Coward Of The County chords by Kenny Rogers

"Coward of the County" - by Kenny Rogers (1979)
Words and Music by Roger Bowling & Billy Edd Wheeler

SIMPed by Alex Rudd - ahrjj@cunyvm.cuny.edu

Chords:

   A   D   E   E7
E ---0------2------0------0-----
B ---2------3------0------3-----
G ---2------2------1------1-----
D ---2------0------2------2-----
A ---0-------------2------2-----
E -----------------0------0-----

Capo 3rd Fret

(In a moderate country half-time)

A              D       A
Ev'ryone considered him the ....
                           E
He'd never stood one single time ...
  A             D           A
His mama named him Tommy, ...
                    E       A
but something always told me the.....


A                 D       A
He was only ten years old when ...
                        E
I looked after Tommy 'cause ...
 A                D        A
I still recall the final words ...
              E       A
"Son, my life is over, but .....


A            E         A
Promise me, son, not to ...
D       A       E
Walk away from ...
A                D       A
It won't mean you're weak if you ...
         D       E
I hope you're old ...
   E7               A
Son, you don't have to ...

[Slide capo to 4th fret]



A                D        A
There's someone for ev'ryone and ...
                       E
In her arms he didn't have to ....
  A              D        A
One day while he was workin' the .....
              E [Spoken] A
They took turns at Becky.... ....


A              D       A
Tommy opened up the door and ....
                             E
The torn dress, the shattered look was ....
  A                  D        A
He reached above the fireplace and ....
                     E         A
As his tears fell on his daddy's face...:


A            E         A
"Promise me, son, not to do the ....
D       A       E
Walk away from ...
A                D       A
It won't mean you're weak if .....
         D       E
I hope you're old ....
   E7               A
Son, you don't have to ....

[Slide capo to 5th fret]


A                      D        A
The Gatlin boys just laughed at him whe.....
                         E
One of them got up and met him halfw.....
   A                  D         A
When Tommy turned around they said, "Hey ...
[Whole line spoken]         E         A
But you coulda heard a pin drop when Tommy ....


A              D       A
Twenty years of crawlin' was ....
                          E
He wasn't holdin' nothin' back; he ....
   A              D       A
When Tommy left the barroom not a ....
                    E          A
He said, "This one's for Becky," .....
[Spoken]
And I heard ....


A              D         A
"I promised you, Dad, not ...
                E
I walk away from ...
  A                   D       A
Now please don't think I'm weak, I ....
         D       E
and Papa, I sure hope you ....
  E7                 A
Sometimes you gotta fight when ...


A              D       [No chords]  A
Ev'ryone considered him ....