Copperhead Road (12 hole Chromatic)
by
Steve Earle
Copperhead Road (12 hole Chromatic)
by
Steve Earle
Rock
Chromatic
G
Intermediate
Copperhead Road (12 hole Chromatic) Words & Music by Steve Earle Key of G Major (originally published key) Tabbed for a 12 hole Solo Tuned Key of C chromatic Tab notations: none = blow - = draw *= button in __ = hold -8_8= slur; move smoothly from note to note (to note…) -88-8 = the -8 & 8 are grace notes; -8 is the main note. Intro (original octave) -7__ -88-8_ -6*_ -7__ -88__ -88-8_ 7_ 7_ -7_ 7-7__ -7__ -88-8_ -6*_ -7__ -88__ -88-8_ 7_ 7_ -7_ 7-7__ -8-9____ -8-9-8__ 7__ 7-7___________ Mandolin interlude (Original octave for Tenor C; octave high for Standard C) 8_ 8_ 8_ 7_ 7_ 7 -7_ 7_-7__7_-6* Well, my name’s John Lee Pet-ti_-more.______ 6 -6* -6* -5 -5 -5 -3 4 -5 -5 -5__4_-3 Same as my dad-dy and his dad-dy be–fore.___ 7 8 8 8 8 7_ 7_ 7 7 -7_ -7__7_-6* You hard-ly ev-er saw Grand-dad-dy down here.____ -5 -6* 6 -6* 6 -6* -5 -5_ 4_-5__ -5 -5_4 He on - ly come to town a – bout twice_ a year. -5 8 8 8 8 8 8 7_ 7 6 7_ -7_ 7-7__ He‘d buy a hun-dred pounds of yeast and some cop-per line. 6 -6* -6* -6* 6_-6* 5 -3* -5_ -5_ 5-5___ Ev-‘ry – bod - y knew_ that he made moon-shine. -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -7-8 -7 7 8_ 8 8 -8_ Now, the rev-e-nue man_ want-ed grand-dad-dy bad. -8 8 8 8 4 -8 7 7 7 7 -7 -7 6_-5 7 7 He head-ed up a hol-ler with ev-‘ry-thing he had. It’s be- -8_ -8_ -8-7 7 8_ 8_ -8___ fore my_ time, well, I’ve been told, 6 8 8 8_ -8_ 6 7_ -7 -7 -7__7_-6* he nev-er came back from Cop-per-head Road.___ Mandolin -8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 -7_ -7__ Now, Dad-dy ran the whis-key in a big block dodge. 6 -6* -6* -6* -5 -5 -5 -3 4 -5 -5__ Bought it at an auc-tion at the Ma-son’s Lodge. 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7_ -7_ -7__7_-6* John-son Coun-ty Sher-iff paint-ed on the side.____ -5 -6* 6 -6* 6 -6* -5 -5 -5 4 -5 -5_4 Just shot a coat of prim-er then he looked in–side. 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 7_ -7_ 7-7__ Well, him and my un-cle tore that en-gine down. 6 6 -6* -6* 6 5 -5_ -5_ 5-5___ I still re – mem - ber that rumb-lin’ sound. -8 -8 -8 -8 -8_ -7-8 -7 7 8 8 8 8 -8_ Well, the sher-iff came a–round in the mid-dle of the night. 8_ 8 5 -8 7 7 7 7 -7 -7 6_-5 7 7 Heard Ma-ma cry-in’, knew some-thin’ was-n’t right. He was -8_ -8_ -8 -7 7 7 8 8 8 8 -8_ head-ed down to Knoxville with the week-ly load. 6 6 8 8 8_ -8_ 6 6 7_ 7 -7 -7 -7__7_-6* You could smell the whis-key burnin’ down Cop-per-head Road.__ Bridge -9-9-9-9-9 -9-9-9-9-9 -9-9-9-9-9 -9-9-9-9-9 -5_-7 -7_ -7_ 7 -7 -8-7 7 7 -7 -7 -8 -8_-8* 10 8_ -8*_-8 7 7 -8-7 7 -5_ -7_ -5_ -5_-7 -7_ -7_ 7 -7 -8-7 7 7 -7 -7 -8 -8_-8* 10 8_ -8*_-8 7 7 -8-7 7 -5_ -7_ -5_ -5_ 7_ 7_ -7 -8 -8*-8_-7 -5_ -8_ 7_ -8_-8* -9 8 -8_-7 -7 7 -6*_-5 -3-4_-4* -5_ -5 -5 7_ 7_ 7_ -7 -8 -8*-8_-7 -5_ -8_ 7_ -8_-8* -9 8 -8_7 -7 7 -6*_-5 -3-4_-4* -5_ -1_ -4*_-5 -7 7 -6*_-5 4 -5 6_-5 4_ -5____ -5 8 -8 8_ 8 8 7 7 7 7 -7_ -7__7_-6* I vol-un-teered for the army on my birth-day._____ 6 -6* 6* -6* -6* -5 -5 -3 4 -3 -5-4*_-3 They draft the white trash first ‘round here a-ny-way.___ 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 -7 -7__7_-6* I done two tours of duty in Viet-nam______ -6*_ -6*_ -6*_ -5 -5 5_-5 -5 -5_5 I__ came home with a brand-new plan. 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7_ 7 6 7_ -7_ 7-7__ I take the seed from Col-um-bi-a and Mex-i_-co.___ 6 -6* -6* -6* -6* -6* 6 -6* 5 -3 -5 -5 5-5___ I just plant it up a hol-ler down Cop-per-head Road._ -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -7-8 7 8 8 8_ 8 -8_ Well, the D. E. A.’s got_ a chop-per in the air. -8 8 8 8 5 -8 7 7 7 7 6_-5 I wake up scream-ing like I’m back o-ver there. 6_ 7 -8 -8 -8 -8 7 8_ 8_ 8 8 -8___ I_ learned a thing or two from Charlie, don’t you know. 6 8 8 8 8 -8 6_ 7_ -7 -7_ -7__7_-6* You bet-ter stay a-way from Cop-per-head Road.____ Outro -9 -9 -9 9-9__-8_-7 Cop-per-head Road._____ -9 -9 -9 9-9__-8_-7 Cop-per-head Road._____ -9 -9 -9 9-9__-8_-7 Cop-per-head Road._____