Coward of the County

Coward of the County

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Tempo: 89*

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Verse

C                           F             C

Ev'ryone considered him the coward of the county.

G

He'd never stood one single time to prove the county wrong.

    C                         F                     C

His mama named him Tommy, the folks just called him yellow,

                                       G             C

but something always told me they were reading Tommy wrong.

C                                  F             C

He was only ten years old when his daddy died in prison.

G

I looked after Tommy 'cause he was my brother's son.

  C                               F               C

I still recall the final words my brother said to Tommy:

                           G             C

"Son, my life is over, but yours is just begun.

Chorus

C                       F                  C

Promise me, son, not to do the things I've done.

F              C              G

Walk away from trouble if you can.

C                                F              C

It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek.

                  F              G

I hope you're old enough to understand:

     G7                              C

Son, you don't have to fight to be a man."

(Slide capo to 4th fret)

Verse

C                                F                C

There's someone for ev'ryone and Tommy's love was Becky.

G

In her arms he didn't have to prove he was a man.

    C                            F                C

One day while he was workin' the Gatlin boys came callin'.

                           G (Spoken)  C

They took turns at Becky.... There was three of them!

C                            F             C

Tommy opened up the door and saw his Becky cryin'.

G

The torn dress, the shattered look was more than he could stand.

   C                                    F                C

He reached above the fireplace and took down his daddy's picture.

                                          G                 C

As his tears fell on his daddy's face, he heard these words again:

Chorus

C                       F                  C

"Promise me, son, not to do the things I've done.

F              C              G

Walk away from trouble if you can.

C                                F              C

It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek.

                  F              G

I hope you're old enough to understand:

     G7                              C

Son, you don't have to fight to be a man."

(Slide capo to 5th fret)

Verse

C                                           F               C

The Gatlin boys just laughed at him when he walked into the barroom.

G

One of them got up and met him halfway 'cross the floor.

     C                                   F                  C

When Tommy turned around they said, "Hey look! ol' yellow's leavin'."

(Spoken)                             G                 C

But you coulda heard a pin drop when Tommy stopped and blocked the door.

C                            F             C

Twenty years of crawlin' was bottled up inside him.

G

He wasn't holdin' nothin' back; he let 'em have it all.

     C                            F              C

When Tommy left the barroom not a Gatlin boy was standin'.

                                       G                    C

He said, "This one's for Becky," as he watched the last one fall.

(Spoken)

And I heard him say,

Chorus

C                            F                 C

"I promised you, Dad, not to do the things you done.

F                C             G

I walk away from trouble when I can.

    C                                     F              C

Now please don't think I'm weak, I didn't turn the other cheek,

                 F             G

and Papa, I sure hope you understand:

    G7                                  C

Sometimes you gotta fight when you're a man."

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