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Jack Doyle Aka The Contender

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[Verse]
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 
[Verse]
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 riBbng, the rose, the matador is  raFviGng 
[Verse]
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 
[Chorus] 
But there in the miDmrror oGn the waCll 
I see the dreaDmm is faGding     
From the cDmontender tGo the brCawl 
The riBbng, the rose, the matador is  raFviGng 
[Outro]
RaCp the starry plough around me 
LeDmt the pipers air resound me 
There I'll rFest until the loGrd of love I meCet 

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Jack Doyle Aka The Contender

by Christy Moore

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[Verse]

C F

When I was young, and I was in my day

Dm G

I could have stole what woman's heart there was away

I'd sing and dance into the morning

I'd blaze a way until the dawnin'

F G C

Long before I was the man you see today

[Verse]

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]

Dm G C

But there in the mirror on the wall

Dm G

I see the dream is fading

Dm G C

From the contender to the brawl

Bb F G

The ring, the rose, the matador is raving

[Verse]

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

[Chorus]

Dm G C

But there in the mirror on the wall

Dm G

I see the dream is fading

Dm G C

From the contender to the brawl

Bb F G

The ring, the rose, the matador is raving

[Outro]

Rap the starry plough around me

Let the pipers air resound me

F G C

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

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