The Fields Of Athenry

	  		Verse 

     C 
By a lonely prison wall 
  F                  C   G 
I heard a young girl calling 
 C                  F          G     G7 
"Michael, they have taken you away 
        C                F 
For you stole Trevelyn's corn 
       C                   G 
So the young might see the morn 
     Dm7              G              C   F  C  F 
As a prison ship lies waiting in the bay" 

 
C   F       C              Am 
Low lie the fields of Athenry 
      C                   F                G    G7 
Where once we watched the small free birds fly 
    C               F 
Our love was on the wing 
       C                   G 
We had dreams and songs to sing 
        Dm7               G              C   F  Am C F 
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry 


Verse 
     C 
By a lonely prison wall 
  F                 C   G 
I heard a young man calling 
 C                F                 G     G7 
"Nothing matters, Mary, when you're free 
            C              F 
Against the famine and the Crown 
    C                   G 
I rebelled, they cut me down 
    Dm7                G               C   F  C  F 
Now you must raise our child with dignity" 

 
C   F       C              Am 
Low lie the fields of Athenry 
      C                   F                G    G7 
Where once we watched the small free birds fly 
    C               F 
Our love was on the wing 
       C                   G 
We had dreams and songs to sing 
        Dm7               G              C    F 
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry 


Verse 
     C 
By a lonely harbour wall 
    F                     C   G 
She watched the last star falling 
       C                  F               G    G7 
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky 
        C                 F 
For she lives to hope and pray 
        C              G 
For her love in Botany Bay 
        Dm7               G              C   F  C 
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry 

 
C   F       C              Am 
Low lie the fields of Athenry 
      C                   F                G    G7 
Where once we watched the small free birds fly 
    C               F 
Our love was on the wing 
       C                   G 
We had dreams and songs to sing 
        Dm7               G              C 
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry 

    F       C              Am 
Low lie the fields of Athenry 
      C                   F                G    G7 
Where once we watched the small free birds fly 
    C               F 
Our love was on the wing 
       C                   G 
We had dreams and songs to sing 
        Dm7               G              C 
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry 
        Dm7               G              C 
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry