{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":777123,"song":"Jack Doyle Aka The Contender","artist":"Christy Moore","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11591035-jack-doyle-aka-the-contender-chords-by-christy-moore/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/777123?type=chord","rating":4.93068,"votes":95,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen I was  young, and I was in my day     [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]                                              [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI could have stole what woman's heart there was away [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch] \r\nI'd sing and dance into the morning [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch] \r\nI'd blaze a way until the dawnin' [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch] \r\nLong before I was the man you see today [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\nAnd I was born beneath the star that promised all \r\nI could have lived my life between Cork Cobh and Youghal \r\nBut the wheel of fortune took me \r\nAnd from the highest point it shook me \r\nBy the bottle live by the bottle I shall fall \r\n\r\n[Chorus] \r\n[tab]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch] \r\nBut there in the mirror on the wall [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI see the dream is fading     [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch] \r\nFrom the contender to the brawl [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nThe ring, the rose, the matador is  raving [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\nAnd when I die I'll die a drunk down in the street \r\nYou can count me out to ten in clear defeat \r\nRap the starry plough around me \r\nLet the pipers air resound me \r\nThere I'll rest until the lord of love I meet \r\n\r\n[Chorus] \r\n[tab]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch] \r\nBut there in the mirror on the wall [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI see the dream is fading     [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch] \r\nFrom the contender to the brawl [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nThe ring, the rose, the matador is  raving [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch] \r\nRap the starry plough around me [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch] \r\nLet the pipers air resound me [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch] \r\nThere I'll rest until the lord of love I meet [/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\nAnd I was born beneath the star that promised all \nI could have lived my life between Cork Cobh and Youghal \nBut the wheel of fortune took me \nAnd from the highest point it shook me \nBy the bottle live by the bottle I shall fall \n\n[Chorus] \n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\nAnd when I die I'll die a drunk down in the street \nYou can count me out to ten in clear defeat \nRap the starry plough around me \nLet the pipers air resound me \nThere I'll rest until the lord of love I meet \n\n[Chorus] \n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["C","F","Dm","G","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}