COPPER KETTLE
tabbed by Douglas Thompson (jwtjta@aol.com)


  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