Copperhead Road

[ Intro ] D [ 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 mute 4x Intro riff 2x G C G D 2x [ 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 mute 4x [ Outro ] Intro riff 4x copperhead road