Fields Of Athenry

      G                     C     
By a lonely prison wall I heard a 
             G  D
young girl cal-ling
 G                C          D
Michael they are taken you away
         G                C       
For you stole trevelyans corn so 
    G                   D
the young might see the morn
      D                          
Now a prison ship lies waiting in 
     G
the bay


[Chorus]

G   C        G            Em   
Low lie the fields of athenry 
       G                           
where once we watched the small 
         D
free birds fly
     G               C        
Our love was on the wing we had 
    G                    D
dreams and songs to sing
D                                 
Its so lonely round the fields of 
    G
athenry


[Verse 2]

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       G                   C      
By a lonely prison wall I heard a 
           G   D
young man cal-ling
 G               C             
Nothing matters Mary when you're 
   D
free
             G              C     
Against the famine and the crown I
   G                     D
 rebelled they cut me down
    D                          
Now you must raise a child with 
     G
dignity


[Chorus]

G   C       G         Em        
Low lie the fields of athenry 
   G                               
where once we watched the small 
       D
free birds fly
G                   C        
Our love was on the wing we had 
    G                    D
dreams and songs to sing
D                                 
Its so lonely round the fields of 
    G
athenry


[Verse 3]

      G                       C   
By a lonely harbour wall she 
                   G   D
watched the last star fal-ling
         G                 C
As the prison ship sailed out 
              D
against the sky
             G                 C  
Sure she'll wait and hope and pray
         G               D
 for her love in Botany bay
         D                         
It's so lonely round the fields of 
     G
athenry


[Chorus]

G   C       G         Em        
Low lie the fields of athenry 
   G                               
where once we watched the small 
       D
free birds fly
G                   C        
Our love was on the wing we had 
    G                    D
dreams and songs to sing
D                                 
Its so lonely round the fields of 
    G
athenry