Chords for Jack Doyle (Aka The Contender)

_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] When I was young and I was in my [F] day _ I [C] _ _ _ [Em]
[Dm] could steal what a woman's heart there was
[G] away I'd _ _ sing [C] and dance until the morning
_ [Dm] blaze away until the [G] dawning long [F] before I [G] was the man you see [C]
today
_ _ [G] _ _ _ I was [C] born beneath the star that promised [F]
all I _ _ _ [Dm] could have left my life between Cork,
Cove [G] and _ Yale _ _ _ [C] but the wheel of fortune took me and [D] from the [Dm] highest point [D] it shook me
by [F] the bottle, Liv, by [G] the bottle I shall [C] _
fall
_ _ but there in [D] the _ mirror [G] on _ [C] the wall _ _ I see [Dm] the dream [G] is fading _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ from the [Dm] _
_ contender [G] to the [C] _
_ brawl _ _ _ [Bb] the ring, the rose, [F] the matador _ _ [G]
is _ [G] raving _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ and when [C] I die I'll die in the runk down [F] on the street
_ [C] you _ _ [Dm] can count me out to ten and clear [G]
defeat
_ _ _ _ _ [C] wrap the starry plough around me and [Dm] let the piper's air resound me
[F] there I'll rest until [G] the lord of love [C] I'll meet
_ _ but there [D] in the _ mirror [G] on _ [C] the wall _ _ I see [Dm] the _ dream [G] is fading _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ from the [Dm] _
_ contender [G] to the [C] _
brawl _ the _ [Bb] ring, the rose, [Am] the matador [F] _ _ [G]
is _ _ _ [G] raving _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
wrap [C] the starry plough around me and let [D] the [Dm] piper's air resound [D] me
there [F] I'll rest until [G] the lord of love _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _