Tuning: E A D G B E

[Verse 1]

I was^G walking down by Island Bridge just doing as ^DI please ^DThis April day the sun was warm There was but a gentle^G breeze I wandered up the old stone^G7 steps into the Phoenix^C Park To watch the children laugh and^D play In the hours before the^G dark.

I strolled up the monument and lay down on the ground Then people started crying when they heard the battle sound I don't know what came over me for a moment I could hear The echo of a soldier's voice kept calling in my ear Met me at the Pillar son, met me there at noon I need you brave young Irishmen, there is something we must do. [Chorus]

Meet^G me at the ^CPillar son, Please meet me there at ^Gnoon, I need you brave young^D Irishmen, there's something we^G must do, please meet me at the ^Cpillar son , for it still is not too ^Glate It's time to sing a^D freedom song Come soon I cannot^G wait

[Verse 2] I turned around to see this man but nobody was there In the distance I could hear the Drums Yet it's stillness fill the air I closed my eyes and in my dreams a soldier I could see He said his name was Padraig Pearse and he kept on calling me. [Chorus]

[Verse 3] That awful night I lay awake and many times I cried I could not answer his command no matter how I tried There in the dark I did my best to say a silent prayer That when they take him to his fate He'll know how much I care. [Chorus]

Jim McCann - Meet me at the pillar