Chords for The Contender - Tommy Fleming

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_ [Ab] _ _ _ When I was young and I was in my [Db] day, _ [Ab] _
[Bb] Sure I'd [Bbm] see a white woman's heart that [Eb] was a way. _
_ [Ab] And I'd sing into the dawn, [Bbm]
Saw it blaze into the morning, [Db] Long before I [Eb] was the man you see [Ab] today.
I was born beneath the stars that promised [Db] all, _ _
[Ab] _ [Bbm] I could live my life without [Eb] Cassandra's call.
_ _ But [Ab] the wheel of fortune took me, From [Bbm] the highest point she shook me, [Db] By the bottle, by [Eb] the bottle [Ab] I should fall. _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Fm] And [Bb] there in the mirror [Eb] _
on the [Ab] wall, _ _ I [Bbm] see the dreamest _ lady, [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _
From the [Bbm] _ contender [Eb] to [Ab] the brawl.
_ [Gb] The ring arose, the [Ebm] matador _ _ _ _ [Eb] reigned. _ _
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_ And _ [Ab] when I die, I'll die drunk down [Db] on the street, _ _ [Fm] He [Bb] will [Bbm] count me out to ten clear [Eb] to feed. _
_ [Ab] Wrap the starry flower around me, [Bbm] Let the piper's air resound me, [Db] There I rest until [Eb] the lord of love [Ab] I meet.
And [Cm] _
[Fm] _ there in [Bbm] the mirror [Eb] _ on the [Ab] wall, _ I [Bbm] see the dreamest _ lady, [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ From the [Db] _ contender [Eb] to [Ab] the brawl.
[Gb] The ring arose, the [Ebm] matador reigned.
_ _ [Fm] And there in [Bbm] the [Eb] mirror on [Ab] the wall,
_ I [Bbm] see the dreamest _ lady, [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _
From the [Bbm] _ contender [Eb] to [Ab] the brawl.
_ [Gb] The ring arose, the [Ebm] matador _ _ _ _ [Eb] reigned. _ _
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[Db] There I rest until [Eb] the lord of love I [Ab] meet.
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