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Coward Of The County

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Everyone considered him the coward of the county
  C                                                                              G  
He never stood one single time to prove the county wrong
     C                                 F                                 C  
His mama named him Tommy, the folks just called him yellow
     C                                                      G                    C  
But someting always told me they were reading Tommy wrong
C                                                      F                    C  
He was only ten years old when his daddy died in prison
C                                                                            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
C                                            G                    C  
"Son my life is over but yours is just begun"
C                                    F                                 C  
"Promise me, son, not to do the things I've done
C                                            G  
Walk away from trouble if you can
C                                                      F  
It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek
     C                                                 G  
I hope you're old enough to understand
     G                                                      C  
Son you don't have to fight to be a man"
          D                                      G                         D  
There's someone for everyone and Tommy's love was Becky
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In her arms he didn't have to prove he was a man
     D                                            G                            D  
One day while he was working, the Gatlin boys came callin'
                                                          A              D  
They took turns at Becky, there was three of them
D                                      G                      D  
Tommy opened up the door and saw his Becky cryin'
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The torn dress, the shattered look was more than he could stand
  D                                                            G                            D  
He reached above the fireplace and took down his daddy's picture
                                                                          A                            D  
As his tears fell on his daddy's face, he heard these words again
                                     G                                    D  
"Promise me, son, not to do the things I've done
                                                A  
Walk away from trouble if you can
D                                                      G                      D  
It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek
                                                        A  
I hope you're old enough to understand
                                                          D  
Son you don't have to fight to be a man"
                                                                        G                         D  
The Gatlin Boys just laughed at him when he walked into the bar room
                                                                             A  
One of them got up and met him halfway 'cross the floor
     D                                                    G                              D  
When Tommy turned areound they said,    Hey look ol' yellow's leavin'
                                                                     A                                 D  
But you coulda heard a pin drop when Tommy stopped and blocked the door
                                                G                 D  
Twenty years of crawling was bottled up inside him
                                                                                  A  
He wasn't holding nothin' back he let 'em have it all
     D                                              G                      D  
When Tommy left the bar room not a Gatlin boy was standin'
                                                                A                                 D  
He said this one's for Becky," as he watched the last one fall
(And I heard him say)
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I promised you Dad not to do the things you done
                                                     A  
I walk away from trouble when I can
     D                                                              G                      D  
Now please don't think I'm weak I didn't turn the other cheek
                                                  A  
And Poppa, I sure hope you understand
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Sometimes you gotta fight when you're a man
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Everyone considered him the coward of the county

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