The contender (video)

G - Am - C - D - G

G C

1. When I was young, and I was in my day

Am D

sure I’d steal what woman's heart there was a way.

G

And I’d sing into the dawning,

Am

saw a blaze into the morning,

C D G

long before I was the man you see today.

G C

2. I was born beneath the star that promised all

Am D

I could live my life without Cassandra’s call.

G

But the wheel of fortune took me,

Am

from the highest point she shook me,

C D G

by the bottle live, by the bottle I shall fall.

Em Am D G

But there in the mirror on the wall,

G Am G D

I see the dream is fading.

Em Am D G

From the contender to the brawl,

F - Dm D

the ring, the rose, the matador, raving.

+ G - C - Am - D

G C

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

Am D

you can count me out to ten in clear defeat.

G

Rap the Starry Plough around me,

Am

let the pipers’ air resound me,

C D G

there I'll rest until the Lord of Love I meet.

Em Am D G

There in the mirror on the wall,

G Am G D

I see the dream is fading.

Em Am D G

From the contender to the brawl,

F - Dm

the ring, the rose, the matador, raving, oh !

Em Am D G

There in the mirror on the wall,

G Am G D

I see the dream is fading.

Em Am D G

From the contender to the brawl,

F - Dm D

the ring, the rose, the matador, raving.

+ instrumental = verse 3 (2x) ….

(orig. = capo 1st) (Tommy Fleming)