The Fields Of Athenry Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

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Verse

(Guitar 1 Tacet)

DBy a lonely prison wall

GI heard a young girl calling D A

DMichael, they have taken yoGu away A

DFor you stole TreveGlyn's corn

So the younDg might see the morn A

A D

Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay

(Guitar 1 enters on D chord, both guitars grad. lift PM)

DLow liGe the fiDelds of AtheBmnry

DWhere once we watched the small free birBmds fly A

DOur love was on the wing we hGad dreams and sonDgs to sing A

AIt's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry D

A A D D

Verse

Gtr. 1 Tacet)

DBy a lonely prison wall

I heGard a young man calling D A

DNothing matters, Mary wGhen you're free A

DAgainst the famine and the Crown G

DI rebelled, they cut me down A

ANow you must raise our child with dignity D

(Guitar 1 enters on D chord, both guitars grad. lift PM)

DLow liGe the fiDelds of AtheBmnry

DWhere once we watched the small free birBmds fly A

DOur love was on the wing we hGad dreams and sonDgs to sing A

AIt's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry D

A A D D

Bagpipe solo

Chorus Progression (Both gtrs)

DBy a lonely harbor wall

She watcGhed the last star falling D A

DAs that prison ship sailed out againGst the sky A

DSure she'll wait and hope and pray G

DFor her love in BotanAy Bay

AIt's so lonely ‘round the fields of Athenry D

Pipe Interlude: Tacet Four meas.

Gtr. 2 D G D A

AIt's so lonely ‘round the fields of Athenry D

DLow liGe the fiDelds of AtheBmnry

DWhere once we watched the small free birBmds fly A

DOur love was on the wing we hGad dreams and sonDgs to sing A

AIt's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry D

A A G D