#-------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------# On Raglan Road chords to the tune The Dawning of the Day Luke Kelly (Patrick Kavanagh On Raglan Road Fainne Geal an Lae ) D (xx0232@1)D (xx0232@1) GOn (320003@1)Raglan Road on an autumn day, D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) DI (xx0232@1)saw her first and knew G (320003@1) DThat (xx0232@1)her dark hair would weave a snare, Bm (x24432@1) Athat (x02220@1)I might one day rue G (320003@1) DI (xx0232@1)saw the danger and I passed, Bm (x24432@1) Aalong (x02220@1)the enchanted way, D (xx0232@1) Gand (320003@1)I said: 'Let grief, be a fallen leaf D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) Dat (xx0232@1)the dawning of the day' D (xx0232@1) GOn (320003@1)Grafton Street in November, D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) Dwe (xx0232@1)tripped lightly along the ledge G (320003@1) DOf (xx0232@1)a deep ravine, where can be seen, Bm (x24432@1) Athe (x02220@1)worth of passion's pledge G (320003@1) DThe (xx0232@1)Queen of Hearts, still making tarts, Bm (x24432@1) Aand (x02220@1)I not making hay D (xx0232@1) Oh, I loved too much and by such, G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) Dby (xx0232@1)such, is happiness thrown away D (xx0232@1) GI (320003@1)gave her gifts of the mind, D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) DI (xx0232@1)gave her the secret signs G (320003@1) DThat's (xx0232@1)known to the artists who have known, Bm (x24432@1) Athe (x02220@1)true gods of sound and stone G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)word and tint, without stint, Bm (x24432@1) AI (x02220@1)gave her poems to say D (xx0232@1) GWith (320003@1)her own name there, and her own dark hair, D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) Dlike (xx0232@1)clouds over fields of May D (xx0232@1) GOn (320003@1)a quiet street, where old ghosts meet, D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) DI (xx0232@1)see her walking now G (320003@1) DAway (xx0232@1)from me so hurriedly, Bm (x24432@1) Amy (x02220@1)reason must allow G (320003@1) DThat (xx0232@1)I had loved, not as I should, Bm (x24432@1) Aa (x02220@1)creature made of clay D (xx0232@1) When the angel woos the clay, G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) Dhe'd (xx0232@1)lose, his wings at the dawn of day Set8