F# -  244322
C# -  x46664
D#m - x68876
B -   x24442
G#m - 466444
A#m - x13321


[Intro]
B F# C# D#m C#  x2
B C#


[Verse 1]
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


[Chorus 1]
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


[Post Chorus]
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#
D#m F# D#m


[Verse 2]
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


[Chorus 2]
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


[Bridge]
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
F#