The Rare Auld Times chords by The Dubliners
Verse 1
G
C
G
C
F
C
Ring a ring a rosie
Am
as the lights declines,
F
C
F
C
I remember Dublin city in the
G
C
rare oul times.
G
C
Verse 2
F
C
Raised on songs and stories,
Am
heroes of renown,
C
F
C
The passing tales and glories,
G
that once was Dublin town,
C
F
C
The hallowed halls and houses,
Am
the haunting children's rhymes,
C
F
That once was Dublin city,
C
G
in the Rare Oul Times.
C
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Verse 3
F
C
Am
Ring a ring a rosie
G
F
as the lights declines,
C
F
C
I remember Dublin city
G
C
in the rare oul times.
Verse 4
C
F
C
My name it is Sean Dempsey
Am
as Dublin as could be
C
F
C
G
Born hard and late in Pimlico in a house
Em
Dm
that ceased to be
C
My trade I was a cooper,
Am
lost out to redundancy
C
F
C
Like my house that fell to progress
G
my trade's a memory
C
F
C
Verse 5
F
C
Am
And I courted Peggy Dignan, as pretty as you please,
C
F
A rogue and child of Mary,
C
G
Em
from the rebel liberties,
Dm
G
C
F
C
I lost her to a student chap,
Am
with skin as black as coal,
C
F
When he took her off to Birmingham,
C
G
C
she took away my soul.
Verse 6
F
C
Am
Ring a ring a rosie
F
as the lights declines,
C
F
C
I remember Dublin city in the
G
rare oul times.
Interlude 1
C
F
C
G
C
Verse 7
C
F
C
The years have made me bitter,
Am
the gargle dims me brain
C
F
C
'Cause Dublin keeps on changing and
G
Em
Dm
nothing seems the same.
G
C
F
C
The Pillar and the Met have gone,
Am
the Royal long since pulled down
C
F
As the grey unyielding concrete
C
G
makes a city of my Town.
C
Verse 8
F
C
Am
Ring a ring a rosie
C
F
as the lights declines,
C
F
C
I remember Dublin city
G
C
in the rare oul times.
Verse 9
C
F
Fare thee well sweet Anna Liffey,
C
Am
I can no longer stay,
C
F
And watch the new glass cages,
C
G
F
Em
Dm
that spring up along the quay,
C
F
C
My mind's too full of memories,
Am
to old to hear new chimes,
C
F
I'm a part of what was Dublin,
C
G
in the Rare Oul Times.
C
Verse 10
F
C
Am
Ring a ring a rosie
G
F
as the lights declines,
C
F
C
I remember Dublin city
G
in the rare oul times.
C
Verse 11
F
C
Am
Ring a ring a rosie
F
as the lights declines,
C
F
I remember Dublin city
C
G
C
in the rare oul times.
The Rare Auld Times
The Dubliners
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