Steve Earle – Copperhead Road (Bass Tab)
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[Verse 2]
Dad-dy ran the whiskey in a big block Dodge
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Bought it at an auction at the Mason's Lodge
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'Johnson County Sheriff' painted on the side
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Just shot a coat of primer then he looked inside Well
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him and my un- cle tore that engine down I
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still remem-ber that rumb- lin' sound Then the
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sheriff came around in the middle of the night Heard Mama cryin' knew something wasn't right was
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head- ed down to Knoxville with the week- ly load You could
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smell the whis- key burn- in' down Cop- per- head Road
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I volun-
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[Verse 3]
teered for the Army on my birth-day They
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draft the white trash first round here any- way I done
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two tours of duty in Viet- nam I came
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home with a brand new plan I take
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the seed from Colombia and Me- -x- -i--co I just
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plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road And now the
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D. E. A.'s got a chopper in the air Wake up screaming like I'm back over there I
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learned a thing or two from Char- lie don'tyou know You better stay away from Cop-perhead Road
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Copperhead
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Road Copperhead
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Road Copperhead
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[Outro]
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