Fields Of Athenry
Christy MooreVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young girl calling
"Michael , they are taking you away"
For you stole Treveleyns corn
So the young might see the morn
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay
Low, lie the fields of athenry,
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing
We had dreams and songs to sing
Its so lonely round the Fields of Athenry
By a lonely prison wall,
I heard a young man calling,
Nothing Matters Mary when your free
Against the Famine and the Crown
I rebelled, they ran me down,
Mow you must raise our child with dignity
By a lonely harbour wall
She watched the last star falling
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky.
Sure shell wait and hope and pray,
For her love in Botany Bay.
Its so lonely round the Fields of Athenry
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Readable chord sheet for Fields Of Athenry by Christy Moore
[G]By a lonely prison wall [C]I heard a young girl[G] ca[D]lling [G]"Michael , they are [C]taking you [D]away" For you s[G]tole Treveleyns [C]corn So the y[G]oung might see the [D]morn Now a prison ship lies waiting in the[G] bay [G]Low, l[C]ie the [G]fields of[G] a[F#]then[Em]ry, [G]Where once we watched the small free birds [D]fly [G]Our love was on the [C]wing We had d[G]reams and songs to [D]sing Its so lonely round the Fields of [G]Athenry By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young man calling, Nothing Matters Mary when your free Against the Famine and the Crown I rebelled, they ran me down, Mow you must raise our child with dignity By a lonely harbour wall She watched the last star falling As the prison ship sailed out against the sky. Sure shell wait and hope and pray, For her love in Botany Bay. Its so lonely round the Fields of Athenry