the rare auld times Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]Ring a ring a r[C]osie[G][Em]
as [G]the lights de[C]clines,
I re[G]member [D]Dublin [C]city[G]
in the [D]rare oul times.
[G]

[Verse 2]
Raised on songs [C]and stor[G]ies,
[Em]heroes of re[G]no[C]wn,
[G]The passing [D]tales and [C]glor[G]ies,
that [D]once was Dublin town,
[G]The hallowed halls and [C]house[G]s,
[Em]the haunting children'[G]s rhym[Em]es,
That [G]once was [D]Dublin [C]city,
[G]in the Rar[D]e Oul[G] Times.

[Verse 3]
Ring a ring a [C]rosie[G][Em]
as [G]the lights de[C]clines,
I re[G]member [D]Dublin cit[C]y
[G]in the rar[D]e oul tim[G]es.

[Verse 4]
My [G]name it is Sean [C]Demp[G]sey
[Em]as Dublin as c[G]ould be[C]
Born [G]hard an[D]d late i[C]n Pimlico[G]
[D]in a house that ceased to be
[G]My trade I was [C]a cooper[G],
lost [Em]out to re[G]dund[C]ancy
Like my [G]house [D]that fell to [C]progress
[G]my [D]trade's a m[G]emory

[Verse 5]
[G]And I courted [C]Peggy[G]
[Em]Dignan, as pretty as y[G]ou pleas[C]e,
A [G]rogue [D]and child of [C]Mary,
[G]from the reb[D]el liberties,
[G]I lost her to [C]a student [G]chap,
with [Em]skin as [D]black as [C]coal,
When [G]he took her [D]off to [C]Birmingham,
[G]she[D] took away my sou[G]l.

[Verse 6]
Ring a ring a [C]rosie[G][Em]
as the [G]lights de[C]clines,
I re[G]member [D]Dublin [C]city [G]in the rar[D]e oul
[G]tim[D]es.
[Em][G][D]

[Verse 7]
[G]
The years have made me [C]bitter[G] ,
[Em]the gargle dims [G]me b[C]rain
'Cause [G]Dublin [D]keeps [C]on changing
[G]and not[D]hing seems the same.
The [G]Pillar and [C]the Met have [G]gone,
the [Em]Royal long [G]since pulled [C]down
As the [G]grey un[D]yielding [C]concrete[G]
makes [D]a city of my [G]Town.

[Verse 8]
Ring a ring [G]a rosie as the lights declines,
I remember Dublin city in the
rare oul times.

[Verse 9]
Fare thee [G]well sweet Anna [C]Liffey,
[G]I c[Em]an no longer [G]stay,[C]
An[G]d watch t[D]he new glass c[C]ages,
[G]that spring up [D]along the[Bm] quay,[D]
My [G]mind's too full [C]of memor[G]ies,
to [Em]old to [G]hear new c[C]himes,
I'm a [G]part of [D]what was [C]Dublin,
[G]in the Rar[D]e Oul[G] Times.

[Verse 10]
Ring a ring a [C]rosie[G][Em]
as [G]the lights de[C]clines,
I re[G]member [D]Dublin cit[C]y[G]
in the [D]rare [G]oul times.

[Verse 11]
Ring a ring a [C]rosie[G][Em]
as [G]the lights de[C]clines,
I [G]remember [D]Dublin cit[C]y
[G]in the rar[D]e oul times.
[G]