Coward chords by Cd Barnes

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: C

Intro:

C

Chorus:
C         C/B            Am             Am/G
Call me a coward but I'm too scared to leave, I'm
F                        G
Too scared to leave, I'm too scared to leave
C         C/B            Am             Am/G
Call me a coward but I'm too scared to leave, I'm
F                        G
Too scared to leave, I'm too scared to leave

Verse:
C    G                 C
It's sometimes hard to tell
        G              C
What is it and what is you
     G                C
It's hard to love a disease
     G                 Dm
But sometimes I still do
Dm                G
I asked you last December
C         C/B              Am        G
About the lines upon your legs
Dm                   G
First said you can't remember
C            C/B                Am    G
Then that you scraped them on a hedge

Chorus:
   C         C/B            Am             Am/G
So call me a coward but I'm too scared to leave, I'm
F                        G
Too scared to leave, I'm too scared to leave
C         C/B            Am             Am/G
Call me a coward but I'm too scared to leave, I'm
F                        G
Too scared to leave, I'm too scared to leave

Bridge:
     Am         G         F         C           F    C              G
And I know that I am only making it worse when I no longer hear you weep
   Am  G             F             C          F     Fm           C
But I stayed so you wouldn't end yourself and just scream in my sleep

Verse:
C   G         C
Doo doo doo doo
    G         C
Doo doo doo doo
    G         C
Doo doo doo doo
    G        Dm
Doo doo doo doo
Dm                            G
I'm in the habit of writing letters
C      C/B                Am           G
That I know you'll never see
Dm                         G
For the days when you get better
C      C/B                 Am
When I know you won't need me

Chorus:
   C         C/B            Am             Am/G
So call me a coward but I'm too scared to leave, I'm
F                        G
Too scared to leave, I'm too scared to leave
C         C/B            Am             Am/G
Call me a coward but I'm too scared to leave, I'm
F                        G
Too scared to leave, I'm too scared to leave
C         C/B            Am             Am/G
Call me a coward but I'm too scared to leave, I'm
F                        G
Too scared to leave, I'm too scared to leave
C         C/B            Am             Am/G
Call me a coward but I'm too scared to leave, I'm
F                        G
Too scared to leave, I'm too scared to leave

Outro:
C         C/B     Am            Am/G      F G
Call me, call me, call me, just call me
C         C/B     Am             Am/G     F G
Call me, call me, call me, please call me
C         C/B            Am             Am/G
Call me a coward but I'm too scared to leave, I'm
F                        G             C
Too scared to leave, I'm too scared to leave