{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1818956,"song":"Nelsons Farewell","artist":"The Dubliners","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11401549-nelsons-farewell-chords-by-the-dubliners/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1818956?type=chord","rating":0.06385,"votes":0,"content":"Nelson's Farewell -  The Dubliners\r\nComposer: Joe Dolan\r\n\r\nCommemorates the blowing up of Nelsons column in Dublin in 1966.\r\n\r\nFrom the album \"Finnegan Wakes\" released as the Dubliners first single.\r\n\r\nIntro - tin whistle plys part of The British Grenadiers:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n#1[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, poor old Admiral Nelson is no longer in the air.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nToora loora loora loora loo![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn the eighth day of March in Dublin City fair,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nToora loora loora loora loo![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nFrom his stand of stones and mortar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nHe fell crashing through the quarter,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere once he stood so stiff and proud and rude.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo let's sing our celebration,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] \r\nIt's a service to the nation.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo poor old Admiral Nelson, toora loo![/tab]\r\n\r\n#2:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, fifty pounds of geliganite it sped him on his way,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nToora loora loora loora loo![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the lad that laid the charge, we're in debt to him today.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nToora loora loora loora loo![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nIn Trafalgar Square it might be fair[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nTo leave old Nelson standing there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut no one tells the Irish what they'll view.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo the Dublin Corporation[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nCan stop deliberation[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A7[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor the boys of Ireland showed them what to do![/tab]\r\n\r\n#3:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor a hundred and fifty-seven years it stood up there in state[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nToora loora loora loora loo![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo mark old Nelson's victory o'er the French and Spanish fleet,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nToora loora loora loora loo![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nBut one-thirty in the morning,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWithout a bit of warning,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOld Nelson took a powder and he blew![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow at last the Irish nation[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHas Parnell in higher station[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThan poor old Admiral Nelson, toora loo![/tab]\r\n\r\n#4: \r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh the Russians and the Yanks, with lunar probes they play,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nToora loora loora loora loo![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I hear the French are trying hard to make up lost headway,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nToora loora loora loora loo![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nBut now the Irish join the race,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWe have an astronaut in space,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIreland, boys, is now a world power too![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo let's sing our celebration,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's a service to the nation.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo poor old Admiral Nelson, toora loo![/tab]\r\n\r\nOutro (tin whistle plays Rule Brittania):\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]","plain_text":"Nelson's Farewell -  The Dubliners\nComposer: Joe Dolan\n\nCommemorates the blowing up of Nelsons column in Dublin in 1966.\n\nFrom the album \"Finnegan Wakes\" released as the Dubliners first single.\n\nIntro - tin whistle plys part of The British Grenadiers:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#3:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#4: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOutro (tin whistle plays Rule Brittania):\n\nD  G D  G D Em D A D  Em  D   G  D   A  D","chords":["D","A","A7","G","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}