Chords for KENNY ROGER - COBARDE / DANIELA ARGUIMBAO

_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Everyone considered [F] him the coward [C] of the county, _ _ never stood one single time to prove
the [G] county wrong.
_ _ [C] His mama called him Tommy, [F] the folks just [C] called him Gellar, _ something always told me
[G] they were being [C] Tommy wrong. _
_ He was only ten years [F] old when his daddy [C] died in prison, _ and I took care of Tommy,
cause he was my [G] brother's son.
_ [C] I still recall the final [F] words my brother [C] said to Tommy, _ _
Son, my life is over, [G] but yours has [C] just begun. _
_ Promise me son, [F] not to do the [C] things I've done.
[F] Walk [C] away from trouble [G] if you can. _
[C] Now it don't mean you're weak, [F] if you turn the [C] other cheek.
And I hope you're [F] old enough to [G] understand, _ son you don't have to fight to [C] be a man. _
[C#] There's someone for everyone, [F#] Tommy's [C#] lover Becky.
_ In her arms he didn't have to prove he [G#] was a man.
_ _ [C#] One day while he was working, [F#] the Gatlin [C#] boys came calling.
_ They took turns at Becky, _ [G#] and there were [C#] three of them. _ _
_ Tommy opened up the door, [F#] saw his [C#] Becky crying.
_ _ Torn dress, the shattered look was more than he [G#] could stand.
He _ [C#] reached above the fireplace, [F#] looked down his [C#] daddy's picture.
_ As the tears fell on his daddy's [G#] face, I heard these [C#] words again. _ _
_ Promise me son, [F#] not to do the [C#] things I've done.
[F#] Walk [C#] away from trouble if [G#] you can. _ _
[C#] Now it don't mean you're weak, if [F#] you turn the [C#] other cheek.
And I hope you're [F#] old enough to [G#] understand, _ son you don't have to fight to [C#] be a man. _
[D] The Gatlin boys just laughed at him [G] when he walked into [D] the bar room.
_ One of them got up and hit him halfway [A] across the floor.
_ _ [D] Tommy turned around and said, [G] hey look old [D] yellow's leaving. _ _
You could have heard a pin drop, [A] Tommy stopped and locked [D] the door. _ _
Twenty years of crawling, [G] was bottled up [D] inside him.
_ He wasn't holding nothing back, he let him [A] have it all.
_ _ [D] Tommy left the bar room, [G] not a Gatlin boy [D] was standing.
_ He said this one's for Becky, [A] as he watched the [D] last one fall.
I heard him say, I promised you dad, not [G] to do the things [D] you've done.
[G] I'll walk away [D] from trouble when [A] I can. _ _
[D] Now please don't think I'm weak, I [G] couldn't turn the [D] other cheek.
Papa I [G] sure hope you [A] understand, _ _ sometimes you gotta fight when [D] you're a man. _ _
_ Everyone considered him [G] the coward of [D] the county. _ _ _ _ _