The Fields Of Athenry chords by The Dubliners

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:

G              C         G  D
By the lonely prison wall, i heard a young girl cal-ling
G         C     D
Micheal they have taken you away
G            C      G          D
For you stole trevelins corn so the young might see the morn
D                 G
A prison ship lies waiting in the bay


Chorus:

G  C  G       Em
Low Lie The fields of athenry
G                      D
where once we watched the small free birds fly
G          C
our love was on the wing
G             D
We had dreams and songs to sing
D             Dsus   G
It's so lonely round the fields of athenry


Verse 2:

G              C         G  D
By the lonely prison wall, i heard a young man cal-ling
G        C       D
Nothing matters mary when your free
G             C    G         D
against the famine and the crown, i fought they cut me down
D                 G
now you must raise our child with dignity


Chorus:

G  C  G       Em
Low Lie The fields of athenry
G                      D
where once we watched the small free birds fly
G          C
our love was on the wing
G             D
We had dreams and songs to sing
D             Dsus   G
It's so lonely round the fields of athenry


Verse 3:

G             C             G D
By the lonely harbor wall, she watched the last star fa-lling
G         C           D
as the prison ship sailed out against the sky
G             C  G        D
for she'd live in hope and pray for her love in botany bay
                    G
and it's so lonely round the fields of athenry


Chorus:

G  C  G       Em
Low Lie The fields of athenry
G                      D
where once we watched the small free birds fly
G        C
our love was on the wing
G             D
We had dreams and songs to sing
D            Dsus   G
and so lonely round the fields of athenry

G  C  G       Em
Low Lie The fields of athenry
G                      D
where once we watched the small free birds fly
G        C
our love was on the wing
G             D
We had dreams and songs to sing
D            Dsus   G
and so lonely round the fields of athenry