Dropkick Murphys – Fields Of Athenry (Ukulele)
Capo 1
Key
-
Versions
(4)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Verse]
C By a lonely prison wall F C G I heard a young girl calling C F G Michael, they have taken you away C F For you stole Trevelyn's corn C G So the young might see the morn
G C
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay
[Chorus]
C F C Am Low lie the fields of Athenry C Am G Where once we watched the small free birds fly C F C G Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing G C It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry
G G C C
[Verse]
C By a lonely prison wall F C G I heard a young man calling C F G Nothing matters, Mary when you're free C F Against the famine and the Crown C G I rebelled, they cut me down G C Now you must raise our child with dignity
[Chorus]
C F C Am Low lie the fields of Athenry C Am G Where once we watched the small free birds fly C F C G Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing G C It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry
G G C C
[Bagpipe Solo]
Chorus progression
[Verse]
C By a lonely harbor wall F C G She watched the last star falling C F G As that prison ship sailed out against the sky C F Sure she'll wait and hope and pray C G For her love in Botany Bay G C It's so lonely ‘round the fields of Athenry
[Pipe Interlude]
Tacet four measures
C F C G
G C It's so lonely ‘round the fields of Athenry
[Chorus]
C F C Am Low lie the fields of Athenry C Am G Where once we watched the small free birds fly C F C G Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing G C It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry
G G F C