The Dubliners – The Fields Of Athenry (Guitar)

     D                     G                  D  A
By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling

D                  G          A
Michael, they have taken you away

        D                  G          D                    A
For you stole Trevelyan's corn so the young might see the morn'

      A                               D
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay

D   G       D              Bm
Low lie the fields of Athenry

      D                                    A
where once we watched the small free birds fly

    D               G
Our love was on the wing

       D                   A
We had dreams and songs to sing

        A                A7             D
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry

     D                     G                 D  A
By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young man calling

D                G                 A
Nothing matters, Mary, when you're free

            D              G          D                   A
Against the famine and the crown, I rebelled, they cut me down

    A                                  D
Now you must raise our child with dignity

D   G       D              Bm
Low lie the fields of Athenry

      D                                    A
where once we watched the small free birds fly

    D               G
Our love was on the wing

       D                   A
We had dreams and songs to sing

        A                A7             D
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry

     D                        G                     D  A
By a lonely harbour wall, she watched the last star falling

       D                  G               A
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky

          D                 G           D               A
For she'd live in hope and pray for her love in Botany Bay

        A                               D
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry

D   G       D              Bm
Low lie the fields of Athenry

      D                                    A
where once we watched the small free birds fly

    D               G
Our love was on the wing

       D                   A
We had dreams and songs to sing

        A                A7             D
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry

D   G       D              Bm
Low lie the fields of Athenry

      D                                    A
where once we watched the small free birds fly

    D               G
Our love was on the wing

       D                   A
We had dreams and songs to sing

        A                A7             D   G   D
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry