[code] Copperhead Road (12 hole Chromatic KEY OF C) Words & Music by Steve Earle Key of C Major Vocal Range C4 to F6 Transposed from the originally published key to the key of C major. Tabbed for a 12 hole Solo Tuned Key of C chromatic
Tab notations: none = blow - = draw *= button in __ = hold 10_11 = slur; move smoothly from note to note (to note…) 10-1010 = the 10 & -10 are grace notes; 10 is the main note.
Intro
-9__ 10-1010_ 9 -9__ 10-10__ 10-1010_ 9_ 9_ -9_ 9-9__
-9__ 10-1010_ 9 -9__ 10-10__ 10-1010_ 9_ 9_ -9_ 9-9__
1011____ 101110__ 9__ 9-9___________
Mandolin interlude
-6_ -6_ -6_ 5_ 5_ 5 -5_ 5_-5__5_-4 Well, my_ name’s John Lee Pet-ti_-more._____
-3 -4 -4_ 3 3 3 -1 -2 3 3 3__-2_-1 Same as my_ daddy and his daddy before.___
5 -6 -6 -6 -6 5_ 5_ 5 5 -5_ -5__5_-4 You hardly ev-er saw Granddaddy down here.___
3 -4 -3 -4 -3 -4 3 3_ -2_3_ 3 3_-2 He on-ly come to town a-bout twice a year.
3 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 5_ 5 -3 5_ -5 5-5__ He‘d buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line.
-3 -4 -4 -4 -3-4_ -2 -1* 3_ 3_ -23__ Ev-‘ry-bod-y knew_ that he made moonshine.
6 6 6 66_ -56_ -5 5 -6_ -6 -6 6_ Now, the revenue man_ wanted granddaddy bad.
6 -6 -6 -6 -2 6 5 5 5 5 -5 -5_ -3_3 5 5 He headed up a holler with ev-‘rything he_ had. It’s be-
6_ 6_ 6 5 -6_ -6 6_ fore my time, well, I’ve been told,
-3 -6 -6 -6_ 6_ -3 4_ -5 -5 -5__5_-4 he never came back from Copperhead Road.___
Mandolin
6 -6 -6 -6 -6 5 5 5 5 5 -5_ -5__ Now, Daddy ran the whiskey in a big block dodge.
-3 -4 -4 -4 3 3 3 -1 -2 3 3__ Bought it at an auction at the Ma-son’s Lodge.
-6 -6 -6 -6 5 5 5 5 5 -5_ -5__5_-4 Johnson County Sheriff painted on the side.___
3 -4 -3 -4 -3 -4 3 3 3 -2_3 3__-2 Just shot a coat of primer then he looked in–side.
-6 -6 -6 -6 5 5 5 -3 5_ -5 5-5__ Well, him and my uncle tore that en-gine down.
-3 -3 -4 -4 -3 -2 3 3 -23__ I still re–mem-ber that rumblin’ sound.
6 6 6 6 6_ -5 6_ -5 5 -6 -6 -6 -6 6_ Well, the sheriff came a–round in the middle of the night.
-6 -6 -2 6 5 5 5 5 -5 -5 -3_3 5 5 Heard Ma-ma cryin’, knew somethin’ wasn’t right. He was
6_ 6_ 6 -5 5 5 -6 -6 -6 -6 6__ headed down to Knoxville with the weekly load.
-3 -3 -6 -6 -6_ 6_ -3 4 4 5 -5 -5 -5_5_-4 You could smell the whiskey burnin’ down Copperhead Road.__
Bridge
77777 77777 77777 77777 -4_-5 -5_ -5_ 5 -5 6-5_5 5_-5
-5_ 6 6_-6 8 -6_ -6_6 5 5 6-5_5 3_ -5_ 3_ -4_-5 -5_ -5_ 5
-5 6-5_5 5_-5 -5_ 6 6_-6 8 -6_ -6_6 5 5 6-5_5 3_ -5_ 3_
3_ 5_ 5_ -5 6 -66_5 3_ 6_ 5_ 6_-6 7 6 6_5 -5 5 -4_3
-12_-2 3_ 3 3 4_ 4_ 5_ -5 6 -66_5 3_ 6_ 5_ 6_-6 7 6 6_5
-5 5 -4_3 -12_-2 3_ 3_ -2_3 -5 4 -4_3 -2 3 -3_3 -2 3__
-3 -6 6 -6_ -6 -6 5 5 5 5 -5__5_-4 I volunteered for the army on my birthday.
-3 -4 -4 -4 3 3 3 -1 -2 3 3__-2_-1 They draft the white trash first ‘round here a-ny-way.____
5 -6 -6 -6 -6 5 5 5 5 -5 -5__5_-4 I done two tours of duty in Viet-nam_____
-4_ -4_ -4_ 3 3_ -2_3_ 3 3_-2 I_ came home with a_ brand-new plan.
-6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 5_ 5 -3 5 -5_ 5-5___ I take the seed from Col-um-bi-a and Mex-i_-co.___
-3 -4 -3 -4 -4 -4 -3 -4 -2 -1* 3_ 3_ -23___ I just plant it up a holler down Cop-per-head Road._
6 6 6 6 6_ -56_ -5 -6 -6 -6 -6 6_ Well, the D. E. A.’s got_ a chopper in the air.
6 -6 -6 -6 -2 6 5 5 55_ -3_3 I wake up screaming like I’m back over there.
-3_ 5 5 6 6 6 5_ -6_ -6 -6 -6 6__ I_ learned a thing or two from Charlie, don’t you know.
-3 -6 -6 -6 -6 6 -3 4_ -5 -5_ -5__5_-4 You better stay a-way from Copperhead Road.___
Outro
7 7 7_ -67__-6_-5_ Copperhead Road.______
7 7 7_ -67__-6_-5_ Copperhead Road.______
7 7 7_ -67__-6_-5_ Copperhead Road.______
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