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