Key: B major
Verse 1
C
G
the coward of the county.
He never stood one single time
C
G
Folks just called him yellow
But something always told me
They were reading Tommy wrong
He was only ten years old
C
G
When his daddy died in prison
I looked after Tommy
C
G
My brother said to Tommy,
he said, son, my life is over
D
G
but yours has just begun.
Promise me, son,
C
G
not to do the things I've done.
C
G
D
Walk away from trouble if you can.
G
C
I hope you're old enough
Son, you don't have to
Db
Ab
Tommy's love was Becky
In her arms she didn't have
Db
Ab
the Gat lin boys came callin'
They took turns at Becky
Eb
Ab
and there was three of them
Tommy opened up the door
Db
Ab
and saw his Becky cryin'
The torn dress, the shattered look,
Db
Ab
took down his daddy's picture
As tears fell on his daddy's face,
Eb
Ab
he heard these words again
Promise me, son,
Db
Ab
not to do the things I've done
Db
Ab
Eb
walk away from trouble if you can
Ab
Db
I hope you're old enough
son you don't have to fight to be a man
Ab
A
Gatlin boys just laughed at him
D
A
when he walked into the bar room
one of them got up and met him
D
A
he said, look, old Yella's leavin'
But you could have heard a pin drop
Twenty years of crawlin'
D
A
was bottled up inside him
He wasn't holdin' nothin' back,
D
A
not a Gatlin' boy was standin'
He said, this one's for Becky,
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A
not to do the things you've done
D
A
E
I walk away from trouble if I can
A
D
And Papa, I sure hope you
Sometimes you gotta fight
Everyone considered him
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TunerE A D G B E
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