Contender chords by Forever Came Calling

Chords with lyrics

Intro
BB F#F# C#C# D#mD#m C#C# x2
BB C#C#


Verse 1:
F#F#
Half the man I thought I?d be double
his size and constantly drinking
BB
What? When your sip becomes your

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

BB     F#F#     C#C#
 Contender for everything from
   D#mD#m   C#C#    BB
choir boys to thick as thieves
          F#F#
If you don?t let me in you won?t
      C#C# D#mD#m C#C# BB
lose your belief    I lost
  F#F#      C#C#
it all in a hospital How did
 D#mD#m C#C# BB       F#F#
I get so low? How did I get
  C#C#     D#mD#m  C#C#
so low? Hey mom  I?m coming home


 Post-Chorus
BB C#C#
D#mD#m F#F# G# minorG#m BB A#mA#m F#F#
D#mD#m F#F# D#mD#m
BB C#C#
D#mD#m F#F# G# minorG#m BB A#mA#m F#F#
D#mD#m F#F# D#mD#m


Verse 2:
F#F#
Half a man that?s content
with sinking Patching up holes
             BB
while steadily streaming liquid
into his bow and his gut
Has he lost all hope? That
ship never showed up

BB     F#F#     C#C#
 Contender for everything from
   D#mD#m   C#C#    BB
choir boys to thick as thieves
          F#F#
If you don?t let me in you won?t
      C#C# D#mD#m C#C# BB
lose your belief    I lost
  F#F#      C#C#
it all in a hospital How did
 D#mD#m C#C# BB       F#F#
I get so low? How did I get
  C#C#     D#mD#m  C#C#
so low? Hey mom  I?m coming home


Instrumental
F#F# BB


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


Outro
F#F# BB x2
F#F#