Tom: D
Introdução:
D
My name's john lee pettimore.
Same as my daddy and his daddy before.
G
Now the revenue man wanted grandaddy bad.
D
He headed up the holler with everything he had.
G
It's before my time but i've been told.
D
He never come back from copperhead road.
D
Now daddy ran the whiskey in a big block dodge.
Bought it at an auction at the mason's lodge.
G
Well the sheriff came around in the middle of the night.
D
Heard mama cryin' knew somethin wasn't right.
G
He was headed down to knoxville with the weekly load.
D
You could smell the whiskey burnin' down copperhead road.
D
I volunteered for the army on my birthday.
They draft the white trash first, 'round here anyway.
G
Well the d.e.a.'s got a chopper in the air.
D
I wake up screamin' like i'm back over there.
G
I learned a thing or two from charlie don't you know.
D
You better stay away from copperhead road.