Chords for The Fields Of Athenry
Tempo:
131 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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This next song, it tells the story of a young man who was sent to prison for stealing some corn
was to feed his starving family.
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[C] [F] By a lonely prison wall I heard a young girl [C] calling
[F] Michael they have taken you away
for you stole Trevelyan's corn so the young might see them all
was to feed his starving family.
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[C] [F] By a lonely prison wall I heard a young girl [C] calling
[F] Michael they have taken you away
for you stole Trevelyan's corn so the young might see them all
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This next song, it tells the story of a young man who was sent to prison for stealing some corn
and all he wanted to do was to feed his starving family. _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ [F] By a lonely prison wall I heard a young girl _ _ _ [C] calling _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ Michael they have taken you away _
_ for _ you stole Trevelyan's corn _ so the young might see them all
_ as the prison ship lies waiting _ in the bay _
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[F] _ 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
it's so lonely round the fields of Athenry _ _
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_ [C] _ _ By [F] a lonely prison wall _ [Bb] I heard a young man _ _ _ [G] calling _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] Michael they have taken you away for you stole Trevelyan's corn
Nothing matters [C] Mary _ when you're free _
_ _ _ _ [F] Against the famine and [Bb] the crown I [F] rebelled they [C] called me down
_ [Gm] Now you must raise [C] our child with [F] dignity _
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ Long _ [Bb] _ _ _ [N] lie the fields of Athenry _
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and all he wanted to do was to feed his starving family. _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ [F] By a lonely prison wall I heard a young girl _ _ _ [C] calling _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ Michael they have taken you away _
_ for _ you stole Trevelyan's corn _ so the young might see them all
_ as the prison ship lies waiting _ in the bay _
_ _ _ _ _ Long _
[F] _ 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
it's so lonely round the fields of Athenry _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ By [F] a lonely prison wall _ [Bb] I heard a young man _ _ _ [G] calling _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] Michael they have taken you away for you stole Trevelyan's corn
Nothing matters [C] Mary _ when you're free _
_ _ _ _ [F] Against the famine and [Bb] the crown I [F] rebelled they [C] called me down
_ [Gm] Now you must raise [C] our child with [F] dignity _
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ Long _ [Bb] _ _ _ [N] lie the fields of Athenry _
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