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Intro: strum a D chord for two bars
RE SOL RE SOL
Raised on songs and stor-ies, heroes of renown
RE SOL RE LA
Ah, the passing tales and glor-ies that once was Dublin town
RE SOL RE SOL
The hallowed halls and hous-es, the haunting childrens' rhymes
RE SOL LA RE
That once was part of Dublin in the rare ould times
(chorus)
RE SOL RE SIm
Ring a ring a ro-sey, as the light de-clines
RE SOL LA RE
I re-member Dublin city in the rare ould times
Tempo change
RE SOL RE SOL
Well my name it is Sean Demp-sey, as Dublin as can be
RE SOL RE LA
Born hard and late in Pimli-co, in a house that ceased to be
(enter electric guitar)
RE SOL RE SOL
By trade I was a coo-per, lost out to redundan-cy
RE SOL LA RE
Like my house that fell to progress, my trade's a memo-ry
RE SOL RE SOL
And I courted Peggy Dig-nam, as pretty as you please
RE SOL RE LA
A rogue and child of Ma-ry, from the rebel Liberties
RE SOL RE SOL
I lost her to a student chap, with skin as black as coal
RE SOL LA RE
When he took her off to Birmingham, she took away my soul
(chorus)
RE SOL RE SOL
The years have made me bit-ter, the gargle dims me brain
RE SOL RE LA
Cause Dublin keeps on chang-ing, and nothing seems the same
RE SOL RE SOL
The Pillar and the Met have gone, the Royal long since pulled down
RE SOL LA RE
As the grey unyielding concrete, makes a city of my town
(chorus)
(interlude, the chords are the same as the chorus ans a verse)
RE SOL RE SOL
Fare thee well sweet Anna Li-ffey, I can no longer stay
RE SOL RE LA
And watch the new glass ca-ges, that spring up along the quay
RE SOL RE SOL
My mind's too full of memo-ries, too old to hear new chimes
(slow here)
RE SOL LA RE
I'm a part of what was Dublin, in the rare ould times
(chorus 2x)
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