------|-----------------|-----0h2h3-----|
D|-----------|-------------|-----------------|-------------0-|
I learned a thing or two from Charlie, don't you know?
You better stay away from Copperhead Road
Outro:
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- D, D, D, D,
- Main Riff/Melody (2 times), fade out...