D5 
Well, my name's John Lee Pettimore, 

Same as my daddy and his daddy's before. 

You hardly ever saw grandaddy down here 

He'd only come to town about twice a year 

Buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line. 
                                      D5 
Everybody knew that he made moonshine. 
         G5 
Now the revenue man wanted granddaddy bad. 
 D5    
Headed up the holler with everything he had. 
 G5      
Before my time, but I've been told. 
     D5 
You never come back from Copperhead Road. 
 

      D5 
Granddaddy ran whiskey in a big black Dodge 

Bought it at an auction at the Mason's Lodge 

Had Payne County Sheriff painted on the side 

Everybody knew that he made moonshie 

Well, him and my uncle tore that engine down 
                                     D5 
I still remember that rumbling sound 
          G5 
Then the sheriff came around in the middle of the night 
 D5  
Heard mama crying that something wasn't right 
        G5 
He was headed down to Knoxville with the weekly load 
           D5                                        D5 (d,u,d,u,d) 4x 
You could smell the whisky burning down Copperhead Road. 
 

        D5 
I volunteered for the army on my birthday 

They draft the white trash first, round hear anyway 

I done two tours of duty in Viet Nam 

I came home with a brand new plan 

I'd take the seed from Columbia and Mexico 
                                                D5 
I'd plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road 
        G5 
Now the D.E.A.'s got a chopper in the air 
   D5 
I wake up screamin, like I'm back over there 
    G5 
I learned a thing or two from Charlie don't you know. 
      D5                                 D5 (d,u,d,u,d) 4x 
You better stay away from Copperhead Road. 

**I like to play this in drop D5 tuning and if you do that, it's best 

to play the G like the second chording.