Chords for Dublin City Ramblers - Meet Me At The Pillar

[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[B] Well, some people would say [Em] that it's easy to write a masterpiece in a [D] city so deeply steeped in history that [Bm] almost every other building is a landmark.
[Em] _ Until [A] 1966, Nelson's Pillar used to [D] stand on the very spot on [Em] O'Connell Street where today you'll find the [Bm] Anolivia Pluribella, or as Dubliners [G] affectionately call her, the Floozy [D] in the Jacuzzi.
[Bm] Admiral Horatio [G] Nelson overlooked Dublin from his pillar, [Bm] until one night [D] some carefully placed high explosives brought him down to earth [Bm] with a bang.
Some people said it was because Nelson's Pillar was a symbol of former [Gbm] British rule.
Dublin wits just said that it marked Ireland's [Bm] entry into the space race.
[F] But most of us remember the [Bb] old Admiral with affection.
Sure aren't we still singing about him?
I was walking down by Island Bridge, _ _ just doing as [F] I please. _ _ _
[Cm] This April day the [F] sun was [Eb] [F] warm, there was but [Bb] a gentle breeze.
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I wandered up [Bb] the old stone steps _ into the Phoenix [Eb] _ [Gm] Park _ [Cm] _
[Eb] to watch the children [F] laugh [Eb] and play [F] in the hours before [Bb] the dark. _ _ _
[F] I [Bb] strolled up by the _ monuments _ and lay down [F] on the ground. _ _ _
[Cm] Then people [F] started [Eb] crying _ [F] when they heard a battle [Bb] sound.
_ _ _ [F]
I don't [Bb] know what came over me for a moment [Eb] I could [Gm] hear _ [Cm] the [Eb] echo [F] of a [Eb] soldier's voice [F] _
kept calling [Bb] in my ear. _ _ _
Meet me [Eb] at the Pillar son, _ _ meet me [Bb] there at noon. _ _ _
I need you [F] brave young _ Irishmen, _ there's something [Bb] we must do. _ _ _
Meet me [Eb] at the Pillar son, _ it still is [Bb] not too late. _ _ _
It's time to [F] sing a freedom song, come soon I [Bb] cannot wait.
I _
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turned around to see this man but nobody [F] was there. _ _
In the [Eb] distance [F] I could [Cm] hear the [F] drums yet a stillness [Bb] filled the air.
I _ closed my eyes and in my dream a soldier [Eb] I could [Gm] see.
_ [Cm] _
[Bb] He said his [F] name was [Cm] Father Pierce [F] and he kept on [Bb] calling me.
That [F] _ _
awful [Bb] night I lay awake _ and many times I [F] cried. _ _ _
I [Cm] could not [F] answer [Eb] his command [F] _
no matter [Bb] how I _ tried.
[F] _
There in the [Bb] dark I did my best to say a [Eb] silent [Gm] prayer.
_ [Cm] _
That when they [F] take him to [Cm] his [F] fate he'll know how [Bb] much I care. _ _ _
[D] Meet me [Eb] at the Pillar son, _ meet me there [Bb] at noon. _ _ _
I need you brave [F] young _ Irishmen, _ there's something we [Bb] must do. _ _ _
Meet me at [Eb] the Pillar son, _ _ it still is not [Bb] too late. _ _ _
It's time to sing [F] a freedom song, [Eb] _
[F] come soon I cannot [Bb] wait. _ _ _ _ _
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