Capo on 1st fret
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 Trevellian?s corn
D A
So that our young might see the morn
D
Now the prison ship lies waiting in the bay
Chorus:
D G D Bm
Low lies the fields of Athenry
D Bm A
Where once we watched the small freebird fly
D G
Our love was on the wing
D A
We had dreams and songs to sing
A D
Now 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 rose up, they cut me down
D
Now you must raise our child with dignity
Chorus:
D G D Bm
Low lies the fields of Athenry
D Bm A
Where once we watched the small freebird fly
D G
Our love was on the wing
D A
We had dreams and songs to sing
A D
Now it?s so lonely ?round the fields of Athenry
D
By a lonely Prison wall
G D A
She watched the last star falling
D G A
As the prison ship sails out against the sky
D G
And all alone she?ll hope and pray
D A
For her love in Botany Bay
A D
It?s so lonely around the fields of Athenry
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