Chords for Kenny Rogers - Coward Of The County

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_ _ _ _ Everyone considered him [F] the coward of [C] the county, _ _ never stood one single time to prove the county [G] wrong.
_ _ [C] Mama called him Tommy, [F] the folks just called [C] him Yellen, _ something always told me [G] they were reading Tommy [C] wrong.
_ _ He was only ten years old [F] when my daddy died.
[C] _ _ _ I took care of Tommy, cause he was my [G] brother's son.
_ I [C] still recall the final words [F] my brother said [C] to Tommy.
He said, my life is over, [G] but yours has just [C] begun.
_ _ _ Promise me son not [F] to do the things [C] I've done, _ [F] walk away [C] from trouble if [G] you can.
_ _ [C] Now we don't mean you any harm if [F] you turn the other [C] cheek, and I hope you're old [F] enough to [G] understand.
_ _ You don't have to fight to be [C] a man.
_ _ [C#] The gambling boys just laughed at him [F#] when he walked into [C#] the bar room.
_ One of them guys up met him halfway across the [G#] floor.
_ _ [C#] Tommy left the bar room, [F#] not a gambling boy [C#] was standing. _
Except this one's for Becky, [G#] as he watched the last [C#] one fall.
And I heard him say, I promised you dad not [F#] to do the things [C#] you've done.
[F#] I'll walk away [C#] from trouble when [G#] I can.
_ _ [C#] Now please don't think I'm weak, I [F#] couldn't turn the [C#] other cheek.
But [F#] I sure hope you [G#]
understand.
_ _ Sometimes you gotta fight to [C#] be a man.
_ _ _ Everyone considered him [F#]
a coward, _ a [G#] [C#] coward. _
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