dublin in the rare auld times (4/4)

Dubliners

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.    G                               C     G       Em              C
1:] Raised on songs and stor-ies,    heroes of renown 
.G                Bm          C               D                        D7
The passing tales and glories that once was Dublin Town
.G                          C           G      Em                       C
The hallowed halls and hou-ses, the haunting chil-drens rhymes 
.G                    Bm      C            D7           G
That once was Dublin City in the rare ould times 

Refrein
.G                  C      G          Em                C
Ring a ring a ros - ie,        as the light de-clines 
.     G             Bm      C           D7             G
I re-member Dublin City in the rare ould times 

.    G                         C          G           Em                 C
2:] My name it is Sean Demp-sey,      as Dublin as can be 
.        G           Bm     C               D                                D7
Born hard and late in Pimlico, in a house that ceased to be 
.    G                   C     G      Em                        C
By trade I was a coo- per, lost out to re-dun-dan-cy 
.     G                    Bm       C                D7                G
Like my house that fell to progress, my trade's a memory 

.        G                     C     G       Em                        C
And I courted Peggy Dig-nan,   as pretty as you’d please 
.  G               Bm       C                  D                   D7
A rogue and child of Mary, from the rebel Liber-ties 
. G                 C          G             Em                     C
I lost her to a student chap, with skin as black as coal 
.              G           Bm    C                  D7                  G
When he took her off to Birmingham, he took away my soul  Refrein:

.          G                              C      G      Em                   C
3:] The years have made me bit - ter, the gargle dims me brain 
.         G         Bm          C                   D                         D7
Cause Dublin keeps on changing, and nothing seems the same 
.       G               C               G         Em                                C
The Pillar and the Met have gone, the Royal long since pulled down 
.         G           Bm       C                        D7            G
As the grey un-yielding concrete, makes a city of my town  Refrein:

.                    G                      C      G       Em                   C
4:] Fare thee well sweet Anna Lif - fey,     I can no longer stay 
.      G         Bm                C               D                        D7
And watch the new glass cages, that spring up along the quay 
.       G               C               G         Em                                C
My mind's too full of memo-ries, too old to hear new chimes 
.    G         Bm          C              D7            G
I'm part of what was Dublin, in the rare ould times

Zo speel je dit nummer

Leer de akkoorden van dublin in the rare auld times van Dubliners op Gitaartabs. Dit folkklassieke nummer is perfect voor wie net begint met gitaarspelen en wil kennismaken met authentieke Ierse folk op de gitaar.

Het nummer ligt op beginner-niveau en vraagt slechts zes akkoorden: G, C, Em, Bm, D7 en D. Je zet capo 2 en speelt alleen met akkoorden — geen tabs nodig. Met deze rechttoe-rechtaan aanpak zit je snel in het ritme van deze folk-topper.

How to practise this song

1
Put your capo on fret 2
Clamp the capo on before you start — otherwise the shapes won't sound like the original.
2
Practise the barre chord Bm
Bm is a barre chord. Lay your index finger flat across all strings and press firmly; practise it on its own until every string rings clearly before you use it in the song.
Open
3
Practise the change: Bm ↔ A
Play each chord for 4 beats, then 2, then 1 — with the metronome at 60-70 bpm. Only push the tempo once the change is clean and on time.
Open
4
Great first song
Focus on clean chords — let every string ring. Speed comes by itself once the shapes are right.