Dropkick Murphys - Fields of Athenry (by griesas) -- tone2@gmx.de

[Intro:]


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[Strophe1:] 

          D#5 (xx134x@1)                      
By a lonely prison wall, 

G#5 (133xxx@4)                D#5 (xx134x@1)B5I (x244xx@1)heard a young girl calling

 D#5 (xx134x@1)              G#5 (133xxx@4)      B5Michael, (x244xx@1)they have taken you away,

        D#5 (xx134x@1)              G#5For (133xxx@4)you stole Trevelyan?s corn,

       D#5 (xx134x@1)               B5So (x244xx@1)the young might see the morn.

                                      D#5Now (xx134x@1)a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.

[Refrain:]

D#5G#5      D#5 (xx134x@1)     C5 (x355xx@1)                
Low lie the fields of Athenry. 

D#5 (xx134x@1)                      C5 (x355xx@1)            B5Where (x244xx@1)once we watched the small free birds fly.

     D#5 (xx134x@1)           G#5 (133xxx@4)                
Our love was on the wing, 

D#5 (xx134x@1)                       B5we (x244xx@1)had dreams and songs to sing

                                     D#5It?s (xx134x@1)so lonely round the fields of Athenry

[Strohe 2:]


By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young man calling
Nothing matters, Mary, when you?re free!
Against the famine and the crown,
I rebelled, thy cut me down.
Now you must raise our child with dignity.

[Refrain:]

[Strohe 3:]

By a lonely harbor wall, she watched the last star falling.
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky
Sure she?ll wait and hope , for her love in Botany Bay
It?s so lonely round the fields of Athenry

[Refrain:]