Tonart: B major
Intro 1
G
C
Verse 1
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Everyone considered him
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C
the coward of the county
He'd never stood one single time
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to prove the county wrong
C
His mama named him Tommy,
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C
but folks just called him Yellow
Something always told me
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C
that they were reading Tommy wrong
He was only ten years old
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C
when his daddy died in prison
I looked after Tommy,
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cause he was my brother's son
C
I still recall the final words
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C
my brother said to Tommy
Son my life is over
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C
but yours has just begun
Promise me son
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C
not to do the things I've done
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C
G
Walk away from trouble if you can
C
Now we don't mean you're weak
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C
when you turn the other cheek
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I hope you're old enough
Son, you don't have to fight
Db
There's someone for everyone
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Db
And Tommy's love was Becky
In her arms he didn't have
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to prove he was a man
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One day while he was working
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Db
the Gatlin boys came calling
They took turns at Becky
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Db
and there was three of them
Tommy opened up the door
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Db
and saw his Becky crying
The torn dress, the shattered look,
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was more than he could stand
Db
He reached above the fireplace,
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Db
took down his daddy's pic ture
As his tears fell on his daddy's face,
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Db
he heard his words again
Promise me son,
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Db
not to do the things I've done
Gb
Db
Ab
Walk away from trouble if you can
Db
Now we don't mean you're weak
Gb
if you turn the other cheek
Db
Gb
I hope you're old enough
Db
Son, you don't have to fight to be a man
D
The garden boys just laughed at him
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D
When he walked into the ballroom
One of them got up
A
and made it halfway across the floor
D
When Tommy turned around
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D
they said, hey look old yellow's leaving
But you could have heard a pin drop
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D
when Tommy stopped to lock the door
Twenty years of crawling
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D
was bottled up inside him
He wasn't holding nothing back,
D
When Tommy left the ballroom,
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not a Gatlin boy was standing
He said there's ones for Becky,
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D
as he watched the last one fall
And I heard him say
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D
I promise you, Dad,
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D
not to do the things you've done
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D
A
I'll walk away from trouble when I can
D
Now please don't think I'm weak
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D
I didn't turn the other cheek
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And Papa, I should hope you understand
A
Sometimes you gotta fight
Everyone can sit here
G
The coward of the county you
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