Chords for The Rare Old Times (With Lyrics) - Johnny McEvoy

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Raised in songs and _ _ stories, _ _ heroes of [F#] _
renown,
_ [F#m] O'er [A] the passing tales [D] and _ [A] glories, _ _
[E] That once was Dublin _ [C#m] town, _
_ [E] _ _ [A] the hallowed halls and houses,
_ _ The haunting _ [F#m] children's rhymes, _ _
[A] That once was part _ [D] of Dublin [A] _ in [E] the rare _ [A] old time. _ _ _ _ _
Ring-a-ring [D]-a _ _ [A]
-rosie, _ _ as the light _ [F#m] _
_ declines,
I [A] remember _ Dublin [D] city _ [A] in [E] the rare _ _ [A] old time. _
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_ [A] My name it is, [D] Sean _ [A] Dempsey, _ _ as Dublin as can [F#m] be,
_ _ [A] Born hard and late [D] in _ [A] Pimlico, _ [E] in a house that [C#m] ceased to be.
_ _ _ _ By [A] trade I was the [D] cooper, [A] _ _ _
lost out to _ _ [F#m] redundancy, _
_ _ [A] Like my house that fell [D] to _ progress, [A] _ _ _
my trade to [C#m] [A] memory.
_ _ And _ _ I courted Peggy [D] _
[A] Dykeman, _ _ _ as pretty as you [F#m] please,
_ _ [A] Oh, a rogue and a child of _ Mary, _ _ [E] from the rebel [C#m] liberties.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ I lost her to [D] a student [A] lad, _ _ with skin as [F#m] black as coal, _
_ When [A] he took her off to [D] Birmingham, [A] _ _ _ [E] _
she took away [A] my soul. _ _
_ _ Ring-a-ring-a [D] _
_ [A]-rosie, _ _ as the light [F#m] _ declines,
_ _ [A] I remember _ Dublin [D] city _ in [E] the _ _ rare [A] old time.
_ The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ years have made [D] me bitter, [A] _ _ _ the drink has dimmed [F#m] my brain, _ _
And [A] Dublin _ keeps [D] on changing, [A] _ _ _ [E] _ [D] nothing seems [C#m] the same.
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The Metropolitan _ [D] pillar are gone, [A] _ _ the royal long since pulled down,
[F#m] _ As [A] the grey _ _ unyielding [D] concrete _ [A] _ makes [E] a city of [A] my town. _
_ _ _ _ So farewell, _ [D] Anna [A] Liffey, _ I can no longer [F#m] stay, _ _ _
[A] And watch the new [D] glass _ cages [A] _ [E] rise up [D] along [C#m] the quay.
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My mind's too full of [D] _ memories, [A] _ _ too old to hear [F#m] new chimes,
_ I'm [A] a part of what [D] was Dublin _ [A] _
in [E] the rare [A] old time. _
_ _ _ _ Ring-a-ring-a [D] _ _ [A]-rosie, _ _ as the light _ [F#m] _ _ declines,
I [A] remember _ [C#m] Dublin [D] city _ [A] in [E] the rare _ [A] old time. _ _ _ _
Ring-a-ring-a [D] _ _ [A]
-rosie, _ _ as the light _
[F#m] _ declines,
_ [A] I remember [C#m] Dublin [D] city _ [A] in the [E] rare _ _ old time.
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