Copperhead Road (12 hole Chromatic KEY OF C)

by Steve Earle

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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.______