Intro
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Verse 1
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 D
Now the G revenue man wanted Grandaddy G bad
D He headed up the holler with everything he had
G It's before my time but I've been G told
D* He never came back from Copperhead Road
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Verse 2
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 D
Well the G sheriff came around in the middle of the G night
D Heard mama cryin', knew something wasn't right
G Headed down to Knoxville with the weekly G load
D* You could smell the whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Road
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Verse 3
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 And I came home with a brand new plan D
D I take the seed from Colombia and Mexico D
D I plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road D
Well the G D.E.A.'s got a chopper in the G air
D I wake up screaming like I'm back over there
G I learned a thing or two from Charlie don't you G know
D* You better stay away from Copperhead Road
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Outro
D Copperhead Road.......Copperhead Road
D Copperhead Road.......Copperhead Road