Chords
"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
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E MajorE
E7E7
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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 ...
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D MajorD
A augmentedA His mama named him Tommy, ...
E MajorE
A augmentedA but something always told me the.....
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D MajorD
A augmentedA He was only ten years old when ...
E MajorE I looked after Tommy 'cause ...
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D MajorD
A augmentedA I still recall the final words ...
E MajorE
A augmentedA "Son, my life is over, but .....
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E MajorE
A augmentedA Promise me, son, not to ...
D MajorD
A augmentedA
E MajorE Walk away from ...
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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]
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D MajorD
A augmentedA There's someone for ev'ryone and ...
E MajorE In her arms he didn't have to ....
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D MajorD
A augmentedA One day while he was workin' the .....
E MajorE [Spoken]
A augmentedA They took turns at Becky.... ....
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D MajorD
A augmentedA Tommy opened up the door and ....
E MajorE The torn dress, the shattered look was ....
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D MajorD
A augmentedA He reached above the fireplace and ....
E MajorE
A augmentedA As his tears fell on his daddy's face...:
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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]
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D MajorD
A augmentedA The Gatlin boys just laughed at him whe.....
E MajorE One of them got up and met him halfw.....
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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 ....
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D MajorD
A augmentedA Twenty years of crawlin' was ....
E MajorE He wasn't holdin' nothin' back; he ....
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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 ....
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D MajorD
A augmentedA "I promised you, Dad, not ...
E MajorE I walk away from ...
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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 ...
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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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