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{t: Fields of Athenry } {key: D} {artist:The Dubliners} Pete St John, The Dubliners : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtzEaWc36lw Capo on 2 to play along {c: } [D] By a lonely prison wall, I [G] heard a young girl [D] call-[A]ing, [D] Michael they have [G] taken you a-[A]way, For you [D] stole Trevelyn’s [G] corn, so the [D] young might see the [A] morn, Now a [Em] prison ship lies [A7] waiting in the [D] bay. {c: } [D] Low [G] lie the [D] fields of Athen-[Bm]ry, Where [D] once we watched the small free birds [A] fly, Our [D] love was on the [G] wing, We had [D] dreams and songs to [A] sing, It's so [Em] lonely round the [A7] fields of Athen-[D]ry. {c: } By a [D] lonely prison wall, I [G] heard a young man [D] call-[A]ing, [D] Nothing matters [G] Mary when you’re [A] free, Against the [D] famine and the [G] Crown, I re-[D]belled, they cut me [A] down, Now [Em] you must raise our [A7] child with digni-[D]ty. {c: } [D] Low [G] lie the [D] fields of Athen-[Bm]ry, Where [D] once we watched the small free birds [A] fly, Our [D] love was on the [G] wing, We had [D] dreams and songs to [A] sing, It's so [Em] lonely round the [A7] fields of Athen-[D]ry. {c: } By a [D] lonely harbour wall,she [G] watched the last star [D] fall-[A]ing, As the [D] prison ship sailed [G] out against the [A] sky, For she’ll [D] live in hope and [G] pray, for her [D] love in Botany [A] Bay, It's so [Em] lonely round the [A7] fields of Athen-[D]ry {c: } [D] Low [G] lie the [D] fields of Athen-[Bm]ry, Where [D] once we watched the small free birds [A] fly, Our [D] love was on the [G] wing, We had [D] dreams and songs to [A] sing, It's so [Em] lonely round the [A7] fields of Athen-[D]ry. It's so [Em] lonely round the [A7] fields of Athen-[D]ry.