Tono: E
Introducción: A
A
D
D
D
G
D
A
By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling
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G
A
Michael, they have taken you away
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G
D
A
For you stole Trevelyan's corn so the young might see the morn'
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D
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay
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G
D
Bm
Low lie the fields of Athenry
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A
where once we watched the small free birds fly
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G
Our love was on the wing
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A
We had dreams and songs to sing
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A7
D
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry
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G
D
A
By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young man calling
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G
A
Nothing matters, Mary, when you're free
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G
D
A
Against the famine and the crown, I rebelled, they cut me down
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D
Now you must raise our child with dignity
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G
D
Bm
Low lie the fields of Athenry
D
A
where once we watched the small free birds fly
D
G
Our love was on the wing
D
A
We had dreams and songs to sing
A
A7
D
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry
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G
D
A
By a lonely harbour wall, she watched the last star falling
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G
A
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky
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G
D
A
For she'd live in hope and pray for her love in Botany Bay
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D
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry
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G
D
Bm
Low lie the fields of Athenry
D
A
where once we watched the small free birds fly
D
G
Our love was on the wing
D
A
We had dreams and songs to sing
A
A7
D
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry
D
G
D
Bm
Low lie the fields of Athenry
D
A
where once we watched the small free birds fly
D
G
Our love was on the wing
D
A
We had dreams and songs to sing
A
A7
D
G
D
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry