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Verse 1
(B major) (C major) Everyone
(B major) considered (C major) him
the (F major) coward of the county (C major)
He (B major) never stood a (C major) single time
(B major) to prove the county wrong (F sharp major) (G major)
His (B major) mama named him (C major) Tommy,
the (F major) folks just called him (B major) Yellow
(C major) But something al (B major) ways told (C major) me
they were (B major) reading Tommy wrong (C major)
Now he was (B major) only ten (C major) years old
when his (F major) daddy died in (B major) prison (C major)
So I looked af (B major) ter Tommy, (C major)
cause he was my brother's (B major) son
(G major) And I still (C major) recall (B major) the final words
my (F major) brother said to (B major) Tommy (C major)
Son, my (B major) life is over
and yours has just begun (C major) (B major)
Promise (C major) me,
(B major) not to do (F major) the things I've (B major) done
Walk (F major) away from (B major) trouble if you can (F sharp major)
No, (G major) (B major) it won't mean you're weak
if (C major) you (F major) turn the other cheek
(B major) I hope you're old enough (E sharp major)
to understand (G flat major)
Son, you don't have to fight to be a man (B major)
(C major) There's someone for everyone
(D flat major) Tommy's (F major) love was (D flat major) Becky (C major)
In her arms he didn't have
to prove he was a (G major) man
One (C major) day while he was workin'
the (F major) Gatlin boys came (C major) callin'
They took turns at Becky
an (G major) d there was three of (C major) them
By the he opened up the door
and he (F major) saw his Becky cry (C major) in'
The torn dress and the shattered look
was more than he could stand (G major)
And he (C major) reached above the fireplace
and took down (F major) his daddy's pic (C major) ture
As his tears fell on his daddy's face,
he heard these (G major) words again (C major)
Promise me, son,
not to do (F sharp major) the things I've (C major) done
Walk (F sharp major) away from (C major) trouble if you can (G major)
It (C major) won't mean you're weak
(D flat major) if you turn (F major) the other cheek
(C major) I hope you're old enough (F sharp major)
to (F major) under (G major) stand
Son, you don't have to fight to (C major) be a man
The (D flat major) Gatlin boys just laughed at him
when he (G flat major) walked into the bar (D flat major) room
One of them got (D flat major) up and led him
halfway across the floor (A flat major)
When (D flat major) Tommy turned around
he said, hey look (G flat major) old yellow's (D flat major) leavin'
But you coulda heard a pin drop
when Tommy (A flat major) stopped and
locked the (D flat major) door
Twenty years of crawlin'
was (G flat major) bottled up inside (D flat major) him
He wasn't holding nothing back,
he let him have it (A flat major) all
When (D flat major) Tommy left the barn,
not a (G flat major) gatling bow was stand (D flat major) ing
He said this one's for Becky,
as he (A flat major) washed the last wind (D flat major) fall
And I heard him say
I promised your dad
not to do (G flat major) the things you've (D flat major) done
I'll (G flat major) walk away from (D flat major) trouble if I can (A flat major)
Now (D flat major) please don't think I'm weak
I didn't turn (G flat major) the other cheek
(D flat major) And Papa, I sure (G flat major) hope you
understand (A flat major)
Sometimes you gotta fight
when you're a (D flat major) man
Everyone considered him
The (G flat major) coward of the county
Coward Of The County
Darryl Clinton
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