title: Copperhead Road (12 hole)key: Rockharp type: Chromaticgenre: Gskill: IntermediateCopperhead Road (12 hole Chromatic)Words & Music by Steve EarleKey of G Major (originally published key)Tabbed for a 12 hole Solo Tuned Key of C chromaticTab notations:none = blow – = draw *= button in __ = hold-8_8= slur; move smoothly from note to note (to noteâ¦)-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 nameâs John Lee Pet-ti_-more.______6 -6* -6* -5 -5 -5 -3 4 -5 -5 -5__4_-3Same as my dad-dy and his dad-dy beâfore.___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_4He on – ly come to town a â bout twice_ a year.-5 8 8 8 8 8 8 7_ 7 6 7_ -7_ 7-7__Heâd 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-âry â 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 7He head-ed up a hol-ler with ev-âry-thing he had. Itâs be--8_ -8_ -8-7 7 8_ 8_ -8___fore my_ time, well, Iâve 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-sonâs 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_4Just shot a coat of prim-er then he looked inâside.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 â mem – ber that rumb-linâ sound.-8 -8 -8 -8 -8_ -7-8 -7 7 8 8 8 8 -8_Well, the sher-iff came aâround in the mid-dle of the night.8_ 8 5 -8 7 7 7 7 -7 -7 6_-5 7 7Heard Ma-ma cry-inâ, knew some-thinâ was-nât 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 burninâ 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*_-3They draft the white trash first âround 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_5I__ 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.âs got_ a chop-per in the air.-8 8 8 8 5 -8 7 7 7 7 6_-5I wake up scream-ing like Iâm back o-ver there.6_ 7 -8 -8 -8 -8 7 8_ 8_ 8 8 -8___I_ learned a thing or two from Charlie, donât 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_-7Cop-per-head Road._____-9 -9 -9 9-9__-8_-7Cop-per-head Road._____ -9 -9 -9 9-9__-8_-7Cop-per-head Road._____