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Copperhead Road - Steve Earle Chords

Chords: D, G, C

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D
Well, my name's John Lee Peddimore.
G C
Now, the revenue man wanted granddaddy bad.
D
Headed up the holler with everything he had.
G C
Before my time, but I've been told.
D
You never come back from Copperhead Road.
D
Now daddy ran whisky in a big block Dodge.
G C
Then the sheriff came around in the middle of the night.
D
Heard momma crying that something wasn't right.
G C
He was headed down to Knoxville with the weekly load.
D
You could smell the whisky burning down Copperhead Road.
D
I volunteered for the army on my birthday.
G C
Now the D.E.A.'s got a chopper in the air.
D
I wake up screaming like I'm back over there.
G C
I learned a thing or two from Charley, don't you know.
D
You better stay away from Copperhead Road.

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