Well [D]my name's John Lee [G] Petti-[D]more [D] / [G][D] / [D]Same as my daddy and his [C] daddy be-[D]fore [D] / [G][D] You [D]hardly ever saw grand-[G]daddy down [D] here [D] / [G][D] He [D]only come to town about [C] twice a [D] year [D] / [G][D] He'd buy a [D]hundred pounds of yeast and some [G] copper [D] line [D] / [G][D] / [D]Everybody knew that he [G] made moon-[D]shine [D]/[G][D]
Now the [G]revenue man wanted [C]granddaddy [G]bad He [D]headed up the holler with [G]everything he [D]had It's be-[G]fore my time, but [C]I've been [G]told He [D]Ʌ never come back from Copperhead Road
Now [D]daddy ran the whiskey in a [G]big black [D]Dodge [D] / [G][D] / [D]Bought it at an auction at the [C]Mason's [D]Lodge [D] / [G][D] / [D]Johnson County Sheriff painted [G]on the [D]side [D] / [G][D] Just [D]shot a coat of primer then he [C]looked in-[D]side [D] / [G][D] Well [D]him and my uncle tore that [G]engine [D]down [D] / [G][D] I [D]still remember that [G]rumblin' [D]sound [D] / [G][D] /
Then the [G]sheriff came around in the [C]middle of the [G]night [D]Heard momma cryin' that [G]something wasn't [D]right He was [G]headed down to Knoxville with the [C]weekly [G]load You could [D]Ʌ smell the whisky burnin' down Copperhead Road
I volun-[D]teered for the army on [G]my birth-[D]day [D] / [G][D] / They draft the [D]white trash first, 'round [C]here any-[D]way [D] / [G][D] / I done [D]two tours of duty in [G]Viet-[D]nam [D] / [G][D] / [D]I came home with a [C]brand new [D]plan [D] / [G][D] / I take the [D]seed from Columbia and [G]Mexi-[D]co [D] / [G][D] / I just [D]plant up the holler down [G]Copperhead [D]Road [D] / [G][D] /
Now the [G]D.E.A.'s got a [C]chopper in the [G]air I [D]wake up screamin' like I'm [G]back over [D]there I [G]learned a thing or two from [C]Charlie don't you [G]know You [D]Ʌ better stay away from Copperhead Road
