Fields Of Athenry Chords & Tabs
Capo on 1st fret
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D
By a lonely prison wall
G D A
I heard a young girl calling
D G A
Michael they have taken you away
D G
For you stole Trevelyn's corn
D A
So the young might see the morn
D
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.
D G D Bm
Low lie the Fields of Athenry
D A
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
D G
Our love was on the wing
D A
We had dreams and songs to sing
D (A D)
It's so lonely round the Fields of Athenry
D
By a lonely prison wall
G D A
I heard a young man calling
D G A
Nothing matters Mary when you're free
D G
Against the Famine and the Crown
D A
I rebelled they cut me down
D
Now you must raise our child with dignity.
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D G D Bm
Low lie the Fields of Athenry
D A
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
D G
Our love was on the wing
D A
We had dreams and songs to sing
D
It's so lonely round the Fields of Athenry
(D G D Bm D A D G D A D A D)
D
By a lonely harbor wall
G D A
She watched the last star falling
D G A
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky
D G
Sure she'll wait and hope and pray
D A
For her love at Botany bay
D
It's so lonely round the Fields of Athenry
(D G D G D A D G D A)
D
It's so lonely rount the Fields of Atherny
D G D Bm
Low lie the Fields of Athenry
D A
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
D G
Our love was on the wing
D A
We had dreams and songs to sing
D (A D)
It's so lonely round the Fields of Athenry