"Coward of the County" - by Kenny Rogers (1979)
Words and Music by Roger Bowling & Billy Edd Wheeler
SIMPed by Alex Rudd - [email protected]
Chords:
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Capo 3rd Fret
(In a moderate country half-time)
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Ev'ryone considered him the ....
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He'd never stood one single time ...
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His mama named him Tommy, ...
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but something always told me the.....
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He was only ten years old when ...
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I looked after Tommy 'cause ...
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I still recall the final words ...
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"Son, my life is over, but .....
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Promise me, son, not to ...
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Walk away from ...
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It won't mean you're weak if you ...
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I hope you're old ...
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Son, you don't have to ...
[Slide capo to 4th fret]
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There's someone for ev'ryone and ...
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In her arms he didn't have to ....
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One day while he was workin' the .....
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They took turns at Becky.... ....
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Tommy opened up the door and ....
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The torn dress, the shattered look was ....
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He reached above the fireplace and ....
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As his tears fell on his daddy's face...:
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"Promise me, son, not to do the ....
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Walk away from ...
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It won't mean you're weak if .....
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I hope you're old ....
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Son, you don't have to ....
[Slide capo to 5th fret]
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The Gatlin boys just laughed at him whe.....
E MajorE
One of them got up and met him halfw.....
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When Tommy turned around they said, "Hey ...
[Whole line spoken] E MajorEA augmentedA
But you coulda heard a pin drop when Tommy ....
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Twenty years of crawlin' was ....
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He wasn't holdin' nothin' back; he ....
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When Tommy left the barroom not a ....
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He said, "This one's for Becky," .....
[Spoken]
And I heard ....
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"I promised you, Dad, not ...
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I walk away from ...
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Now please don't think I'm weak, I ....
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and Papa, I sure hope you ....
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Sometimes you gotta fight when ...
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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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D MajorD
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