the rare auld times chords by Luke Kelly
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Verse 1
(G major) Ring a ring a rosie (C major) (G major) (E minor)
as the lights (G major) de (C major) clines,
I re (G major) member (D major) Dublin city (C major) (G major)
in the (D major) rare oul times.
(G major)
Verse 2
Raised on songs and stor (C major) ies, (G major)
(E minor) heroes (G major) of renown, (C major)
The passing (G major) tales (D major) and (C major) glories, (G major)
that (D major) once was Dublin town,
The hallowed (G major) halls and house (C major) (G major) s,
(E minor) the haunting children's (G major) (E minor) rhymes,
That (G major) once was (D major) Dublin city, (C major)
(G major) in the (D major) Rare Oul (G major) Times.
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Verse 3
Ring a ring a (C major) rosie (G major) (E minor)
as the lights (G major) de (C major) clines,
I re (G major) member (D major) Dublin city (C major)
(G major) in the (D major) rare oul (G major) times.
Verse 4
My (G major) name it is Sean (C major) Demp (G major) sey
(E minor) as Dublin as (G major) could (C major) be
Born (G major) hard an (D major) d late in Pimlico (C major) (G major)
in a house (D major) that ceased to be
My trade (G major) I was a cooper (C major) (G major) ,
lost (E minor) out to re (G major) dundancy (C major)
Like my (G major) house that fell (D major) to (C major) progress
(G major) my trade's (D major) a memory (G major)
Verse 5
And (G major) I courted Peggy (C major) (G major)
(E minor) Dignan, as pretty as (G major) you (C major) please,
A (G major) rogue and (D major) child of (C major) Mary,
(G major) from the (D major) rebel liberties,
I lost (G major) her to a stu (C major) dent (G major) chap,
with (E minor) skin as (D major) black as (C major) coal,
When he took (G major) her (D major) off to (C major) Birmingham,
(G major) she took (D major) away my (G major) soul.
Verse 6
Ring a ring a (C major) rosie (G major) (E minor)
as the (G major) lights de (C major) clines,
I re (G major) member (D major) Dublin city (C major) (G major) in the (D major) rare oul
(G major) times. (D major)
(E minor) (G major) (D major)
Verse 7
(G major)
The years have made me (C major) bitter (G major) ,
(E minor) the gargle (G major) dims me brain (C major)
'Cause (G major) Dublin (D major) keeps on changing (C major)
(G major) and (D major) nothing seems the same.
The (G major) Pillar and the Met (C major) have gone, (G major)
the (E minor) Royal long since (G major) pulled (C major) down
As the (G major) grey un (D major) yielding (C major) concrete (G major)
makes a city (D major) of my (G major) Town.
Verse 8
Ring a ring a rosie as the (G major) lights declines,
I remember Dublin city in the
rare oul times.
Verse 9
Fare thee (G major) well sweet Anna Lif (C major) fey,
(G major) (E minor) I can no (G major) longer stay, (C major)
An (G major) d watch the new (D major) glass cages, (C major)
(G major) that spring (D major) up along the quay, (B minor) (D major)
My (G major) mind's too full of memor (C major) ies, (G major)
to (E minor) old to hear (G major) new (C major) chimes,
I'm a (G major) part of (D major) what was (C major) Dublin,
(G major) in the (D major) Rare (G major) Oul Times.
Verse 10
Ring a ring a (C major) rosie (G major) (E minor)
as the lights (G major) de (C major) clines,
I re (G major) member (D major) Dublin city (C major) (G major)
in the (D major) rare (G major) oul times.
Verse 11
Ring a ring a (C major) rosie (G major) (E minor)
as the lights (G major) de (C major) clines,
I (G major) remember (D major) Dublin city (C major)
(G major) in the (D major) rare oul times.
(G major)
the rare auld times
Luke Kelly
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