Contender

Intro 
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F# 
Half the man I thought I’d be double 
his size and constantly drinking 
B 
What? When your sip becomes your 

substance? You learn control 
or you learn how to crutch it 
  F# 
A mother and father who care so 
much southern comfort and her 
               B 
northern touch What? When your 
sip becomes your substance? 
You lost control and you 
learned how to love it 



B          F#         C# 
  Contender  for everything from 
      D#m     C#       B 
choir boys to thick as thieves 
                    F# 
If you don’t let me in you won’t 
            C#  D#m C# B 
lose your belief        I lost 
   F#            C# 
it all in a hospital How did 
  D#m C# B              F# 
I get so low? How did I get 
   C#          D#m    C# 
so low? Hey mom   I’m coming home 


 
B C# 
D#m F# G#m B A#m F# 
D#m F# D#m 
B C# 
D#m F# G#m B A#m F# 
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F# 
Half a man that’s content 
with sinking Patching up holes 
                         B 
while steadily streaming liquid 
into his bow and his gut 
Has he lost all hope? That 
ship never showed up 


 
B          F#         C# 
  Contender  for everything from 
      D#m     C#       B 
choir boys to thick as thieves 
                    F# 
If you don’t let me in you won’t 
            C#  D#m C# B 
lose your belief        I lost 
   F#            C# 
it all in a hospital How did 
  D#m C# B              F# 
I get so low? How did I get 
   C#          D#m    C# 
so low? Hey mom   I’m coming home 


Instrumental 
F# B 



F# 
  Stop by the bar around Eight 
your smile verse my 5th drink 
B 
  You’ll tell me how much you 
miss those things that 
I used to be 


Outro 
F# B  x2 
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