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COWARD OF THE COUNTY - Kenny Rogers
Key: C
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Everyone considered hi-m the Coward Of The County,
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He'd never stood one single ti-me to prove the county wrong.
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His Mama named him Tommy, the folks just called him "Yellow",
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But something always told me they were readin' Tommy wrong.
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He was only ten years o-ld when his Daddy died in prison,
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I looked after Tom - - my 'cause he was my Brothers son.
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I still recall the final wo-Ords my Brother said to Tommy,
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"Son, my life is o - - ver, but yours is just begun."
CHORUS:
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"Promise me son, not to do the things I've done,
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Walk away from trouble if you can.
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It won't mean you're weak if you tu-urn the other cheek,
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I hope you're old enough to understand:
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Son, you don't have to fight to be a man."
Key Change: Db
There's someone for everyone, and Tommy's love was Becky.
In her arms he didn't have to prove he was a man.
One day while he was workin', the Gatlin Boys came callin'.
They took turns at Becky, there wEre three of them.
Tommy opened up the door, and saw his Becky cryin'.
The torn dress, the shattered look was more than he could stand.
He reached above the fireplace, and took down his daddy's picture.
As his tears fell on his daddy's face, he heard these words again:
Promise me son not to do the things I've done,
Walk away from trouble if you can.
Now it don't mean you're weak, if you turn the other cheek.
I hope you're old enough to understand, you don't have to fight tobe a man
Key Change: D natural
The Gatlin boys just laughed at him when he walked into the barroom.
One of the got up and hit him halfway cross the floor.
When Tommy turned around they said, " Hey look Old Yellow'sleavin'."
But you could've heard a pin drop when Tommy stopped and locked thedoor.
Twenty years of crawlin' was bottled up inside him.
He wasn't holdin' nothin' back; he let 'em have it all.
When Tommy left the barroom, not a Gatlin boy was standin'.
And I heard him say these final words, as I watched the last one fall.
I promised you Dad, not to do the things you've done.
I walk away from trouble when I can,
Now Please don't think I'm weak, I couldn't turn the other cheek.
And Papa I sure hope you understand, sometimes you have to fight whenyou're a man.
Everyone considered him the Coward Of The County.
