Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

strum a D chord for two bars

Raised on songs and stor-ies, heroes of renown

 Ah, the passing tales and glor-ies that once was Dublin town

 The hallowed halls and hous-es, the haunting childrens' rhymes

 That once was part of Dublin in the rare ould times

(chorus)

Ring a ring a ro-sey, as the light de-clines

 I re-member Dublin city in the rare ould times

Tempo change

 Well my name it is Sean Demp-sey, as Dublin as can be

 Born hard and late in Pimli-co, in a house that ceased to be

(enter electric guitar)

 By trade I was a coo-per, lost out to redundan-cy

 Like my house that fell to progress, my trade's a memo-ry

 And I courted Peggy Dig-nam, as pretty as you please

 A rogue and child of Ma-ry, from the rebel Liberties

 I lost her to a student chap, with skin as black as coal

 When he took her off to Birmingham, she took away my soul

(chorus)

 The years have made me bit-ter, the gargle dims me brain

 Cause Dublin keeps on chang-ing, and nothing seems the same

 The Pillar and the Met have gone, the Royal long since pulled down

 As the grey unyielding concrete, makes a city of my town

(chorus)

(interlude, the chords are the same as the chorus ans a verse)

 Fare thee well sweet Anna Li-ffey, I can no longer stay

 And watch the new glass ca-ges, that spring up along the quay

 My mind's too full of memo-ries, too old to hear new chimes

(slow here)

 I'm a part of what was Dublin, in the rare ould times

(chorus 2x)

and thats that. it should be all correct, but if you find any problems email me.