Verse 1:
G C G D
By the lonely prison wall, i heard a young girl cal-ling
G C D
Micheal they have taken you away
G C G D
For you stole trevelins corn so the young might see the morn
D G
А prison ship lies waiting in the bay
Chorus:
G C G Em
Low Lie The fields of athenry
G D
where once we watched the small free birds fly
G C
our love was the wing
G D
We had dreams and songs to sing
D Dsus G
and so lonely round the fields of athenry
Verse 2:
G C G D
By the lonely prison wall, i heard a young man cal-ling
G C D
Nothing matters mary when your free
G C G D
against the famine and the crown, i fought they cut me down
D G
now you must raise our child with dignity
Chorus:
G C G Em
Low Lie The fields of athenry
G D
where once we watched the small free birds fly
G C
our love was the wing
G D
We had dreams and songs to sing
D Dsus G
and so lonely round the fields of athenry
Verse 3:
G C G D
By the lonely harbor wall, she watched the last star fa-ll
G C D
as the prison ship sailed out against the sky
G C G D
for she lived to hope and pray for her love in botany bay
G
and it’s so lonely round the fields of athenry
G C G D
By the lonely prison wall, i heard a young girl cal-ling
G C D
Micheal they have taken you away
G C G D
For you stole trevelins corn so the young might see the morn
D G
А prison ship lies waiting in the bay
Chorus:
G C G Em
Low Lie The fields of athenry
G D
where once we watched the small free birds fly
G C
our love was the wing
G D
We had dreams and songs to sing
D Dsus G
and so lonely round the fields of athenry
Verse 2:
G C G D
By the lonely prison wall, i heard a young man cal-ling
G C D
Nothing matters mary when your free
G C G D
against the famine and the crown, i fought they cut me down
D G
now you must raise our child with dignity
Chorus:
G C G Em
Low Lie The fields of athenry
G D
where once we watched the small free birds fly
G C
our love was the wing
G D
We had dreams and songs to sing
D Dsus G
and so lonely round the fields of athenry
Verse 3:
G C G D
By the lonely harbor wall, she watched the last star fa-ll
G C D
as the prison ship sailed out against the sky
G C G D
for she lived to hope and pray for her love in botany bay
G
and it’s so lonely round the fields of athenry
Chorus:
G C G Em
Low Lie The fields of athenry
G D
where once we watched the small free birds fly
G C
our love was the wing
G D
We had dreams and songs to sing
D Dsus G
and so lonely round the fields of athenry
G C G Em
Low Lie The fields of athenry
G D
where once we watched the small free birds fly
G C
our love was the wing
G D
We had dreams and songs to sing
D Dsus G
and so lonely round the fields of athenry
