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Raglan Road

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|%   |: Repeat the previous Chord and Measure of 3-counts.
[Intro]
|   D|%
[Verse 1]
   |     D|%         |%     |G  
On  Raglan Road of an Autumn day,
 |      D|          A|    D|%
I saw her first and I knew.
    |       G|%         |      D|Bm  
That her dark hair would weave a snare,
    |      D|%      |   A|%
that I might one day rue.
 |      G|%     |    D|Bm  
I saw the danger and I passed,
 |          D|%      |   A|%
a-long the en-chanted way.
     |         D|%         |%      |G  
And I said: "Let grief be a falling leaf,
      |      D|     A|    D|%
at the dawning of the day."
[Verse 2]
  |      D|%        |%    |G  
On Grafton Street in Novem-ber,
          |        D|       A|    D|%
we tripped lightly a-long the ledge.
    |      G|%         |     D|Bm  
Of a deep ra-vine where can be seen,
   |       D|%        |     A|%
the worth of passion's pledge.
   |       G|%           |     D|Bm  
The Queen of Hearts still making tarts,
   |    D|%     |   A|%
and I not making hay.
    |        D|%   |%     |G  
Oh I loved too much and by such,
          |        D|       A|   D|%
by such is happiness thrown a-way.
[Verse 3]
  |       D|%    |%     |G  
I  gave her gifts of the mind,
 |           D|     A|    D|%
I gave her the secret sign.
      |           G|%      |       D|Bm  
That's known to the artists who have known,
        |      D|%        |    A|%
the true Gods of sound and stone.
   |       G|%        |   D|Bm  
And word and tint with-out  stint,
 |       D|%       |   A|%
I gave her poems to say.
    |      D|%                 |%        |G  
With her own name there and her long dark hair,
    |          D|        A|   D|%
like clouds over fields of May.
[Verse 4]
    |    D|%           |%         |G  
On a quiet street where old ghosts meet,
 |      D|      A|   D|%
I see her walking now.
 |       G|%    |      D|Bm  
A-way from me so hurried-ly,
  |     D|%      |    A|%
my reason must al-low.
    |     G|%        |   D|Bm  
That I have loved not as I should,
 |       D|%      |    A|%
a creature made of clay.
        |    D|%       |%         |G  
When the angel woes the clay he'll lose,
   |           D|      A|   D|D  
his wings at the dawn of day.

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Raglan Road

by Luke Kelly

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Chords in this song · guitar

|% |: Repeat the previous Chord and Measure of 3-counts.

[Intro]

| |%

[Verse 1]

D G

| |% |% |

On Raglan Road of an Autumn day,

D A D

| | | |%

I saw her first and I knew.

G D Bm

| |% | |

That her dark hair would weave a snare,

D A

| |% | |%

that I might one day rue.

G D Bm

| |% | |

I saw the danger and I passed,

D A

| |% | |%

a-long the en-chanted way.

D G

| |% |% |

And I said: "Let grief be a falling leaf,

D A D

| | | |%

at the dawning of the day."

[Verse 2]

D G

| |% |% |

On Grafton Street in Novem-ber,

D A D

| | | |%

we tripped lightly a-long the ledge.

G D Bm

| |% | |

Of a deep ra-vine where can be seen,

D A

| |% | |%

the worth of passion's pledge.

G D Bm

| |% | |

The Queen of Hearts still making tarts,

D A

| |% | |%

and I not making hay.

D G

| |% |% |

Oh I loved too much and by such,

D A D

| | | |%

by such is happiness thrown a-way.

[Verse 3]

D G

| |% |% |

I gave her gifts of the mind,

D A D

| | | |%

I gave her the secret sign.

G D Bm

| |% | |

That's known to the artists who have known,

D A

| |% | |%

the true Gods of sound and stone.

G D Bm

| |% | |

And word and tint with-out stint,

D A

| |% | |%

I gave her poems to say.

D G

| |% |% |

With her own name there and her long dark hair,

D A D

| | | |%

like clouds over fields of May.

[Verse 4]

D G

| |% |% |

On a quiet street where old ghosts meet,

D A D

| | | |%

I see her walking now.

G D Bm

| |% | |

A-way from me so hurried-ly,

D A

| |% | |%

my reason must al-low.

G D Bm

| |% | |

That I have loved not as I should,

D A

| |% | |%

a creature made of clay.

D G

| |% |% |

When the angel woes the clay he'll lose,

D A D D

| | | |

his wings at the dawn of day.

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