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Coward Of The County by Kenny Rogers - Guitar Chords

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            [Verse 1]
   A                          D               A
Everyone considered him the coward of the county
                                                       E
He'd never stood one single time to prove the county wrong.
      A                         D                       A
His mama named him Tommy, but folks just called him yellow,
                                     A7            E
Something always told me they were reading Tommy wrong.

 A                                    D             A
He was only ten years old when his daddy died in prison;
                                                  E
I took care of Tommy, 'cause he was my brother's son.
    A                               D                A
I still recall the final words my brother said to Tommy,
                             E
"Son my life is over, but yours has just begun".


[Chorus]
   A                     D                   A
"Promise me, son, not to do the things I've done
 D               A             E
Walk away from trouble if you can.
  A                               D               A
It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek
A                    D             E
I hope you're old enough to understand,
E7                                    A
Son, you don't have to fight to be a man."


[Verse 2]
  B                                 E                 B
There's someone for everyone, and Tommy's love was Becky.
                                             F#
In her arms he didn't have to prove he was a man.
 B                                  E                  B
One day while he was working, the Gatlin boys came calling
                           F#                     B
They took turns at Becky, (n' there was three of them).

 B                             E            B
Tommy opened up the door, and saw Becky crying.
                                                           F#
The torn dress, the shattered look was more than he could stand.
 B                                        E                  B
He reached above the fireplace, and took down his daddy's picture.
                                           F#7                  B
As the tears fell on his daddy's face, he heard these words again:


[Chorus]
   B                     E                   B
"Promise me, son, not to do the things I've done
 E               B             F#
Walk away from trouble if you can.
  B                               E               B
It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek
B                    E             F#
I hope you're old enough to understand,
F#7                                    B
Son, you don't have to fight to be a man."


[Verse 3]
 C                                            F                 C
The Gatlin boys just laughed at him when he walked into the barroom;
                                                   G
One of them got up and met him half way cross the floor.
    C                                  F                        C
When Tommy turned around they said, "Hey look! old yeller's leaving,"
                                               G                     C
But you could've heard a pin drop when Tommy stopped and locked the door.

 C                               F               C
Twenty years of crawling were bottled up inside him.
                                                   G
He wasn't holding nothing back - he let 'em have it all.
  C                                 F                   C
When Tommy left the bar room, not a Gatlin boy was standing.
                                      G7                   C
He said, "This one's for Becky, as he watched the last one fall. (And I heard him say,)


[Chorus]
 C                           F                     C
"I promised you, Dad, not to do the things you've done
F                  C            G
I walk away from trouble when I can
 C                                         F               C
Now please don't think I'm weak, I didn't turn the other cheek,
 C                  F             G
And papa, I should hope you understand 
 G7                                      C
Sometimes you gotta fight when you're a man".

                            F                  C
Everyone considered him the coward of the county.
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