Copperhead Road (12 hole Chromatic KEY OF C) Harmonica Tabs

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Genre: Rock

Key: C

Harp Type: Chromatic

Skill: Intermediate

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Copperhead Road (12 hole Chromatic KEY OF C) Harmonica Tab

Copperhead Road (12 hole Chromatic KEY OF C)
Words & Music by Steve Earle
Key of C Major Vocal Range C4 to F6
Transposed from the originally published key
to the key of C major.
Tabbed for a 12 hole Solo Tuned Key of C chromatic

Tab notations:
none = blow – = draw *= button in __ = hold
10_11 = slur; move smoothly from note to note (to note…)
10-1010 = the 10 & -10 are grace notes; 10 is the main note.

Intro

-9__ 10-1010_ 9 -9__ 10-10__ 10-1010_ 9_ 9_ -9_ 9-9__

-9__ 10-1010_ 9 -9__ 10-10__ 10-1010_ 9_ 9_ -9_ 9-9__

1011____ 101110__ 9__ 9-9___________

Mandolin interlude

-6_ -6_ -6_ 5_ 5_ 5 -5_ 5_-5__5_-4
Well, my_ name’s John Lee Pet-ti_-more._____

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Same as my_ daddy and his daddy before.___

5 -6 -6 -6 -6 5_ 5_ 5 5 -5_ -5__5_-4
You hardly ev-er saw Granddaddy down here.___

3 -4 -3 -4 -3 -4 3 3_ -2_3_ 3 3_-2
He on-ly come to town a-bout twice a year.

3 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 5_ 5 -3 5_ -5 5-5__
He‘d buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line.

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Ev-‘ry-bod-y knew_ that he made moonshine.

6 6 6 66_ -56_ -5 5 -6_ -6 -6 6_
Now, the revenue man_ wanted granddaddy bad.

6 -6 -6 -6 -2 6 5 5 5 5 -5 -5_ -3_3 5 5
He headed up a holler with ev-‘rything he_ had. It’s be-

6_ 6_ 6 5 -6_ -6 6_
fore my time, well, I’ve been told,

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he never came back from Copperhead Road.___

Mandolin

6 -6 -6 -6 -6 5 5 5 5 5 -5_ -5__
Now, Daddy ran the whiskey in a big block dodge.

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Bought it at an auction at the Ma-son’s Lodge.

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Johnson County Sheriff painted on the side.___

3 -4 -3 -4 -3 -4 3 3 3 -2_3 3__-2
Just shot a coat of primer then he looked in–side.

-6 -6 -6 -6 5 5 5 -3 5_ -5 5-5__
Well, him and my uncle tore that en-gine down.

-3 -3 -4 -4 -3 -2 3 3 -23__
I still re–mem-ber that rumblin’ sound.

6 6 6 6 6_ -5 6_ -5 5 -6 -6 -6 -6 6_
Well, the sheriff came a–round in the middle of the night.

-6 -6 -2 6 5 5 5 5 -5 -5 -3_3 5 5
Heard Ma-ma cryin’, knew somethin’ wasn’t right. He was

6_ 6_ 6 -5 5 5 -6 -6 -6 -6 6__
headed down to Knoxville with the weekly load.

-3 -3 -6 -6 -6_ 6_ -3 4 4 5 -5 -5 -5_5_-4
You could smell the whiskey burnin’ down Copperhead Road.__

Bridge

77777 77777 77777 77777 -4_-5 -5_ -5_ 5 -5 6-5_5 5_-5

-5_ 6 6_-6 8 -6_ -6_6 5 5 6-5_5 3_ -5_ 3_ -4_-5 -5_ -5_ 5

-5 6-5_5 5_-5 -5_ 6 6_-6 8 -6_ -6_6 5 5 6-5_5 3_ -5_ 3_

3_ 5_ 5_ -5 6 -66_5 3_ 6_ 5_ 6_-6 7 6 6_5 -5 5 -4_3

-12_-2 3_ 3 3 4_ 4_ 5_ -5 6 -66_5 3_ 6_ 5_ 6_-6 7 6 6_5

-5 5 -4_3 -12_-2 3_ 3_ -2_3 -5 4 -4_3 -2 3 -3_3 -2 3__

-3 -6 6 -6_ -6 -6 5 5 5 5 -5__5_-4
I volunteered for the army on my birthday.

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They draft the white trash first ‘round here a-ny-way.____

5 -6 -6 -6 -6 5 5 5 5 -5 -5__5_-4
I done two tours of duty in Viet-nam_____

-4_ -4_ -4_ 3 3_ -2_3_ 3 3_-2
I_ came home with a_ brand-new plan.

-6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 5_ 5 -3 5 -5_ 5-5___
I take the seed from Col-um-bi-a and Mex-i_-co.___

-3 -4 -3 -4 -4 -4 -3 -4 -2 -1* 3_ 3_ -23___
I just plant it up a holler down Cop-per-head Road._

6 6 6 6 6_ -56_ -5 -6 -6 -6 -6 6_
Well, the D. E. A.’s got_ a chopper in the air.

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I wake up screaming like I’m back over there.

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I_ learned a thing or two from Charlie, don’t you know.

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You better stay a-way from Copperhead Road.___

Outro

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Copperhead Road.______

7 7 7_ -67__-6_-5_
Copperhead Road.______

7 7 7_ -67__-6_-5_
Copperhead Road.______

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