Chords for Steve Earle - Copperhead Road - Bass Cover

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_ _ _ _ _ _ Well, my name's Donley Pettimore, _ same _ as my daddy and daddy before.
_ _ You hardly ever saw granddaddy down here.
_ _ He only come to town about twice a year.
_ _ He'd buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line. _ _ _
Everybody knew that it made me shine.
_ _ [G] I'm a revolutionary man, one of granddaddy's [D] men.
He'd lift a hollow, left a bangin' [G] head.
All my time's a lot been [D] told.
Never come back from Copperhead Road.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ My daddy ran a whiskey and a big black Dodge. _ _ _
My father had an auction at the Mason's Lodge. _ _
Shot some chemistry paint on the side.
_ _ Just shot a total primer and it looked insane. _ _ _
Well, in my mouth tore that engine down.
_ I still remember that rumble of sound.
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Chemistry came around in the middle of [D] the night.
Heard mama cryin' or somethin' with her [G] back.
He was headed down to Knoxville with a weekly [D] load.
He could smell the whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Road. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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I volunteered for the Army on my birthday. _ _
They'd wrap a white dress for a striped hero in Hawaii. _ _
I done two tours of duty in Vietnam. _ _ _
I came home with a brand new plan. _ _
I take the seat from Columbia, Mexico. _ _ _
Just bringin' up a holler down Copperhead Road.
_ [G] A night of D-Day's got a chopper in [D] the air.
Big-ass stream of light is back over [G] there.
If I were in there too, [D] Charlie, don't you know,
you better stay away from Copperhead Road.
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