Chords for songsCoward Of The CountyCoward Of The County chordsby Kenny RogersYear: 1979Genre: CountryGuitarSimplifiedOriginalTabsTuning E A D G B ECapo No capoTransposeEADGBECFGDb4Gb2Ab4DALearnSmart scrollChord HighlightIntro 1C C C C Verse 1C Everyone considered him the F coward of C the county He'd never stood one single time to prove the county G wrong His C mama named him Tommy, but F folks just called him C Yellow But something always told me, they were G reading C Tommy wrong He was only ten years old when his F daddy died in C prison I looked after Tommy, 'cause he was my G brother's son I C still recall the final words my F brother C said to Tommy "Son, my life is over, but G yours C has just begun" Chorus 1C "Promise me, son, not to do F the things I've C done F Walk away from C trouble G if you can Now C it won't mean you're weak if you turn F the C other cheek I hope you're old F enough to underG stand Son, you don't have to fight C to be a man" Verse 2There's Db someone for everyone and Gb Tommy's love Db was Becky In her arms, he didn't have to prove he Ab was a man One Db day while he was working, the Gb Gatlin boys came Db calling They took turns at Becky Ab an' there Db was three of them Tommy opened up the door and Gb saw his Becky Db crying The torn dress, the shattered look was more than he could Ab stand He Db reached above the fireplace and took Gb down his Db daddy's picture As his tears fell on his daddy's face, he Ab heard these Db words again Chorus 2Db "Promise me, son, not to do Gb the things I've Db done Gb Walk away from Db trouble Ab if you can Now Db it won't mean you're weak if you turn Gb the Db other cheek I hope you're old Gb enough to underAb stand Son, you don't have to fight Db to be a man" Verse 3The D Gatlin boys just laughed at him when he G walked into the bar D room One of them got up and met him half way A cross the floor When D Tommy turned around they said, "Hey G look! Old Yellow's D leaving" But you could've heard a pin drop when Tommy A stopped and D locked the door Twenty years of crawling was G bottled up inD side him He wasn't holding nothing back, he let 'em have A it all When D Tommy left the bar room, not a G Gatlin boy D was standing He said, "This one's for Becky", as he A watched the last one D fall And I heard him say Chorus 3"I D promised you, Dad, not to do G the things you've D done I G walk away from D trouble when A I can Now D please don't think I'm weak, I didn't turn G the D other cheek And Papa, I should G hope you underA stand Sometimes you gotta fight when D you're a man" Everyone considered him the G coward of D the county
