The Contender(Aka Jack Doyle) chords by Christy Moore
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Verse 1
(G major) (Gsus4) (G major) (Gsus4) (G major) (Gsus4) (G major) When (C major) i
was young and I (G major) was in (C major) my day (F major) (C major)
I could steal (D minor) what womans
heart there was away (G major)
Sing and (C major) dance into the dawning
Blaze (D minor) a trail until the morning
Long be (F major) fore I was (C major) the man
(G major) you see today (C major)
Verse 2
And (C major) (G major) I was (C major) born beneath
the star that prom (G major) ised (A minor) all (F major)
I (D minor) could have lived my life between
cork cobh and youghal (G major)
But the wheel (C major) of fortune took me
From the highest (D minor) point she shook me
By the (F major) bottle live by the (G major) bottle i shall fall
(C major)
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Verse 3
But there in (D minor) the mirror (G major) on the wall (C major)
I see the dream (D minor) is fading (G major) (C major)
From the con (D minor) tender (G major) to the (C major) fall
The (B flat major) ring, the rose, the matador, (F major)
(Gsus4) raving (G major)
Interlude 1
(Gsus4) (G major) (Gsus4) (G major)
Verse 4
And when I (C major) die I'll die a drunk
down (G major) on (C major) the street (F major)
You (C major) can (D minor) count me out to
ten in clear defeat (G major)
Rap the stary (C major) plough around me
(D minor) Let the pipers air resound me
There (F major) I'll rest until the lord (G major) of love I meet
(C major)
Verse 5
But there in the mirror (D minor) (G major) on the wall (C major)
I see the dream (D minor) is fading (G major) (C major)
From the con (D minor) tender to (G major) the brawl (C major)
The (B flat major) ring, the rose, the matador, (F major)
(G major) (Gsus4) (G major) raving
Outro 1
(G major) (C major) (F major) (C major) (D minor)
(G major) (C major) (D minor) (F major) (G major)
The Contender(Aka Jack Doyle)
Christy Moore
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