Key: C major
Verse 1
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C
G
C
F
Ring -a -ring -a -rosie,
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Am
as the light declines,
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C
I remember Dublin City
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C
G
C
G
in the rare old times.
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F
C
Raised on songs and stories,
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F
The passing tales and glories
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G
that once was Dublin town,
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F
the hallowed halls and houses,
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Am
the haunting children's rhymes,
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F
that once was Dublin's City
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G
C
in the rare old times
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Am
G
F
as the light declines
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C
G
C
in the rare old times
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C
My name it is Shondam Sea,
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F
C
Born hard and late in Pimlico,
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Em
Dm
In a house that ceased to be.
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F
Like my house that fell to progress
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G
C
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C
My trades and memory
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Am
As pretty as you please
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C
A rogue and a child of Mary,
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Em
Dm
From the rebel Liberties.
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C
F
C
I lost her to a student chap,
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F
C
When he took her off to Birmingham,
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C
She took away my soul.
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Am
F
as the light declines
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C
G
C
F
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C
in the rare old times
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Am
the gargle dims me brain
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F
Cos Dublin keeps on changing
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G
Em
and nothing seems the same
Dm
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F
C
The Pillar and the Met have gone,
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F
As the grey, unyielding concrete
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G
C
Makes the city of my town.
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C
Am
Ring -a -ring -a -rosie,
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F
As the light de clines,
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C
G
C
in the rare old times.
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Am
I can no longer stay,
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F
And watch the new glass cages
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Em
that spring up along the quay
Dm
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F
My mind's too full of memories,
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Am
too old to hear new chimes
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F
I'm a part of what was Dublin
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G
C
in the rare old times
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Am
G
F
as the light de clines
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C
G
C
in the rare old times
C
Am
F
as the light declines
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C
G
C
in the rare old times
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