Chords for Raglan Road - John Sheahan – 80th Birthday Concert - Featuring Glen Hansard and Declan O'Rourke

I think we're going to sing a song _ [N] that Luke made famous.
_ Luke met Patrick Kavanagh in a pub off Grafton Street one day
and Patrick Kavanagh said, listen Luke, you're the one to sing this song.
The air is the dawning of the day and the name of the song is Raglan Road. _
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And it's [N] _ wonderful for me to see a whole new generation of singers like Glenn and Declan
taking up the legacy that Luke left us and continuing it on in their own fashion. _ _
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[Dm] _ _ _ _ A sonnet for Luke, just to lead into it.
_ A fiery halo crowns your lived-in face.
You shine forth like a beacon from the throng.
_ _ Among your fellow peers you set the pace
_ and soar above the crowd [Ab] on wings of [Em] song. _ _
Committed to the cause of human rights,
_ you hold aloft the flame of amnesty.
_ [D] When striking workers seek you in their plight, _
you rally with your [G] songs unstintingly. _
A [Bm] minstrel boy, you charm your [A] way through life, _
_ [D] enriching all who chance to pass your way.
_ [G] You shelter wayward spirits from the night
[D] _ and raise [B] them up on wings till dawn of day.
[D] _ Though links with us alas too [A] soon are severed,
[Em] your spirit and [D] your song will live forever.
_ Luke. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ On _ _ Raglan _ Road _ _ of an autumn _ [G] day _
_ _ [D] I saw her [B] first _ [E] and knew
_ [D] _
_ _ [G] that her dark _ hair would weave _ [Bm] a snare.
_ _ That [D] I might one day _ [A] rue. _
_ _ _ [G] I saw the _ _ danger [D] yet [Em] I _ [Bm] _ passed
_ along [D]
the _ _ enchanted [A] way. _
_ _ _ _ [D] And I said, let grief be a fallen _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ leaf
[D] at the _ _ dawning [E]
of _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Ungrateful Street.
_ In _ [G] November _ _ we [D] tripped lightly _ _ along _ the _ _ ledge
_ _ [G] of a deep _ ravine where [D] can be _ _ [Bm] _ seen
the [D] true worth of passion's [A] _ _
pledge.
_ _ [G] And the queen _ of hearts [D] still _ maketh _ [Bm] ties
_ _ [D] and I _ _ _ make him [A] _ hay.
_ _ _ [D] For I _ love too much and by _ such, [G] by _ _ such
_ [D] is _ _ _ happiness [E] strong.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ I gave her gifts _ of the mind,
[G] _ _ _ I [D] gave her the [E] secret _ sign
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ that's [G] known to the _ artist [D] to have [Bm] _ known _
the true [D] _ gods of sound and [A] stone. _ _ _ _ _
[G] And _ words and tints _ I [D] did _ not [Bm] _
_ _ [D] stink.
For I _ gave her glory _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ with [D] her _ _ only _ neck. _ _ _
And [G] I _ _ _ hear _ _ [D] like _ _ clouds [E] over _ _ _ fields of [D] _
May. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ On _ _ [D] _
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_ _ _ _ a quiet street _ _ where old ghosts _ meet
[G] _ _ [D] I see _ her _ _ [A] _
walking [D] now _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] away _ from _ me [D] so _ _ _ _ [Bm]
hurriedly.
_ _ [D] My _ _ reason _ must _ [A] allow _ _ _ _ _ [G] that I'm _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] not the _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ creature
made _ of [A] _ _ clay. _ _ _
_ For [D] when the _ _ angel _ rules the clay _ he'd [G] _ lose _ _ _ _
_ his [D] wings _ at the _ [E] _ _ dawn of [D]
day. _ _ _ _ _ _
For _ when the _ _ angel _ _ rules the _ clay _ [G] he'd lose _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ his _ wings at the [A] _ _
dawn [Em] _ of [G] day. _ _
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