Coward Of The County chords by
Juanita Du Plessis

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Key: B major

Intro 1

Verse 1
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Everyone considered him
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the coward of the county
He'd never stood one single time
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to prove the county wrong
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His mama named him Tommy,
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but folks just called him Yellow
Something always told me
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that they were reading Tommy wrong
He was only ten years old
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when his daddy died in prison
I looked after Tommy,
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cause he was my brother's son
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I still recall the final words
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C C 
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my brother said to Tommy
Son my life is over
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but yours has just begun
Promise me son
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C C 
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not to do the things I've done
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G G 
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Walk away from trouble if you can
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Now we don't mean you're weak
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when you turn the other cheek
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I hope you're old enough
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to understand
Son, you don't have to fight
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to be a man
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There's someone for everyone
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Db Db 4
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And Tommy's love was Becky
In her arms he didn't have
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to prove he was a man
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One day while he was working
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Db Db 4
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the Gatlin boys came calling
They took turns at Becky
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and   there was three of them
Tommy opened up the door
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Db Db 4
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and saw his Becky crying
The torn dress, the shattered look,
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was more than he could stand
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He reached above the fireplace,
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Db Db 4
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took down his daddy's pic ture
As his tears fell on his daddy's face,
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Db Db 4
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he heard his words again
Promise me son,
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not to do the things I've done
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Ab Ab 4
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Walk away from trouble if you can
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Now we don't mean you're weak
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if you turn the other cheek
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Gb Gb 2
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I hope you're old enough
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to understand
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Son, you don't have to fight to be a man
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The garden boys just laughed at him
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When he walked into the ballroom
One of them got up
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and made it halfway across the floor
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When Tommy turned around
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they said, hey look old yellow's leaving
But you could have heard a pin drop
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D D 
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when Tommy stopped to lock the door
Twenty years of crawling
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was bottled up inside him
He wasn't holding nothing back,
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he let him have it all
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When Tommy left the ballroom,
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D D 
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not a Gatlin boy was standing
He said there's ones for Becky,
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as he watched the last one fall
And I heard him say
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D D 
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I  promise you, Dad,
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not to do the things you've done
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D D 
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I'll walk away from trouble when I can
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Now please don't think I'm weak
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I didn't turn the other cheek
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And Papa, I should hope you understand
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Sometimes you gotta fight
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when you're a man
Everyone can sit here
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The coward of the county you

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