Copperhead Road Steve Earle Intro: D D D D Verse 1: D Well my name's John Lee Pettimore Same as my daddy and his daddy before D You hardly ever saw Grandaddy down here He only came to town about twice a year D He'd buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line Everybody knew that he made moonshine G G Now the revenue man wanted Grandaddy bad D He headed up the holler with everything he had G G It's before my time but I've been told (D*) He never came back from Copperhead Road Instrumental: D D D D Verse 2: D Now Daddy ran the whiskey in a big block Dodge Bought it at an auction at the Mason's Lodge D Johnson County Sheriff painted on the side Just shot a coat of primer then he looked inside D Well him and my uncle tore that engine down I still remember that rumblin' sound G G Well the sheriff came around in the middle of the night D Heard mama cryin', knew something wasn't right G G Headed down to Knoxville with the weekly load (D*) You could smell the whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Road Instrumental: (D x 5) (D x 5) (D x5) (D x5) (back to regular strumming) D D D D Verse 3: D I volunteered for the Army on my birthday They draft the white trash first,'round here anyway D I done two tours of duty in Vietnam And I came home with a brand new plan D I take the seed from Colombia and Mexico I plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road G G Well the D.E.A.'s got a chopper in the air D I wake up screaming like I'm back over there G G I learned a thing or two from Charlie don't you know [D*] You better stay away from Copperhead Road Instrumental: (D x 5) (D x 5) (D x5) (D x5) (back to regular strumming) D D D D Outro: D Copperhead Road.......Copperhead Road D Copperhead Road.......Copperhead Road