Coward of the County

Coward of the County: Chords

Intro:
DO

DO                          FA            DO
Everyone considered him the coward of the county
                     
He'd never stood one single time 
                    SOL7
to prove the county wrong
    DO             
His mama named him Tommy, 
    FA                    DO
but folks just called him Yellow
                     
But something always told me, 
          SOL           DO
they were reading Tommy wrong

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

I looked after Tommy, 
                           SOL7
'cause he was my brother's son
  DO                      
I still recall the final words 
   FA              DO
my brother said to Tommy
                           SOL              DO
"Son, my life is over, but yours has just begun"

 DO                      FA                 DO
"Promise me, son, not to do the things I've done
FA             DO             SOL
Walk away from trouble if you can
    DO
Now it won't mean you're weak 
       FA             DO
if you turn the other cheek
                   FA            SOL
I hope you're old enough to understand
     SOL7                            DO
Son, you don't have to fight to be a man"

        REb
There's someone for everyone 
    SOLb             REb
and Tommy's love was Becky
                                              LAb7
In her arms, he didn't have to prove he was a man
    REb              REb7
One day while he was working, 
    SOLb             REb
the Gatlin boys came calling

They took turns at Becky an' 
LAb                 REb
 there was three of them
                             SOLb      REb
Tommy opened up the door and saw Becky crying
                                     
The torn dress, the shattered look was more 
              LAb7
than he could stand
   REb              
He reached above the fireplace 
         SOLb             REb
and took down his daddy's picture
                           
As his tears fell on his daddy's face, 
   LAb                REb
he heard these words again

 REb                     SOLb               REb
"Promise me, Son, not to do the things I've done
SOLb           REb            LAb
Walk away from trouble if you can
    REb
Now it won't mean you're weak 
       SOLb           REb
if you turn the other cheek
                   SOLb          LAb
I hope you're old enough to understand
                                     REb
Son, you don't have to fight to be a man"

    RE
The Gatlin boys just laughed at him 
        SOL             RE
when he walked into the bar room
                    
One of them got up and met him 
                   LA7
half way cross the floor
     RE
When Tommy turned around they said, 
     SOL                RE
"Hey look! Old Yellow's leaving"
                            
But you could've heard a pin drop 
        LA                        RE
when Tommy stopped and locked the door
                             SOL          RE
Twenty years of crawling was bottled up inside him

He wasn't holding nothing back, 
                   LA7
he let 'em have it all
     RE
When Tommy left the bar room, 
      SOL            RE
not a Gatlin boy was standing
                      
He said, "This one's for Becky", 
      LA                   RE
as he watched the last one fall

And I heard him say

   RE
"I promised you, Dad, 
       SOL                  RE
not to do the things you've done
  SOL            RE             LA
I walk away from trouble when I can
    RE
Now please don't think I'm weak, 
         SOL            RE
I didn't turn the other cheek
                   SOL           LA
And Papa, I should hope you understand
    LA7                                 RE
Sometimes you gotta fight when you're a man"

RE                          SOL                 RE
Everyone considered him the coward of the county

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Coward of the County è un brano interpretato e inciso da Kenny Rogers, contenuto nell'album Kenny pubblicato nel 1979. Ottavo lavoro in studio per il countryman texano, viene realizzato dopo tre anni di continui successi commerciali ottenuti grazie anche all'incontro con il produttore Larry Butler. Anche questa canzone è tra le più riuscite del suo repertorio e reca le firme di Roger D. Bowling e Billy Ed Wheeler; traccia di chiusura dell'album, vede come protagonista un giovane pacifista soprannominato (in maniera sprezzante) "Il Giallo", dagli abitanti del suo rione.

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L'autore del post

Alberto Moneti

36 anni, polistrumentista: pianoforte, chitarra, batteria, clarinetto. Ha conseguito la licenza in teoria musicale e solfeggio presso il Conservatorio Cherubini di Firenze. Dal 1997 è organista presso la Basilica di Santa Maria del Sasso, a Bibbiena (AR).