Raglan Road chords by Loreena Mckennitt

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

PLUCKING STRINGS


Verse 1:
  G         D   Esus2 G   D     G
On raglan road on an autumn day i saw him first and knew
   Cadd9        G    Esus2   G    Esus2  D
That his dark hair would weave a snare that i might one day rue
 Cadd9       G   Esus2 G     Esus2   D
I saw the danger and yet i walked along the enchanted way
   G          D    Esus2   G  D     G
And i said "let grief be a falling leaf at the dawning of the day"

Verse 2:
           D  Esus2     G    D     G
On grafton street in november we tripped lightly along the ledge
  Cadd9       G   Esus2  G    Esus2  D
Of a deep ravine where can be seen the worth of passions play
  Cadd9         G   Esus2   G   Esus2 D
The queen of hearts still making tarts and i not making hay
   G         D    Esus2  G  D      G
But i loved too much by such and such is happiness thrown away

Verse 3:
           D   Esus2 G    D     G
I gave him the gifts of the mind i gave him the secret sign
    Cadd9      G Esus2     G         Esus2   D
That's known to all the artists who have known true gods of sound and time
   Cadd9      G     Esus2  G       Esus2    D
With word and tint i never did stint i gave him reams of poems to say
   G             D      Esus2     G      D     G
With his own name there and his shiny black hair like the clouds over fields of may

Verse 4:
            D     Esus2 G    D    G
On a quiet street where old ghosts meet i see him walking now
Cadd9     G  Esus4  G   Esus2 D
Away from me so hurriedly my reason must allow
  Cadd9       G  Esus2  G  Esus2    D
That i had wooed not as i should a creature made of clay
     G       D     Esus2  G      D      G
When the angel woos the clay he'll lose his wings at the dawn of the day