################################################################ # The following is the author's own interpretation of the song # # to be used for studying or private use only. Downloaded from # # www.TabGuitarLessons.com. FREE GUITAR SOFTWARE + LOTS MORE! # # Home of the 60 minute fretboard memory technique. You'll # # memorise ALL the notes and positions on the fretboard in 60 # # minutes or less. visit www.TabGuitarLessons.com today. # ################################################################ Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 11:33:31 -0800 From: Ros Bangham MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cowpie@olga.net Subject: Copperhead Road by Steve Earle Status: In response to waltx4@eagle.ca inquirey , the artist is Steve Earle (Copperhead Road CD) and here's the song. I play it on my 12 string mostly. I think because of the drone it should be played in D. Well I've looked & looked, in my archive and can't find it. So here it is by memory. Greg - Now it turns out that Kitch - Rumpole@mortimer.com has already submitted a tab version, but this version is probably worth submitting also as it is a good 2nd guitar to your current submittal. Also, a very simple guitar riff that works. Intro - D as follows. G add sus 7. D (intro ) repeates through the song. x--------------------------------------------------------------------- 3---3-----3-----3----3-----3---3----3----3--3----3----3----3----3---- Reapeats 0---2-----2-----0----2-----4---0----2----4--5----4----2----0----2---- 0------------------------------------------------------------------- x------------------------------------------------------------------ x------------------------------------------------------------------ D Well my names John Lee Pettimore Same as my daddy n' his daddy before You hardly ever saw grandaddy down here He only come to town about twice a year He'd buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line Everybody knew that he made moonshine G G sus7 G D Now the revenue man wanted grandaddy bad He headed up the holler with everything he had G G sus7 G Before my time but I've been told D He never come back from Copperheadhead Road (repeat intro riff twice) D Grandaddy ran whiskey in a big black Dodge Bought it at the auction at the Mason's Lodge Johnson County Sheriff painted on the side Just shot coat of primer then he looked inside Well him and my uncle tore that engine down I can still remember that rumblin sound G G sus7 G D Well the sheriff came around in the middle of the nite I heard momma cryin knew somethin wasn't right G G sus7 G D He was headed down to Knoxville with a weekend load You could smell the wiskey burnin down Copperhead Road (Stacato) DDDDD DDDDD DDDDD DDDDD Intro D I volunteered for the army on my birthday They draft the white trash first 'round here anyway I did two tours of duty in Vietnam I came home with a brand new plan I take seeds from Columbia and Mexico I plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road G G sus7 G D Now the DEA's got a chopper in the air I wake up screaming like I'm back over there G G sus7 G I Learned a thing or two from charlie don't you know D You better stay away from Copperhead Road DDDDD DDDDD DDDDD DDDDD Intro Copperhead Road Copperhead Road Copperhead Road (fade)