Chords
[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
C
[Everyone]Considered him
The Fcoward
Of the counCty
He'd never stood
One single time
To prove
The county wrong G
His Cmama named
Him Tommy,
But Ffolks just
Called him CYellow
Something
Always told me
They were Greading
Tommy wrong C
[Verse 2]
CHe was only
Ten years old
When his Fdaddy
Died in Cprison
I looked after
Tommy
'Cause he was
My brother's son G
I Cstill recall
The final words
My Fbrother
Said to TomCmy,
"Son, my
Life is over,
But Gyours
Has just begun C
[Chorus]
C"Promise me, son,
Not to do F
The things I've Cdone
FWalk away from
CTrouble if you can G
CIt won't mean
You're weak
If you turnF The other cheek
CI hope you're Old enough
F
To underGstand:
Son, you don't have to
Fight to be a man." C
[Verse 3]
There's C#someone
For everyone,
And F#Tommy's
Love was C#Becky
In her arms
He didn't have
To prove
He was a man G#
One C#day while
He was working
The F#Gatlin boys
Came C#calling
They took
Turns at Becky
G# There was
Three of C#them
[Verse 4]
C#Tommy opened
Up the door
And F#saw his
Becky C#crying
The torn dress,
The shattered look
Was more than
He could G#stand
He C#reached above
The fireplace
And took F#down
His daddy's picC#ture
As his tears fell on
His daddy's face
He G#heard these
Words again, C#
[Chorus]
C#"Promise me, son,
Not to do F#
The things I've C#done
F#Walk away from
C#Trouble if you can G#
C#It won't mean
You're weak
If you turnF# The other cheek
C#I hope you're Old enough
F#
To underG#stand:
Son, you don't have to
Fight to be a man." C#
[Verse 5]
The DGatlin boys just
Laughed at him
When he Gwalked
Into the barD room
One of them got up
And met him half
Way 'cross the floor A
When DTommy turned
Around they said,
"Hey, Glook, old
Yellow's Dleaving."
But you could've
Heard a pin drop
When ATommy stopped
And locked the Ddoor
[Verse 6]
DTwenty years
Of crawling
Was Gbottled up
InDside him
He wasn't holding
Nothing back,
He let 'em have it all A
When DTommy
Left the bar room
Not a GGatlin boy
Was Dstanding
He said, "This one's
[For] [Becky,"]
As he Awatched
The last one Dfall
N' I heard him say
[Chorus]
"I Dpromised you, Dad,
Not to doG the things
You've Ddone
I Gwalk away from
DTrouble when I can A
Now Dplease don't
Think I'm weak
I didn't turnG The other cheek
D
And, Papa, I sure Ghope
You underAstand:
Sometimes you gotta
Fight when you're a man." D
[Outro]
D
[Everyone]Considered him
The Gcoward
Of the county D
