COPPER KETTLE
tabbed by Douglas Thompson ([email protected])


  Chords Used:
E|--3--|--7--|--0--|--0--|--2--|--0--|
B|--3--|-10--|--1--|--1--|--3--|--0--|
G|--0--|--8--|--0--|--2--|--2--|--0--|
D|--0--|--7--|--2--|--2--|--0--|--2--|
A|--2--|--9--|--3--|--0--|-----|--2--|
E|--3--|--7--|-----|-----|-----|--0--|
    G    B7     C    Am     D    Em 


Riff 1
E---3--3-3-----------3-----|
B---3--3-3-----------3-----|
G---0--0-0-----------0-----|
D---0--0-0--0--2--4--0-----|
A--------------------2-----|
E--------------------3-----|


[Riff 1]
G                      [Riff 1]
Get you a copper kettle 
G
Get you a copper coil 
B7                    C
Fill it with new made cornmash 
    Am                D
And never more you'll toil 


            Em               B7
You'll just lay there by the juniper 
Em                B7
While the moon is bright 
Em               B7  
Watch the jugs a-filling 
C      D         Em     [Riff 1]
In the pale moon light 


   G                      [Riff 1]
My daddy, he made whiskey 
G   
And my granddaddy did too 
B7              C
We ain't paid no whiskey tax 
      Am               D
Since seventeen ninety two 


            Em               B7
You'll just lay there by the juniper 
Em                B7
While the moon is bright 
Em               B7  
Watch the jugs a-filling 
C      D         Em     [Riff 1]
In the pale moon light 


G                           [Riff 1]
Make your fire with hickory 
G      
Hickory, ash, and oak 
B7                    C
Don't use no green or rotten wood 
        Am               D
They'll catch you by the smoke 


            Em               B7
You'll just lay there by the juniper 
Em                B7
While the moon is bright 
Em               B7  
Watch the jugs a-filling 
C      D         Em     [Riff 1]
In the pale moon light 


[Solo]
[Riff 1]  G  [Riff 1]  G
B7    C    Am    D
Em    B7   Em    B7
Em    B7   C     D     Em   [Riff 1]


G                       [Riff 1]
Get you a copper kettle 
G
Get you a copper coil 
B7                    C
Fill it with new made cornmash 
    Am                D
And never more you'll toil


            Em               B7
You'll just lay there by the juniper 
Em                B7
While the moon is bright 
Em               B7
Watch the jugs a-filling 
C      D         Em
In the pale moon light
C      D         Em
In the pale moon light