The Fields of Athenry Chords by Paddy Reilly

[Start]

[Verse]
B7 E                        
■  ■ By a lonely prison wall
  A                  E       B7
I heard a young girl calling ■ 
E                 A         B    B7
Michael they have taken you away ■ 
        E                 A   
For you stole Trevelyan's corn
       E                   B7  
So the young might see the morn
                                      E  
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay


[Chorus]
A           E         C#m    
Low lie the fields of Athenry
E                         C#m              B  
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
E                   A           E                   B    B7 B
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing ■  ■
        B7                          E      
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry


[Verse]
     E                 
By a lonely prison wall
  A                 E       B B7 B
I heard a young man calling ■ ■  ■
E               A                B7   B B7
Nothing matters Mary when you're free ■ ■ 
            E              A    
Against the famine and the crown
  E                    B7  
I rebelled they cut me down
                                  E      
Now you must raise our child with dignity


[Chorus]
    A       E         C#m    
Low lie the fields of Athenry
E                         C#m              B   B7
Where once we watched the small free birds fly ■ 
E                   A           E                   B   
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
        B7                          E      
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry


[Inst]
A E C#m E C#m B E A
■ ■ ■   ■ ■   ■ ■ ■


[Intro]
E B E
■ ■ ■


[Verse]
     E                  
By a lonely harbour wall
A                         E       B7
She watched the last star falling ■ 
        E                  A               B7 
As that prison ship sailed out against the sky
        E                 A   
For she lived in hope and pray
        E              B7 
For her love in Botany Bay
                                    E      
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry


[Chorus]
A           E         C#m    
Low lie the fields of Athenry
E                         C#m              B  
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
E                   A           E                   B   
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
                          B7        E      
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry


[Outro]
B B7 A E
■ ■  ■ ■


[End]