FIELDS OF ATHENRY
      
CAPO 1 


   D 
By a lonely prison wall
   G                  D    A
I heard a young girl calling
 D                 G         A
Michael they have taken you away
          D                 G
For you stole Trevellian’s corn
             D                   A
So that our young might see the morn
                                         D
Now the prison ship lies waiting in the bay


CHORUS:
 D   G        D           Bm
Low lies the fields of Athenry
       D                   Bm             A
Where once we watched the small freebird fly
     D               G
Our love was on the wing
        D                   A
We had dreams and songs to sing
               A                           D
Now it’s so lonely ‘round the fields of Athenry

      D
By a lonely prison wall
    G               D    A
I heard a young man calling
    D            G        A 
Nothing matters Mary when you’re free
 D           G          
Against the famine and the crown
D           A
I rose up, they cut me down
                                      D
Now you must raise our child with dignity



CHORUS:
 D   G        D           Bm
Low lies the fields of Athenry
       D                   Bm             A
Where once we watched the small freebird fly
     D               G
Our love was on the wing
        D                   A
We had dreams and songs to sing
               A                           D
Now it’s so lonely ‘round the fields of Athenry


     D
By a lonely Prison wall 
    G                      D    A
She watched the last star falling
  D                G                 A
As the prison ship sails out against the sky
     D                         G
And all alone she’ll hope and pray
         D              A
For her love in Botany Bay
          A                          D
It’s so lonely around the fields of Athenry