Chords with lyrics
"Coward of the County" - by Kenny Rogers (1979) Words and Music by Roger Bowling & Billy Edd Wheeler SIMPed by Alex Rudd - [email protected] Chords: A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE E7E7 E MajorE ---0------2------0------0----- BB ---2------3------0------3----- G+G ---2------2------1------1----- D MajorD ---2------0------2------2----- A augmentedA ---0-------------2------2----- E MajorE -----------------0------0-----
Capo 3rd Fret (In a moderate country half-time) A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA Ev'ryone considered him the .... E MajorE He'd never stood one single time ... A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA His mama named him Tommy, ... E MajorE A augmentedA but something always told me the..... A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA He was only ten years old when ... E MajorE I looked after Tommy 'cause ... A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA I still recall the final words ... E MajorE A augmentedA "Son, my life is over, but ..... A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA Promise me, son, not to ... D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE Walk away from ... A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA It won't mean you're weak if you ... D MajorD E MajorE I hope you're old ... E7E7 A augmentedA Son, you don't have to ... [Slide capo to 4th fret]
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA There's someone for ev'ryone and ... E MajorE In her arms he didn't have to .... A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA One day while he was workin' the ..... E MajorE [Spoken] A augmentedA They took turns at Becky.... .... A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA Tommy opened up the door and .... E MajorE The torn dress, the shattered look was .... A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA He reached above the fireplace and .... E MajorE A augmentedA As his tears fell on his daddy's face...: A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA "Promise me, son, not to do the .... D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE Walk away from ... A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA It won't mean you're weak if ..... D MajorD E MajorE I hope you're old .... E7E7 A augmentedA Son, you don't have to .... [Slide capo to 5th fret] A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA The Gatlin boys just laughed at him whe..... E MajorE One of them got up and met him halfw..... A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA When Tommy turned around they said, "Hey ... [Whole line spoken] E MajorE A augmentedA But you coulda heard a pin drop when Tommy .... A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA Twenty years of crawlin' was .... E MajorE He wasn't holdin' nothin' back; he .... A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA When Tommy left the barroom not a .... E MajorE A augmentedA He said, "This one's for Becky," ..... [Spoken] And I heard .... A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA "I promised you, Dad, not ... E MajorE I walk away from ... A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA Now please don't think I'm weak, I .... D MajorD E MajorE and Papa, I sure hope you .... E7E7 A augmentedA Sometimes you gotta fight when ... A augmentedA D MajorD [No chords] A augmentedA Ev'ryone considered him ....
Other versions of Coward Of The County
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Coward of the county (Ver. 2) by Kenny Rogers
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