Dermot Kennedy – The Killer Was A Coward (Guitar Intro Tab)

Capo 3 Video Lesson
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Chords

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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