Copperhead Road
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
D
[Riff 1] [Riff 2]
e|---0---0-------2--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2------|
B|---3---3-------3--0-0--5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-3------|
G|-2-2-2-2-4p2p0-2--0-0--5-5-5-4-4\2-2p0-2------|
D|-0---0-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
* PLAY RIFF 1 AFTER EACH VERSE LINE
[Verse]
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 C G
Now the revenue man wanted Grandaddy bad
D
He headed up the holler with everything he had
G C G
It's before my time but I've been told
D
He never came back from Copperhead Road
[INTRO RIFF]
[Verse]
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 C G
Well the sheriff came around in the middle of the night
D
Heard mama cryin', knew something wasn't right
G C G
He was headed down to Knoxville with the weekly load
D (LET RING)
You could smell the whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Road
[Break]
D N.C. x4
[Instrumental] x2
G C G D
[Verse]
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 C 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 C G
I learned a thing or two from ol' Charlie don't you know
D
You better stay away from Copperhead Road
[Break]
D N.C. 4x
[Outro]
[Riff 1] [Riff 2]
e|---0---0-------2--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2------|
B|---3---3-------3--0-0--5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-3------|
G|-2-2-2-2-4p2p0-2--0-0--5-5-5-4-4\2-2p0-2------|
D|-0---0-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
* PLAY RIFF 1 AFTER EACH VERSE LINE
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What is the starting chord?
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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