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Version 1
[Intro]
D A7 D
[Verse 1]
A7 D G
On Raglan Road on an Autumn Day,
Bm A7 D
I saw her first and knew
G F#m Bm
That her dark hair would weave a snare
D A7
That I may one day rue.
G F#m Bm
I saw the danger, yet I walked
F#m Bm A7
Along the enchanted way
D F#m D G
And I said let grief be a falling leaf
Bm A7 D
At the dawning of the day.
[Verse 2]
D G
On Grafton Street in November,
Bm A7 D
We tripped lightly along the ledge
G F#m Bm
Of a deep ravine where can be seen
D A7
The world of passions pledge.
G F#m Bm
The Queen of Heart's still baking tarts
F#m Bm A7
And I not making hay,
D F#m D G
Well I loved too much by such and such
Bm A7 D
Is happiness thrown away.
[Verse 3]
D G
I gave her the gifts of the mind.
Bm A7 D
I gave her the secret sign
G F#m Bm
That's known to all the artists who have
D Bm A7
Known true Gods of Sound and Time.
G F#m Bm
With word and tint I did not stint.
F#m Bm A7
I gave her reems of poems to say
D F#m D G
With her own dark hair and her own name there
Bm A7 D
Like the clouds over fields of May.
[Verse 4]
D G
On a quiet street where old ghosts meet,
Bm A7 D
I see her walking now
G Fm Bm
away from me,away from me, so hurriedly
D A7
my reason must allow.
G F#m Bm
or I have wooed not as I should
D A7
A creature made of clay.
D F#m D G
When the angel woos, the clay heel lose
Bm A7 D
His wings at the dawn of the day.