Band: Dropkick Murphys
Song: Fields of Athenry
Album: Blackout
Tabber: clark@theoddmenout.com

*= mute chord

Intro:                         Riff 1
e------------------------------------|----------------------------|
B------------------------------------|----------------------------|
G--------------------------------8~--|------10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
D--------------------------------8~--|--8~---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
A--8-8-8-8--10--8-11-11-11-10-8--6~--|--8~------------------------|
E--6-6-6-6---6--6--6--6--6--6-6------|--6~------------------------|

Verse 1: (light pm, listen for rythym)
     Eb*                   G#*               Eb*  Bb*
By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling
Eb*               G#*        Bb*
Michael they have taken you away
        Eb*              G#*          Eb*                 Bb*
For you stole Trevelyn's corn, so the young might see the morn
      Bb*                             Eb
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay

Chorus:
Eb  G#      Eb             Cm
Low lie the Fields of Athenry
      Eb                  G#               Bb
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
    Eb              G#          Eb                  Bb
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
        Bb                               Eb
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry

Bagpipe Fill:
  (Bb)                      (Eb)
e--13--15-16-15-13--13-13-10-11--|
B--------------------------------|
G--------------------------------|
D--------------------------------|
A--------------------------------|
E--------------------------------|

Verse 2:
     Eb*                   G#*               Eb* Bb*
By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young man calling
Eb*              G#*              Bb*
Nothing matters, Mary when you're free
        Eb*            G#*        Eb*                Bb*
Against famine and the Crown, I rebelled they ran me down
    Bb*                                Eb
Now you must raise our child with dignity

Chorus x1

Solo:
  (Eb)      (G#)   (Eb)         (Cm) (Eb)     (G#)  (Bb)
e---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--3-3--3-5--3-1-0--0-0-0--0------0---0-0------1--0-------------------|
D----------------------------1--3----------1-3-------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
  (Eb)      (G#)   (Eb)    (Bb)                    (Eb)
e-------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------|
G--3--3-3-0--3-1-0--1--1-1-0----------------------------| then Riff 1
D----------------------------3---3-3--5-3-6-6-6-5-3-1~--|
A-------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------|

Outro Verse:
     Eb                      G#                    Eb  Bb
By a lonely harbor wall, she watched the last star falling
        Eb                 G#              Bb
As that prison ship sailed out against the sky
            Eb                G#            Eb             Bb
Sure she'll wait and hope and pray, for her love in Botany Bay
        Bb                               Eb
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry

Bagpipe Solo:
e--18---18--15-----------------15-------------------15-18-----|
B--------------16--16-16-18-16-----18-16--16-16-18--------18--|
G-------------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------|
  (Eb*)            (G#*)     (Eb*)            (Eb*)
e--18-18--18-18-15--16--18-16-15--15-----------15--|
B------------------------------------16-18--16-----|
G--------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------|

        Bb                                Eb
It's so lonely, 'round the Fields of Athenry

Chorus x1

Bagpipe Fill

End on Eb

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