Fields Of Athenry

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Fields of Athenry (Listen to midi)

 

             G                              C                          G  D 

1. By a lonely prison wall I heard a young girl ca..llin',

        G                         C                  D 

    “Michael they have taken you away !

                    G                      C                  G                               D 

    For you stole Trevelyn's corn, so the young might see the morn,

                                         D7                 G     - C- G 

    now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.”

 

  G    C        G                  Em 

Low lie the fields of Athenry,

            G                                  Em                D 

where once we watched the small free bird fly,

       G                        C                      G                             D 

our love was on the wing, we had dreams and songs to sing,

                                      D7                 G    - C- G 

it's so lonely round the fields of Athenry.

 

             G                              C                           G    D 

2. By a lonely prison wall I heard a young man ca…lling,

       G                         C                            D 

    “Nothing matters, Mary, when you're free.

                        G                         C                                G         D 

    Against the famine and the Crown, I rebelled, they cut me down,

                                            D7                 G      - C- G 

    now you must raise our child with dignity.”

 

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             G                                     C                              G    D 

3. By a lonely harbour wall she watched the last star fa…lling,

                   G                         C                     D 

    as that prison ship sailed out against the sky.

                    G                          C              G                       D 

    For she'll live in hope and pray for her love in Botany Bay,

                                         D7                  G   - C- G 

    it's so lonely round the fields of Athenry.

 

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(capo 2nd)              (The Dubliners)

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