Chords for The Contender

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[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [E] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _
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_ When I was young and I was in my [A] day _ _ I [E] _ could [F#m] feel what [E] woman's heart they was [B] away
_ [C#m] [B] I'd _
_ [E] sing and dance until the morning [A] Laze away [E] until [F#m] the dawning
Long [B] before I was the man you see [E] today _ _ I _ was born beneath the star [G#m] that promised [A] _ all _ _
_ [C#m] _ [F#m] Could've lived my life between _ _ [B] Cartholme and Yale
[E] _ [B] _
_ _ [E] But the wheel of fortune took me [A] From the [E] highest point it shook me
Where the [B] bottle lived, where the bottle lay
[E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ But there in [F#m] the _ _ [B] mirror _ on the _ [E] wall _ I see the [F#m] _ _ [B] dreams _ _ fading
_ _ _ [C#m] From _ the _ _ contender [B] _ to [E] the _ _ [D] brawl _ _ [C#] Rain will roll from my [F#m] _
door
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_ It's raining _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ When I die I'll die drunk _ out on [A] the [B] street _ [A] You _ [E] _ can count me out at ten and clear the [B] fee
_ [E] _ [B]
Wrap _ [E] the starry plough around me [A] Let the viper's [E] air around me
[A] There I'll rest [B] until the Lord [E] I love _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ I
But [F#m] there in the _ mirror [B] _ _ [E] on the wall _ _ I see [F#m] the _ dreams _ [B] _ fading _
_ _ [F#m] From _ [E] the [F#m] _
_ contender [B] to [E] the _ _ _ [D] brawl _ [A] Rain [C#] will roll [F#m] from my _ door
[E] _ [B] It's _ _ _ raining _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
Wrap the starry plough around me _ [A] Let the _ viper's air around me
There I'll rest until [E] the [B] Lord I love I [E] am me _ _ _ _ _
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