Dubliners – On Raglan Road chords
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#-------------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------# # This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # # song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------# Raglan Road chords to the tune The Dawning of the Day Patrick Kavanagh On Raglan Road Fáinne Geal an Lae (as performed by The Dubliners) * Capo I DD GOn Raglan Road on an autumn day,D G DI saw her first and knewG DThat her dark hair would weave a snare,Bm Athat I might one day rueG DI saw the danger and I passed,Bm Aalong the enchanted way,D Gand I said: 'Let grief, be a fallen leafD G Dat the dawning of the day'D GOn Grafton Street in November,D G Dwe tripped lightly along the ledgeG DOf a deep ravine, where can be seen,Bm Athe worth of passion's pledgeG DThe Queen of Hearts, still making tarts,Bm Aand I not making hayD Oh, I loved too much and by such,G D G Dby such, is happiness thrown awayD GI gave her gifts of the mind,D G DI gave her the secret signsG DThat's known to the artists who have known,Bm Athe true gods of sound and stoneG DAnd word and tint, without stint,Bm AI gave her poems to sayD GWith her own name there, and her own dark hair,D G Dlike clouds over fields of MayD GOn a quiet street, where old ghosts meet,D G DI see her walking nowG DAway from me so hurriedly,Bm Amy reason must allowG DThat I had loved, not as I should,Bm Aa creature made of clayD When the angel woos the clay,G D G Dhe'd lose, his wings at the dawn of day* Alternate: Capo III D = C G = F Bm = Am A = G Set8 http://sites.google.com/site/guitarmusicchordsandlyrics/