This song is from the album Copperhead Road(1988), released on 17 October 1988.
Scale: D Major Time Signature: 4/4 Tempo: 80 Suggested Strumming: DU,DU,DU,DU c h o r d z o n e . o r g [INTRO] D G D G D . [VERSE ONE] D Well my name's John Lee Pettimore D Same as my daddy and his daddy before D You hardly ever saw Grandaddy down here D He only come to town about twice a year D He'd buy a hundred pound of yeast and some copper line D Everybody knew that he made moonshine www.chordzone.org G Now the revenue man wanted Grandaddy bad D He headed up the holler with everything he had G It's before my time but I've been told D He never came back from Copperhead Road [INSTRUMENTAL] D [VERSE TWO] D Now Daddy ran the whiskey in a big block Dodge D Bought it at an auction at the Mason's Lodge D Johnson County Sheriff painted on the side D Just shot a coat of primer then he looked inside D Well him and my uncle tore that engine down D I still remember that rumblin' sound www.chordzone.org G Then the sheriff came around in the middle of the night D Heard mama cryin', knew something wasn't right G He was headed down to Knoxville with the weekly load D You could smell the whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Road [INSTRUMENTAL] D G D G D [VERSE THREE] D I volunteered for the Army on my birthday D They draft the white trash first, 'round here anyway D I done two tours of duty in Vietnam D And I came home with a brand new plan D I take the seed from Colombia and Mexico D I just plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road D G And now the D.E.A.'s got a chopper in the air D I wake up screaming like I'm back over there G I learned a thing or two from Charlie don't you know D You better stay away from Copperhead Road [OUTRO] D Copperhead Road D Copperhead Road D Copperhead Road
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