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