Coward Of The County chords by Kenny Rogers
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Intro 1
(C major) (C major) (C major) (C major)
Verse 1
(C major) Everyone considered him
the (F major) coward of the county (C major)
He'd never stood one single time
to prove the county wrong (G major)
His (C major) mama named him Tommy,
but (F major) folks just called him (C major) Yellow
But 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 son (G major)
I (C major) still 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)
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Chorus 1
(C major) "Promise me, son,
not to do (F major) the things I've (C major) done
(F major) Walk 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 man" (C major)
Verse 2
There's (D flat major) someone for everyone
and (G flat major) Tommy's love was Becky (D flat major)
In her arms, he didn't have
to prove he was a man (A flat major)
One (D flat major) day while he was working,
the (G flat major) Gatlin boys came (D flat major) calling
They took turns at Becky
(A flat major) an' there was three of them (D flat major)
Tommy opened up the door
and (G flat major) saw his Becky (D flat major) crying
The torn dress, the shattered look
was more than he could (A flat major) stand
He (D flat major) reached above the fireplace
and took (G flat major) down his daddy's picture (D flat major)
As his tears fell on his daddy's face,
he (A flat major) heard these words again (D flat major)
Chorus 2
(D flat major) "Promise me, son,
not to do (G flat major) the things I've (D flat major) done
(G flat major) Walk away from (D flat major) trouble if you can (A flat major)
Now (D flat major) it won'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 man" (D flat major)
Verse 3
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 half way cross the floor (A major)
When (D major) Tommy turned around they said,
"Hey (G major) look! Old Yellow's (D major) leaving"
But you could've heard a pin drop when
Tommy (A major) stopped and locked the door (D major)
Twenty years of crawling
was (G major) bottled up in (D major) side him
He wasn't holding nothing back,
he let 'em have it all (A major)
When (D major) Tommy left the bar room,
not a (G major) Gatlin boy was standing (D major)
He said, "This one's for Becky",
as he (A major) watched the last one (D major) fall
And I heard him say
Chorus 3
"I (D major) promised you, Dad,
not to do (G major) the things you've (D major) done
I (G major) walk away from (D major) trouble when I can (A major)
Now (D major) please don't think I'm weak,
I didn't turn (G major) the other cheek (D major)
And Papa, I should (G major) hope you under (A major) stand
Sometimes you gotta fight
when you're a man" (D major)
Everyone considered him
the (G major) coward of the county (D major)
Coward Of The County
Kenny Rogers
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