G                    Bm     C
On Raglan Road on an Autumn Day,
   Em     D         G
I saw her first and knew
C                        Bm      Em
That her dark hair would weave a snare
     G     Em      Am      D
That I may one day rue.
C                 Bm    Em
I saw the danger, yet I walked
G         Em        Am     D
Along the enchanted way
G                         Bm       C
And I said let grief be a falling leaf
       Em      D      G
At the dawning of the day.

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G                    Bm      C
On Grafton Street in November,
           Em      D         G
We tripped lightly along the ledge
C                      Bm     Em
Of a deep ravine where can be seen
G            Em       Am         D
The worst of passions pledged.
C                         Bm     Em
The Queen of Hearts still baking tarts
G         Em     Am      D
And I not making hay,
G                      Bm          C
Well I loved too much; by such and such
Em           D      G
Is happiness thrown away.

[Verse]
G                Bm     C
I gave her gifts of the mind
Em             D      G
I gave her the secret signs
C                           Bm       Em
That's known to the artists who have known
G                Em         Am       D
The true gods of sound and stone
    C             Bm      Em
And word and tint did not stint
G          Em       Am      D
I gave her poems to say
G                           Bm           C
With her own name there and her own dark hair
     Em           D       G
Like clouds over fields of May

[Verse]
G                       Bm         C
On a quiet street where old ghosts meet
  Em      D       G
I see her walking now
C               Bm    Em
Away from me so hurriedly
G         Em   Am      D
My reason must allow
C                Bm       Em
That had I loved not as I should
G          Em      Am         D
A creature made of clay
G                   Bm
When the angel woos the clay
     C        Em           D       G
He'd lose his wings at the dawn of day