The Contender Chords
by Mark Foster
The Contender by Mark Foster is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, G#m, A and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
E G#m A
Hide me and protect my name
E G#m A
Worried
They'll track me down up there
E G#m A
When we look here
You're loss again
E G#m A
Don't be alone
B A
I'm all alone
A B E
They don't love and they don't care
B
And they'd kill me if they could
A B E
And save them and then save me
B
I can't do it by myself
A B E B A
I'm not scared, their ridicule has now become a tool
(B)
And it makes me stronger
E B A
Say something, just say something refresh me
E B A
Say something, just say something to keep me going
E B A
Say something, just say something refresh me
A
Say something, just say something
E G#m A
When I drag past waking moments, you are there
E G#m A
When I crawl back in my room, you are there
E G#m A
When I walked on, saw the sides, you are there
E G#m A B
And I never look behind 'cause you tell me where to run
A B E
They don't love and they don't care
B
And they'd kill me if they could
A B E
And save them and then save me
B
I can't do it by myself
A B E B A
I'm not scared, their ridicule has now become a tool
(B)
And it makes me stronger
E B A
Say something, just say something refresh me
E B A
Say something, just say something to keep me going
E B A
Say something, just say something refresh me
E B A
Say something, I can't go on like this anymore
A B
Oh I love you and it may go, yeah
G#m B A
When hope is rising to face it all
G#m A E
To save us from ourself
G#m B A
So arm me with an arsenal
A
Words and I will be afraid
B
I'll say that
A
Morning I'm a be afraid
B
I'll say that
A
Morning I'm a be afraid
B
I'll say that
B
Because you've always loved me
A B E
They don't love and they don't care
B
And they'd kill me if they could
A B E
And save them and then save me
B
I can't do it by myself
A B E B A
I'm not scared, their ridicule has now become a tool
(B)
and it makes me stronger
E B A
Say something, just say something refresh me
E B A
Say something, just say something to keep me going
E B A
Say something, just say something refresh me
E B A
Say something, I can't go on like this anymore