Raglan Road chords
by Sinead O'ConnorSong Key: A Major
Key Signature: 3 sharps (F#, C#, G#)
Time Signature: 3/4 (♩)
Tempo: Played Freely
Vocal Range: A3 - A4
Guitar Tuning: E A D G B e
Skill Level: Intermediate
Chords: A, Asus4, C#m, D, E, Esus4, F#m
Play-Along Video & Chord Charts
Raglan Road
Song Key is highlighted - Transpose to any other key
A C#m A D
1. On Rag-lan Road, on an aut-umn day,
A Esus4 Asus4 A
I saw her first and knew | |
D A F#m
That her dark hair, would weave a snare,
C#m F#m Esus4 E
That I might one day rue | |
D C#m F#m
I saw the dan-ger, yet I walked,
C#m F#m Esus4 E
A-long the en-chant-ed way | |
A C#m A D
And I said Let grief, be a fal-len leaf
F#m Esus4 Asus4 A
at the dawn-ing of the day' | |
[Missing Verse:]
A C#m A D
2. On Graf-ton Street, in Nov - em - ber,
C#m Esus4 Asus4 A
We trip-ped light-ly a-long the ledge | |
D A F#m
Of a deep rav-ine, where can be seen,
C#m F#m Esus4 E
The worst of pas-sion's pledge | |
D C#m F#m
The Queen of Hearts, still mak-ing tarts,
C#m F#m Esus4 E
And I... not mak-ing hay | |
A C#m A D
Oh, I loved too much by such and such,
F#m Esus4 Asus4 A
Is hap-pi-ness thrown a-way | |
A C#m A
3. I gave her gifts of the mind,
D C#m Esus4 Asus4 A
I gave her the se-cret signs that's known | |
D A F#m
To the art-ists, who have known the true
C#m F#m Esus4 E
Gods of sound and stone | |
D C#m F#m
And word and tint, I did not stint,
C#m F#m Esus4 E
I gave her po-ems to say | |
A C#m A D
With her own name there, and her own dark hair,
F#m Esus4 Asus4 A
Like clouds o-ver fields of May | |
D A F#m C#m F#m Esus4 E
Instr: ||: | đť„Ž | | | | | | :||
A C#m A D F#m Esus4 Asus4 A
| | | | | | | | |
A C#m D
3. On a quiet street, where old ghosts meet,
A Esus4 Asus4 A
I see her walk-ing now. | |
D A F#m
A-way from me so hur-ried-ly,
C#m F#m Esus4 E
My rea-son must al-low | |
D C#m F#m
That I had loved, not as I should,
C#m F#m Esus4 E
A creat-ure made of clay | |
A C#m A
When the an-gel woos, the clay
D F#m Esus4 E A
He'd lose, his wings at the dawn of day...
Sinead O'Connor
Born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor on December 8, 1966 in Glenageary, County Dublin, Ireland
Died: July 26, 2023 (aged 56), Herne Hill, London, England
AKA: Magda Davitt Shuhada Sadaqat
Music Styles: Alternative rock, pop rock, folk rock
Profession: Singer, songwriter, musician, and former priest
Instruments: Voice, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion, low whistle
Active Years: 1986–2023
Raglan Road was written as a poem by Patrick Kavanagh. He presented the poem to Luke Kelly from The Dubliners who set it to the Traditional Irish Air - Le Fianne Gael An Lae, which translates to The Dawning of the Day.
