The Contender Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

 WChen I was young, and I was in my Fday

 I Dmcould have stole what woman's heart there was awGay

 I'Cd sing and dance into the morning

 I'Dmd blaze a way until the dawnin'

 LoFng before I was the mGan you see todCay

And I was born beneath the star that promised all

I could have lived my life between Cork Cobh and Youghal

But the wheel of fortune took me

And from the highest point it shook me

By the bottle live by the bottle I shall fall

Chorus

 But there in the miDmrror oGn the waCll

 I see the dreaDmm is faGding

 From the cDmontender tGo the brCawl

 The riA♯ng, the rose, the matador is raFviGng

And when I die I'll die a drunk down in the street

You can count me out to ten in clear defeat

Rap the starry plough around me

Let the pipers air resound me

There I'll rest until the lord of love I meet

But there in the mirror on the wall

I see the dream is fading

From the contender to the brawl

The ring, the rose, the matador, raving

 RaCp the starry plough around me

 LeDmt the pipers air resound me

 There I'll rFest until the loGrd of love I meCet