ROGERS KENNY - "coward of the county" Tablature
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Date: Sun, 02 Oct 1994 12:35:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: Alex Rudd <AHRJJ@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
"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 ....
From: Alex Rudd <AHRJJ@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
"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 ....
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