Choose a fingerpicking pattern that suits the tempo and your style of singing. JeffDan
[Intro]
C F C G
[Verse 1]
C F C G
By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl cal---ling
C F G
Michael they have taken you aw--ay
C F C G
For you stole Trevelyn’s corn so the young might see the morn
G C
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay
[Chorus]
C F C Am
Low lie the fields of Athen--ry
C Am G
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
C F
Our love was on the wing
C G
We had dreams and songs to sing
G C
It’s so lonely round the fields of Athen--ry
[Verse 2]
C F C G
By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young man cal—ling
C F G
Nothing matters Mary when you’re 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
[Chorus]
C F C Am
Low lie the fields of Athen--ry
C Am G
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
C F
Our love was on the wing
C G
We had dreams and songs to sing
G C
It’s so lonely round the fields of Athen--ry
[Verse 3]
C F C G
By a lonely harbour wall, she watched the last star fal—ing
C F G
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky
C F C G
For she’ll live in hope and pray for her love in Botany Bay
G C
It’s so lonely round the fields of Athenry
[Chorus]
C F C Am
Low lie the fields of Athen--ry
C Am G
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
C F
Our love was on the wing
C G
We had dreams and songs to sing
G C
It’s so lonely round the fields of Athen--ry
[Outro]
G C
It’s so lonely round the fields of Athenry
G C
***Slower*** It’s so lonely round the fields of Athenry ***Slower***