Van Morrison – Raglan Road (Guitar)

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[Intro] D A7 D [Verse 1]
A7  D               G
On Raglan Road on an Autumn Day,

Bm       A7        D
I saw her first and knew

G                       F#m       Bm
That her dark hair would weave a snare

D                  A7
That I may one day rue.

G                F#m    Bm
I saw the danger, yet I walked

  F#m       Bm     A7
Along the enchanted way

D              F#m        D       G
And I said let grief be a falling leaf

      Bm      A7      D
At the dawning of the day.
[Verse 2]
D                       G
On Grafton Street in November,

         Bm       A7        D
We tripped lightly along the ledge

G                    F#m       Bm
Of a deep ravine where can be seen

D                  A7
The world of passions pledge.

G                        F#m    Bm
The Queen of Heart's still baking tarts

  F#m       Bm     A7
And I not making hay,

D              F#m        D       G
Well I loved too much by such and such

      Bm      A7      D
Is happiness thrown away.
[Verse 3]
D                       G
I gave her the gifts of the mind.

Bm       A7        D
I gave her the secret sign

G                       F#m       Bm
That's known to all the artists who have

D                  Bm      A7
Known true Gods of Sound and Time.

     G                F#m    Bm
With word and tint I did not stint.

         F#m       Bm     A7
I gave her reems of poems to say

D              F#m        D       G
With her own dark hair and her own name there

      Bm            A7      D
Like the clouds over fields of May.
[Verse 4]
          D              G
On a quiet street where old ghosts meet,

Bm       A7        D
I see her walking now

G                       Fm       Bm
away from me,away from me, so hurriedly

D                  A7
my reason must allow.

G                F#m    Bm
or I have wooed not as I should

D               A7
A creature made of clay.

D              F#m        D       G
When the angel woos, the clay heel lose

      Bm            A7      D
His wings at the dawn of the day.