Chords for Steve Earle with The Larry Crane Band

[D] I'd like to bring out a [C] real good friend of [N] mine, Mr.
Stever. _
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[N] _ Thank you.
[D] _ _ _ _ [C#m]
I'd just like to say that Farm Aid is, one of the main things it's about is,
if farming goes down, then a [N] choice disappears.
It's about being able to choose what you do for a living, and choose your way of life.
And we don't get that many choices nowadays.
So, _ but people do what they have to do to get by, which is what this song's about.
And today this performance is dedicated to Emilio Encinat,
because he did what he had to do.
This is called Copperhead Road.
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Well, my name's John Lee Petalmore. _
_ Say, my daddy, I was daddy before. _ _
_ _ You hardly ever saw granddaddy down here.
_ _ I only come to town about twice a year.
_ _ Five hundred pounds of yeast and some copper mine.
_ _ _ Everybody knew that it made the moon shine.
_ _ [G] Well, there was a new man on the granddaddy [D] band.
He held up a hot, long leather band [G] hat.
Spent my time laughing at Joe.
[D] He'd never come back to Copperhead Road. _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ Half-daddy ran a whiskey and a big black dice.
_ _ _ Father had a hot drink and a bass and a slide.
_ _ _ He dropped a can of champagne on the side.
_ _ He shot a cold primal and looked inside.
_ _ Well, he hit me in my arm for pulling in Jim's line.
_ _ I still remember that rumblin' sound. _ _ _
[G] And the sheriff came around in the middle of the [D] night.
I heard mama cryin' and his son would [G] write.
He said, down in the house with a weekin' [D] load,
You could smell a whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Road. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ I volunteered for the army on my birthday.
_ _ He grabbed a white dress first round, yeah, I know that.
_ _ I'd come to just any band now.
_ _ I came home with a brand new place.
_ _ I'd take a seat from Columbia, Mexico.
_ _ I'd just stand up a holler down Copperhead Road. _ _ _
[G] Now the dee-dees got a chopper in hand.
[D] I wake up screamin' like Black Boogie Bear.
[G] I'm in a thing or two for Charlie, don't you know?
[D] I'd better stay away from Copperhead Road. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[D] Copperhead Road, _ [D] _ _ _ _
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[D] Copperhead Road. _ _ _ _
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Thank you so much.
Thanks for lettin' [F#m] me know.
[N] See ya. _