The Killer Was A Coward

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Chords and capo position (3) are taken from his live performance on the lake for reusser guitars:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P7rd85aZac
When playing his Cadd9 chords, he sometimes leaves his index finger on the second fret of the A string
while hammering on to the 3rd fret with his middle finger because he is not playing the D string anyway.
Chords played as follows to allow for hammer-ons:
G
320033
Em7
020033
Cadd9
032033
A7sus4
x00033
C6sus2
x30233
[Intro]
G Em7 Cadd9 A7sus4
|-----------------|-------------------|
|---3---3---3---3-|-----3---3---3-----|
|---0---0---0---0-|-----0---0---0-----|
|-----------------|-----------------0-|: x4
|-----------------|-2h3---3---3---3---|
|-3---3---0---0---|-------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 e + 2 + 3 + 4 +
[Intro]
G Em Cadd9 A7sus4
G Em Cadd9 A7sus4
[Verse 1]
G Em7 Cadd9
See the killer was a coward
G Em7 Cadd9
Dark deeds in dark towers
G Em7 Cadd9
So he fled when they came
G Em7 Cadd9
Blowin' brass, carrying chains
[Verse 2]
G Em7 Cadd9
They wanna lock him in the dark
G Em7 Cadd9
They wanna kill what's in his heart
G Em7 Cadd9
And they left the town to hunt him down
G Em7 Cadd9
they left one man to hold it down
[Verse 3]
G Em7 Cadd9 C6sus2 A7sus4
But when they get back he's in the throne
G Em7 Cadd9
Looks like the killer’s fucking clone
G Em7 Cadd9
Says he's got ideas of his own
G Em7 Cadd9
But there's one thing he’d kill to know
[Verse 4]
G Em7 Cadd9
See there's a hero in the crowd
G Em7 Cadd9
And his heart starts beating loud
G Em7 Cadd9
Says the killer took his friend
G Em7 Cadd9
And decides that this is where it ends
[Verse 5]
G Em7 Cadd9
So that night the king’s walkin the tower
G Em7 Cadd9
His eyes lit up with all the power
G Em7 Cadd9
And the hero is ghosting by the guards
G Em7 Cadd9
And his heart is carrying a charge
[Verse 6]
G Em7 Cadd9
He stabs him in his cunning heart
G Em7 Cadd9
The scream tore sea and sky apart
G Em7 Cadd9
So you want fears? We’ve still got several
G Em7 Cadd9 Cadd9 Cadd9
Least the killer's dancing with the devil
Cadd9
And the hero did it
[Verse 7]
G Em7 Cadd9
For days when you don't know if the moon will even come, and then it
G Em7 Cadd9
Lays down and I'm telling you man it's sweet when it does and when I
G Em7 Cadd9
Think of you I think of spirit defined
G Em7 Cadd9
I think of all the love that we shared in a very dark time
[Verse 8]
G Em7 Cadd9
So the hero did it for the summer
G Em7 Cadd9
For long days with that sun in your hair
G Em7 Cadd9
For fires and family
G Em7 Cadd9 Cadd9 Cadd9
For the phrase "Don't ever leave me"
[Outro]
G Em7 Cadd9
Sorrow won't be finding me no more!
G Em7 Cadd9
Sorrow won't be finding me no more!
G Em7 Cadd9
Sorrow won't be finding me no more!
G Em7 Cadd9 G
When you coming home now
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Chords and capo position (3) are taken from his live performance on the lake for reusser guitars:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P7rd85aZac
When playing his Cadd9 chords, he sometimes leaves his index finger on the second fret of the A string
while hammering on to the 3rd fret with his middle finger because he is not playing the D string anyway.
Chords played as follows to allow for hammer-ons:
G      320033
Em7    020033
Cadd9  032033
A7sus4 x00033
C6sus2 x30233
[Intro]
G Em Cadd9 A7sus4
G Em Cadd9 A7sus4
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Verse 3]
[Verse 4]
[Verse 5]
[Verse 6]
[Verse 7]
[Verse 8]
[Outro]
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The Killer Was A Coward Chords by Dermot Kennedy

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