The Rare Auld Times Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Rin[C]g a[G] ri[C]ng a rosie[F][C]
[Am]as the lights declines,
[F]I rem[C]ember Dublin c[F]ity i[C]n the
[G]rare oul [C]times.
[G][C]

[Verse 2]
Raised on songs and [F]stor[C]ies,
heroes of [Am]renown,
[C]The passing tales and [F]glor[C]ies,
that [G]once was Dublin town,
The [C]hallowed halls and [F]house[C] s,
the haunting children's [Am]rhymes,
That [C]once was Dublin [F]city,
[C]in the Rar[G]e Oul Times.
[C]

[Verse 3]
Ring a ring [F]a rosie[C][Am]
as [G]the lights de[F]clines,
I re[C]member Dublin [F]city[C]
in the [G]rare oul [C]times.

[Verse 4]
My [C]name it is Sean [F]Demp[C]sey
as Dublin as could [Am]be
Born [C]hard and late in [F]Pimlico [C]in [G]a house
that ceased [Em]to be[Dm]
[C]My trade I was a cooper,
lost out to redund[Am]ancy
Like my [C]house that fell to [F]progress[C]
[G]my trade's a memory
[C][F][C]

[Verse 5]
And I courted [F]Peggy [C]Dignan, as pretty as you ple[Am]ase,
[C]A rogue and child of [F]Mary,
[C]from the reb[G]el lib[Em]erties,
[Dm]I lo[G]st her[C] to a studen[F]t chap,[C]
with skin as black [Am]as coal,
When [C]he took her off [F]to Birmingham,
[C]she too[G]k away my sou[C]l.

[Verse 6]
Ring a ring a [F]rosie[C][Am]
as the lights de[F]clines,
I re[C]member Dublin [F]city [C]in the
[G]rare oul times.

[Interlude 1]
[C][F][C][G][C]

[Verse 7]
The [C]years have made me [F]bit[C]ter,
the gargle dims me [Am]brain
'Cause [C]Dublin keeps on [F]changing [C]and
[G]nothing seems [Em]the same.[Dm]
[G]The Pil[C]lar and the [F]Met have [C]gone,
the Royal long since pulled [Am]down
As the [C]grey unyielding [F]concrete
[C]makes a c[G]ity of my Town.
[C]

[Verse 8]
Ring a ring [F]a rosie[C][Am]
as the light[C]s dec[F]lines,
I re[C]member Dublin [F]city[C]
in the [G]rare oul [C]times.

[Verse 9]
Fare thee [C]well sweet Anna [F]Liffey,
[C]I can no longer sta[Am]y,
And [C]watch the new glass [F]cages,
[C]that spring up [G]alo[F]ng the qua[Em]y,[Dm]
My [C]mind's too full [F]of memor[C]ies,
to old to hear new [Am]chimes,
I'm a [C]part of what was [F]Dublin,
[C]in the Rar[G]e Oul Times.
[C]

[Verse 10]
Ring a ring [F]a rosie[C][Am]
as the light[G]s dec[F]lines,
I [C]re member Dublin [F]city[C]
in the [G]rare oul times.
[C]

[Verse 11]
Ring a ring [F]a rosie[C][Am]
as the lights de[F]clines,
I re[C]member Dublin [F]city
[C]in the rar[G]e oul[C] times.