Fields of Athenry[C] - The Dubliners
[INTRO - Last line of 1st verse]
[Dm] [G7] [C]
By the [C] lonely prison wall, I [F] heard a young girl [C] call-[G]-ing,
[C] Michael they have [F] taken you a-[G]-way,
For you [C] stole Trevelyn’s [F] corn,
so the [C] young might see the [G] morn,
Now a [Dm] prison ship lies [G7] waiting in the [C] bay.
|[C] Low [F] lie the [C] fields of Athen-[Am]-ry,
|Where [C] once we watched the small free birds [G] fly,
|Our [C] love was on the [F] wing,
|We had [C] dreams and songs to [G] sing,
|It's so [Dm] lonely round the [G7] fields of Athen-[C]-ry.
By the [C] lonely prison wall, I [F] heard a young man [C] call-[G]-ing,
[C] Nothing matters [F] Mary when you’re [G] free,
Against the [C] famine and the [F] Crown,
I re-[C]-belled, they cut me [G] down,
Now [Dm] you must raise our [G7] child with digni-[C]-ty.
|[C] Low [F] lie the [C] fields of Athen-[Am]-ry,
|Where [C] once we watched the small free birds [G] fly,
|Our [C] love was on the [F] wing,
|We had [C] dreams and songs to [G] sing,
|It's so [Dm] lonely round the [G7] fields of Athen-[C]-ry.
By the [C] lonely harbour wall, she [F] watched the last star [C] fall-[G]-ing,
As the [C] prison ship sailed [F] out against the [G] sky,
For she’ll [C] live in hope and [F] pray,
For her [C] love in Botany [G] Bay,
It's so [Dm] lonely round the [G7] fields of Athen-[C]-ry
|[C] Low [F] lie the [C] fields of Athen-[Am]-ry,
|Where [C] once we watched the small free birds [G] fly,
|Our [C] love was on the [F] wing,
|We had [C] dreams and songs to [G] sing,
|It's so [Dm] lonely round the [G7] fields of Athen-[C]-ry.
|[C] Low [F] lie the [C] fields of Athen-[Am]-ry,
|Where [C] once we watched the small free birds [G] fly,
|Our [C] love was on the [F] wing,
|We had [C] dreams and songs to [G] sing,
|It's so [Dm] lonely round the [G7] fields of Athen-[C]-ry.
[OUTRO - SLOWLY]
It's so [Dm] lonely round the [G7] fields of Athen-[C]-ry.
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