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Verse 1
(C major) Everyone considered him
the (F major) coward of the (C major) county
He'd never stood one single time
to prove the county wrong (G major)
His (C major) mama named him Tommy
but folk (F major) s just called him (C major) Yellow
Something always told me
they were (G major) reading Tommy wrong (C major)
He was only ten years old
when his (F major) daddy died in (C major) prison
I looked after Tommy
cause he was my brother's (G major) son
I still (C major) recall the final words
my (F major) brother said to Tommy (C major)
Son, my life is over,
but (G major) yours has just begun (C major)
Promise me, son,
not to do (F major) the things I've (C major) done
Walk (F major) away from (C major) trouble if you can (G major)
Now (C major) it won't mean you're weak
if you turn (F major) the other cheek
(C major) I hope you're old enough (F major)
to under (G major) stand
Son, you don't have to fight
to be a (C major) man
There's (D flat major) someone for everyone
And Tommy's (G flat major) love was (D flat major) Becky
In her arms, he didn't have
to prove he was a (A flat major) man
One day (D flat major) while he was working
The (G flat major) Gatlin boys came (D flat major) calling
They took turn to Becky,
there (A flat major) was three (D flat major) of them
Tommy opened up the door
and (G flat major) saw his Becky cry (D flat major) ing
The torn dress, the shattered look,
was more than he could (A flat major) stand
He reached (D flat major) above the fireplace
and took (G flat major) down his daddy's pic (D flat major) ture
As the tears fell on his daddy's face
he (A flat major) heard these words again (D flat major)
Promise me son not to do (G flat major)
the things I've (D flat major) done
Walk (G flat major) away from (D flat major) trouble if you can (A flat major)
Now it (D flat major) don't mean you're weak
if you turn (G flat major) the other cheek (D flat major)
I hope you're old enough (G flat major)
to under (A flat major) stand
Son, you don't have to fight to be a (D flat major) man
The (D major) Gatlin boys just laughed at him
when he (G major) walked into the bar (D major) room
One of them got up and met him
halfway across (A major) the floor
When Tommy (D major) turned around
they said, hey (G major) look old yellow's (D major) leaving
But you could have heard a pin drop
when Tommy (A major) stopped and
locked (D major) the door
Twenty years of crawling
was (G major) bottled up inside (D major) him
He wasn't holding nothing back,
let him have it (A major) all
When (D major) Tommy left the bar,
not a (G major) gatling boy was (D major) standing
He said this one's for Becky,
as he (A major) watched the last one (D major) fall
And I heard him say,
I promised your dad
not to do (G major) the things you've (D major) done
I'll (G major) walk away from (D major) trouble when I can (A major)
Now please (D major) don't think I'm weak,
I couldn't tell (G major) the other chief (D major)
And Papa,
I sure hope (G major) you understand (A major)
Sometimes you gotta fight
when you're a (D major) man
Everyone considered him
the (G major) coward of the county (D major)
Coward Of The County
Die Campbells
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