Chords for The Contender - Jimmy MacCarthy

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When I was young and I was in [C] my day
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[Am] Sure, I'd steal what woman's heart there was [D] a way
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And I'd sing into [G] the dawning _
[Am] Song of blaze into the morning _ [C] long before I was [D] the man you see _ today
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I
Was born beneath the star that promised [C] all _ _ [Bm] I _ [Am] could have lived my life [C] without Cassandra's [D] call _ _ _ _ _
[G] But the wheel of fortune took _ me from [Am] the highest point.
She shook me _ [C] by the bottle
Lift [D] by the bottle I shall [G] fall _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ There in [Am] the _ mirror
[D] _ On the [G] wall _ I _ see [Am] the dream is [D] fading _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ From the [Am] _ _
contender [D] to the bra
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_ [F] _ The ring the Lord's the man [Dm] door
_ _ _ rain
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When [G] I die I die a drunk down [C] on the street
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He [Am] will count me out to ten and clear [D] the feet _ _ _ _
Drop the [G] starry flower on _
Let [Am] the pipe was there is on me and [C] there I'll rest [D] until the Lord of [G] love.
I'll meet _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ There in [Am] the mirror _ [D] _ on the [G] wall _ _ _ _ I see [Am] the dream is [A] _ _ fading
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_ [Em] _ From the [Am] _ contender _ [D] to the bra
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The [F] _ _ ring the Lord's the man [Dm] door
_ rain _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ Here in [Am] the _ mirror
[D] _ On the [G] wall. _
_ _ I see [Am] the dream is [D] fading _ _ _ _ _
[Em] From _ the [Am] _ _
contender [D] to the [G] bra _ _
_ [F] _ The ring the Lord's the man [Dm] door
rain _ _ _
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