Copperhead Road Steve Earle
|----------------------------|------|---------------------------------| |--3-3--3-3--3-3---3-3-3--3--|-----0h1-1-1-1-0-------0h3-3-3-3---3-3--| |--0h2--2-2--0-2-4-2-0-2--2--|-----0|0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-0h2-2-0-2---2-2--| |--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|------|--------------0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0--| |----------------------------|------|---------------------------------| |----------------------------|------|---------------------------------| (Riff 3) (Riff 4) [(D)] [(G)] [(C)] [(G)] |--------------------------------|----3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3--------| |--3-3--3-3--3-0-1-0-0h3--3--3-0-|----0-0-0--0-0-1-1-1-1-0--0-0--------| |--0h2--2-2--2-0-0-0-0h2--2--2-0-|----0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--------| |--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-|-----------------------0--0-0--------| |--------------------------------|-----------------------X--X-X--------| |--------------------------------|--3--------------------3--3-3--------| (Riffs 5 to 9 are used in the instrumental solo and the last verse. They are played over the top of Riffs 1 to 4. They sound like they were done on an electric guitar and some of them are a bit tough to play on an accoustic steel string - but they can be adapted to sound pretty close. These are just a guide.) (Riff 5) (Riff 6) (D) . . |--2-2-2-|-2-2--X-2-2--2-2-2-2--|----|------------------------------------| |--3-3-3-|-3-3--X-3-3--3-3-3-3--|----|------------------------------------| |--0-2-0-|-2-2--X-2-2--4-2-0-2--|---1/2-2-2--------------1h2p1h2----------| |--0-0-0-|-0-0--X-0-0--0-0-0-0--|----|-------3/4-4-3h4-----------3h4p3h4--| |--------|----------------------|----|------------------------------------| |--------|----------------------|----|------------------------------------| (Riff 7) (Riff 8) [(D)] [(D)] [(G)] [(C)(D)] |----------------------|--------------------------------------| |----------------------|--0h1-3p1p0---------------------------| |----------------------|-------------2-4p0-----------2--2-2---| |--------------4-------|--------------------4p0------0--0-0---| |--3b5-3b5-------5\0---|--------------------------3-----------| |----------------------|--------------------------------------| (Riff 9) (Riff 10) [(C)] [(G)] [(D)] ---|---3---3-----------------2--2-2-2--2-2-|--2|2--2-2--2-2--2--2------------2-------| --0h1----1---0h1p0-------0-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|--3|3--3-3--3-3--3--3--0h1p0-----3-------| ---|----------------2-0--0h2-2--2-0-2--2-2-|--0h2--0h2--0h2--0--2--0-----2-0-2-------| ---|----------------0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-|--0|0--0-0--0-0--0--0--------0-0-0-------| ---|---------------------------------------|---|-------------------------------------| ---|---------------------------------------|---|-------------------------------------| ************************************************************************ **********************(Actual Song - Studio Version)******************** ************************************************************************ (Brief organ Solo) -Intro Proper --------------|--------------|-------------------|---------------| --------------|--------------|-------------------|---------------| ---(Riff 1)---|---(Riff 2)---|---(Riff 1 or 3)---|---(Riff 2)----| --------------|--------------|-------------------|---------------| --------------|--------------|-------------------|---------------| --------------|--------------|-------------------|---------------| Well..... --------------|-------------------|------------------------| --------------|-------------------|------------------------| ---(Riff 4)---|---(Riff 1 or 3)---|---(Riff 1 or 3)--------| --------------|-------------------|------------------------| --------------|-------------------|------------------------| --------------|-------------------|------------------------| (1st Verse) [(D)]...my name's John Lee Pettimore.....(Riff 1 or 3) [(D)]Same as my daddy and his daddy before.....(Riff 1 or 3) [(D)]You hardly ever saw Grandaddy down here.....(Riff 1 or 3) [(D)]He only come to town about twice a year.....(Riff 1 or 3) [(D)]He'd buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line.....(Riff 1 or 3) [(D)]Everybody knew that he made moonshine.....(Riff 1 or 3) [(G)]Now the revenue man wanted [(C)]Grandaddy [(G)]bad. [(D)]He headed up the holler with everything he had. [(G)]It's before my time but [(C)]I've been [(G)]told. . (D)-(No Chord) He never come back from Copperhead Road. |--------------|--------------|-------------------|---------------| |--------------|--------------|-------------------|---------------| |---(Riff 1)---|---(Riff 2)---|---(Riff 1 or 3)---|---(Riff 2)----| |--------------|--------------|-------------------|---------------| |--------------|--------------|-------------------|---------------| |--------------|--------------|-------------------|---------------| (2nd Verse) [(D)]Now Daddy ran the whiskey in a big block dodge.....(Riff 1 or 3) [(D)]Bought it at an auction at the Mason's Lodge.....(Riff 1 or 3) [(D)]Johnson County Sheriff painted on the side.....(Riff 1 or 3) [(D)]Just shot a coat of primer and they looked inside.....(Riff 1 or 3) [(D)]Well him and my uncle tore that engine down.....(Riff 1 or 3) [(D)]I still remember that rumblin' sound.....(Riff 1 or 3) Well the [(G)]sheriff came around in the [(C)]middle of the [(G)]night. [(D)]Heard Mama cryin' knew somethin wasn't right. He was [(G)]headed down to Knoxville with the [(C)]weekly [(G)]load. (D - Let Ring) You could smell the whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Road. . . . [(D)] [(D)] [(D)] [(D)] [(D)] [(D)] |---2-2-2-2--2-----2-2-2-2--2--|---2-2-2-2--2-----2-2-2-2--2---2-2---| |---3-3-3-3--3-----3-3-3-3--3--|---3-3-3-3--3-----3-3-3-3--3---3-3---| |---2-2-2-2--2-----2-2-2-2--2--|---2-2-2-2--2-----2-2-2-2--2---2-2---| |---0-0-0-0--0-----0-0-0-0--0--|---0-0-0-0--0-----0-0-0-0--0---0-0---| |---0-0-0-0--0-----0-0-0-0--0--|---0-0-0-0--0-----0-0-0-0--0---0-0---| |------------------------------|-------------------------------------| (Instrumental Solo) [(D)] [(C)] [(G)] [(D)] |--------------------------------|--3---3-------------------------------| |--3-3--3-3--3-3---3-3-3-3------0h1---1---1-0-------3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3---| |--0h2--2-2--0-2-4-2-0h2-2-------|--------0-0--2-0--0h2-2--2-0-2--2-2---| |--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|-------------0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0---| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------------| [(D)] |----------------------------------|----------------------| |--3-3--3-3--3-3--1p0-------3-3----|----------------------| |--0h2--2-2--0-2--0-0--2p0--2-2----|-----(Riff 9)---------| |--0-0--0-0--0-0-------0-0--0-0----|----------------------| |----------------------------------|----------------------| |----------------------------------|----------------------| [(G)] [(C)] [(G)] |--3-3-3-3----------------------|----------------------| |--0-0-0-0----0-1-3-1---0--0-0--|----------------------| |--0-0-0-0--2---------2----0-0--|-----(Riff 8)---------| |--0-0-0-0-----------------0-0--|----------------------| |--X----------------------------|----------------------| |--3----------------------------|----------------------| [(G)] [(C)] [(G)] |--3-3-3-3---------------------|----------------------| |--0-0-0-0----0-1-0---0---0-0--|----------------------| |--0-0-0-0--2-0-0-0-2-0---0-0--|------(Riff 8)--------| |--0-0-0-0--0-------0-----0-0--|----------------------| |--X---------------------------|----------------------| |--3---------------------------|----------------------| [(D)] [(G)] [(C)(D)] |------------------------------| |--------------------------3---| |------2p0-----------------2---| |--0h4-----4p0---0--2p0----0---| |--------------3---------3-----| |------------------------------| (3rd Verse) [(D)]I volunteered for the army on my birthday.....(Riff 5) [(D)]They draft the white trash first, 'round here anyway.....(Riff 7) [(D)]I done two tours of duty in Vietnam.....(Riff 8) [(D)]And I came home with a brand new plan.....(Riff 5) [(D)]I take the seed from Columbia and Mexico.....(Riff 6) [(D)]I plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road.....(Riff 7) [(G)]Well the D.E.A.'s got a [(C)]chopper in the air. [(D)]I wake up screamin' like I'm back over there. [(G)]I learned a thing or two from [(C)]Charlie don't you know. [(D)]You better stay away from Copperhead Road. . . . [(D)] [(D)] [(D)] [(D)] [(D)] [(D)] |---2-2-2-2--2--X-X--2-2-2-2--2--X-X-|---2-2-2-2--2--X-X-X----2-2-2-2--2---2-2---| |---3-3-3-3--3--X-X--3-3-3-3--3--X-X-|---3-3-3-3--3--X-X-X----3-3-3-3--3---3-3---| |---2-2-2-2--2--X-X--2-2-2-2--2--X-X-|---2-2-2-2--2--X-X-X----2-2-2-2--2---2-2---| |---0-0-0-0--0--X-X--0-0-0-0--0--X-X-|---0-0-0-0--0--X-X-X----0-0-0-0--0---0-0---| |---0-0-0-0--0--X-X--0-0-0-0--0--X-X-|---0-0-0-0--0--X-X-X----0-0-0-0--0---0-0---| |------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
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