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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1825254,"song":"The Rare Old Times","artist":"The Dubliners","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11403196-the-rare-old-times-chords-by-the-dubliners/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1825254?type=chord","rating":4.7445,"votes":21,"content":"\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nRaised on songs and stories, heroes of renown,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nthe passing tales and glories that once was Dublin Town,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe hallowed halls and houses, the haunting children's rhymes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthat once was Dublin City in the rare old times.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nRing a ring a rosy, as the light declines,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll remember Dublin City, in the rare old times.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy name it is Sean Dempsey, as Dublin as can be,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nBorn hard and late in Pimlico, in a house that ceased to be,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBy trade I was a cooper, lost out to redundancy,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLike my house that fell to progress, my trades a memory.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I courted Peggy Dignan, as pretty as you please,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nA rogue and child of Mary, from the rebel Liberties,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI lost her to a student chap, with skin as black as coal,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen he took her off to Birmingham, she took away my soul.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nRing a ring a rosy, as the light declines,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll remember Dublin City, in the rare old times.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe years have made me bitter, the gargle dims my brain,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n'Cause Dublin keeps on changing, and nothing seems the sane.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe Pillar and the Met. have gone, the Royal long since pulled down,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs the grey unyielding concrete makes a city of my town.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nRing a ring a rosy, as the light declines,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll remember Dublin City, in the rare old times.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFare thee well sweet Anna Liffey, I can no longer stay,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd watch the new glass cages that spring up along the Quay,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy mind's too full of memories, to old to hear new chimes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm part of what was Dublin, in the rare old times.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nRing a ring a rosy, as the light declines,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll remember Dublin City, in the rare old times.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nRing a ring a rosy, as the light declines,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll remember Dublin City, in the rare old times.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","F","Am","G","G7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}