DG
On Raglan Road on an autumn day,
DAG
I saw her first and knew
GD
That her dark hair would weave a snare,
GBmA
that I might one day rue
GD
I saw the danger and I passed,
GBmA
along the enchanted way,
DG
and I said: 'Let grief, be a fallen leaf
DAG
at the dawning of the day'
[Verse 2]
DG
On Grafton Street in November,
DAG
we tripped lightly along the ledge
GD
Of a deep ravine, where can be seen,
GBmA
the worth of passion's pledge
GD
The Queen of Hearts, still making tarts,
GBmA
and I not making hay
DG
Oh, I loved too much and by such, by such,
DAG
is happiness thrown away
[Verse 3]
DG
I gave her gifts of the mind,
DAG
I gave her the secret signs
GD
That's known to the artists who have known,
GBmA
the true gods of sound and stone
GD
And word and tint, without stint,
GBmA
I gave her poems to say
DG
With her own name there, and her own dark hair,
DAG
like clouds over fields of May
[Verse 4]
DG
On a quiet street, where old ghosts meet,
DAG
I see her walking now
GD
Away from me so hurriedly,
GBmA
my reason must allow
GD
That I had loved, not as I should,
GBmA
a creature made of clay
DG
When the angel woos the clay, he'd lose,
DAG
his wings at the dawn of day