Copperhead Road (12 hole Chromatic KEY OF C)
by Steve Earle · tab for chromatic harmonica
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Intro
Mandolin interlude
Well, my_ name’s John Lee Pet-ti_-more._____
Same as my_ daddy and his daddy before.___
You hardly ev-er saw Granddaddy down here.___
He on-ly come to town a-bout twice a year.
He‘d buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line.
Ev-‘ry-bod-y knew_ that he made moonshine.
Now, the revenue man_ wanted granddaddy bad.
He headed up a holler with ev-‘rything he_ had. It’s be-
fore my time, well, I’ve been told,
he never came back from Copperhead Road.___
Now, Daddy ran the whiskey in a big block dodge.
Bought it at an auction at the Ma-son’s Lodge.
Johnson County Sheriff painted on the side.___
Just shot a coat of primer then he looked in–side.
Well, him and my uncle tore that en-gine down.
I still re–mem-ber that rumblin’ sound.
Well, the sheriff came a–round in the middle of the night.
Heard Ma-ma cryin’, knew somethin’ wasn’t right. He was
headed down to Knoxville with the weekly load.
You could smell the whiskey burnin’ down Copperhead Road.__
Bridge
I volunteered for the army on my birthday.
They draft the white trash first ‘round here a-ny-way.____
I done two tours of duty in Viet-nam_____
I_ came home with a_ brand-new plan.
I take the seed from Col-um-bi-a and Mex-i_-co.___
I just plant it up a holler down Cop-per-head Road._
Well, the D. E. A.’s got_ a chopper in the air.
I wake up screaming like I’m back over there.
I_ learned a thing or two from Charlie, don’t you know.
You better stay a-way from Copperhead Road.___
Outro
Copperhead Road.______
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Copperhead Road.______