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Raglan Road chords  to the tune The Dawning of the Day 
Patrick Kavanagh  On Raglan Road Fainne Geal an Lae  (as performed by The Dubliners) *

Capo I

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

* Alternate:

Capo III

D (xx0232@1) = C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G   = FBm (133211@1) = Am
A (x02220@1) = G (320003@1)Set8

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