The Dubliners – On Raglan Road (Guitar)

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On Raglan Road, on an autumn day,

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I saw her first and knew

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That her dark hair, would weave a snare,

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that I might one day rue

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I saw the danger, and I passed,

            Bm      A
along the enchanted way,

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and I said: 'Let grief, be a fallen leaf

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at the dawning of the day'

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On Grafton Street, in November,

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we tripped lightly along the ledge

     G                  D
Of a deep ravine, where can be seen,

             Bm        A
the worth of passion's pledge

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The Queen of Hearts, still making tarts,

          Bm     A
and I not making hay

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Oh, I loved too much and by such,

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by such, is happiness thrown away

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I gave her gifts of the mind,

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I gave her the secret signs.

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That's known to the artists, who have known,

                 Bm        A
the true gods of sound and stone

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And word and tint, without stint,

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I gave her poems to say

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With her own name there, and her own dark hair,

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like clouds over fields of May

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On a quiet street, where old ghosts meet,

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I see her walking now.

 G              D
Away from me so hurriedly,

          Bm     A
my reason must allow

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That I had loved, not as I should,

           Bm      A
a creature made of clay

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When the angel woos, the clay

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he'd lose, his wings at the dawn of day