{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2670753,"song":"The Killer Was A Coward","artist":"Dermot Kennedy","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2670753-the-killer-was-a-coward-chords-by-dermot-kennedy/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2670753?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":31,"content":"Chords and capo position (3) are taken from his live performance on the lake for reusser guitars:\r\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P7rd85aZac\r\nWhen playing his Cadd9 chords, he sometimes leaves his index finger on the second fret of the A string\r\nwhile hammering on to the 3rd fret with his middle finger because he is not playing the D string anyway.\r\n\r\nChords played as follows to allow for hammer-ons:\r\n[ch]G[/ch]      320033\r\n[ch]Em7[/ch]    020033\r\n[ch]Cadd9[/ch]  032033\r\n[ch]A7sus4[/ch] x00033\r\n[ch]C6sus2[/ch] x30233\r\n\r\n[tab][Intro]\r\n [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]        [ch]Cadd9[/ch]       [ch]A7sus4[/ch]\r\n|-----------------|-------------------|\r\n|---3---3---3---3-|-----3---3---3-----|\r\n|---0---0---0---0-|-----0---0---0-----|\r\n|-----------------|-----------------0-|: x4\r\n|-----------------|-2h3---3---3---3---|\r\n|-3---3---0---0---|-------------------|\r\n  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 e + 2 + 3 + 4 +[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]A7sus4[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]A7sus4[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]            [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  See the killer was a coward[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em7[/ch]           [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  Dark deeds in dark towers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  So he fled when they came[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em7[/ch]           [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  Blowin' brass, carrying chains[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em7[/ch]             [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  They wanna lock him in the dark[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em7[/ch]                [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  They wanna kill what's in his heart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em7[/ch]              [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  And they left the town to hunt him down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em7[/ch]            [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  they left one man to hold it down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em7[/ch]              [ch]Cadd9[/ch]   [ch]C6sus2[/ch] [ch]A7sus4[/ch]\r\n  But when they get back he's in the throne[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em7[/ch]              [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  Looks like the killer’s fucking clone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em7[/ch]          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  Says he's got ideas of his own[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em7[/ch]                [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  But there's one thing he’d kill to know[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em7[/ch]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  See there's a hero in the crowd[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]                  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  And his heart starts beating loud[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em7[/ch]             [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  Says the killer took his friend[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em7[/ch]              [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  And decides that this is where it ends[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em7[/ch]               [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  So that night the king’s walkin the tower[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]             [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  His eyes lit up with all the power[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em7[/ch]             [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  And the hero is ghosting by the guards[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em7[/ch]        [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  And his heart is carrying a charge[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]            [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  He stabs him in his cunning heart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em7[/ch]          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  The scream tore sea and sky apart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em7[/ch]                    [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  So you want fears? We’ve still got several[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Em7[/ch]              [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  Least the killer's dancing with the devil[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  And the hero did it[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em7[/ch]               [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  For days when you don't know if the moon will even come, and then it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em7[/ch]                  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  Lays down and I'm telling you man it's sweet when it does and when I[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em7[/ch]            [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  Think of you I think of spirit defined[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Em7[/ch]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nI think of all the love that we shared in a very dark time[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em7[/ch]            [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  So the hero did it for the summer[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em7[/ch]            [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  For long days with that sun in your hair[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em7[/ch]           [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  For fires and family[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]                [ch]Cadd9[/ch]     [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  For the phrase \"Don't ever leave me\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em7[/ch]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nSorrow won't be finding me no more![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em7[/ch]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nSorrow won't be finding me no more![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em7[/ch]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nSorrow won't be finding me no more![/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen you coming home now[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n****************\r\n\r\n| h Hammer-on\r\n\r\n****************","plain_text":"Chords and capo position (3) are taken from his live performance on the lake for reusser guitars:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P7rd85aZac\nWhen playing his Cadd9 chords, he sometimes leaves his index finger on the second fret of the A string\nwhile hammering on to the 3rd fret with his middle finger because he is not playing the D string anyway.\n\nChords played as follows to allow for hammer-ons:\nG      320033\nEm7    020033\nCadd9  032033\nA7sus4 x00033\nC6sus2 x30233\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nG Em Cadd9 A7sus4\nG Em Cadd9 A7sus4\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n****************\n\n| h Hammer-on\n\n****************","chords":["Cadd9","A","D","G","Em7","A7sus4","C6sus2","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7sus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,3,0]},"Cadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,0,3,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,3,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}