Coward Of The County chords by Kenny Rogers

"Coward of the County" - by Kenny Rogers (1979)
Words and Music by Roger Bowling & Billy Edd Wheeler

SIMPed by Alex Rudd - ahrjj@cunyvm.cuny.edu

Chords:

     A      D      E      E7
E ---0------2------0------0-----
B ---2------3------0------3-----
G ---2------2------1------1-----
D ---2------0------2------2-----
A ---0-------------2------2-----
E -----------------0------0-----

Capo 3rd Fret

(In a moderate country half-time)

A                           D             A
Ev'ryone considered him the ....
                                                     E
He'd never stood one single time ...
    A                         D                     A
His mama named him Tommy, ...
                                       E             A
but something always told me the.....


A                                  D             A
He was only ten years old when ...
                                                E
I looked after Tommy 'cause ...
  A                               D               A
I still recall the final words ...
                           E             A
"Son, my life is over, but .....


A                       E                  A
Promise me, son, not to ...
D              A              E
Walk away from ...
A                                D              A
It won't mean you're weak if you ...
                  D              E
I hope you're old ...
     E7                              A
Son, you don't have to ...

[Slide capo to 4th fret]



A                                D                A
There's someone for ev'ryone and ...
                                             E
In her arms he didn't have to ....
    A                            D                A
One day while he was workin' the .....
                           E [Spoken]  A
They took turns at Becky.... ....


A                            D             A
Tommy opened up the door and ....
                                                          E
The torn dress, the shattered look was ....
   A                                    D                A
He reached above the fireplace and ....
                                          E                 A
As his tears fell on his daddy's face...:


A                       E                  A
"Promise me, son, not to do the ....
D              A              E
Walk away from ...
A                                D              A
It won't mean you're weak if .....
                  D              E
I hope you're old ....
     E7                              A
Son, you don't have to ....

[Slide capo to 5th fret]


A                                           D               A
The Gatlin boys just laughed at him whe.....
                                                  E
One of them got up and met him halfw.....
     A                                   D                  A
When Tommy turned around they said, "Hey ...
[Whole line spoken]                  E                 A
But you coulda heard a pin drop when Tommy ....


A                            D             A
Twenty years of crawlin' was ....
                                                   E
He wasn't holdin' nothin' back; he ....
     A                            D              A
When Tommy left the barroom not a ....
                                       E                    A
He said, "This one's for Becky," .....
[Spoken]
And I heard ....


A                            D                 A
"I promised you, Dad, not ...
                                E
I walk away from ...
    A                                     D              A
Now please don't think I'm weak, I ....
                 D             E
and Papa, I sure hope you ....
    E7                                  A
Sometimes you gotta fight when ...


A                           D             [No chords]    A
Ev'ryone considered him ....