The Contender(Aka Jack Doyle) chords by Christy Moore
Verse 1
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When i
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was young and I was in my day
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I could steal what womans
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heart there was away
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Sing and dance into the dawning
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Blaze a trail until the morning
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Long before I was the man
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you see today
Verse 2
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And I was born beneath
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the star that promised all
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I could have lived my life between
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cork cobh and youghal
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But the wheel of fortune took me
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From the highest point she shook me
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By the bottle live by the bottle i shall fall
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Verse 3
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But there in the mirror on the wall
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I see the dream is fading
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From the contender to the fall
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The ring, the rose, the matador,
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raving
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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And when I die I'll die a drunk
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down on the street
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You can count me out to
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ten in clear defeat
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Rap the stary plough around me
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Let the pipers air resound me
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There I'll rest until the lord of love I meet
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Verse 5
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But there in the mirror on the wall
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I see the dream is fading
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From the contender to the brawl
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The ring, the rose, the matador,
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raving
Outro 1
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The Contender(Aka Jack Doyle)
Christy Moore
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