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"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 ....
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Chords: A, D, E, E7, B, G