The Fields of Athenry - The Dubliners | Festival Folk (1985) Chords
Tempo:
90.45 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
C#m
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E]
By a lonely prison wall I [A] heard a young [E] girl call
[B]
[C#m] Michael, they [A] have taken you [B] [F#m] away For [E] you stole [A] Trevelyan's corn
So [E] the young might see the [B] morn Our prison ship lies waiting in [E] the bay
Lord, [A] [E] it feels [C#m] a thousand miles Where [E] once we [C#m] watched the small free birds [B] fly
Our [E] love was [A] on the way [E] We had dreams and songs [F#] to sing
[B]
But so lonely round the fields [E] of [F#] Athenry
[E] By a lonely prison wall [A] I heard a young [E] man [B] calling
[E] Nothing matters, [A]
Mary, when you're free
[E] Against the famine [A] and the crowd I [E] rebelled, they cut me down
Now you must raise [G#m] our child with [E] dignity
Lord,
[A] [E] it feels a [C#m] thousand miles [E] Where once we watched [C#m] the small free [B] birds fly
[E] Our love was [A] on the way [E] We had dreams and songs to [B] sing
But so lonely round the fields of [E]
Athenry
[A]
[C#m]
[E] [C#m] [B]
[E]
[A] [E]
[B]
[E]
By a lonely harbor wall She [A] watched the last [E] star [B] falling
As [E] the prison ship [A] sailed out against [B] the sky
[B] For [E] she lived in hope [A] and prayed [E] For her love in [B] Bodney Bay
But so lonely round the fields of [E] Athenry
Lord, [A]
[E] it feels [C#m] a thousand miles [E] Where once we watched [C#m] the small free [B] birds fly
[E] Our love was on [A] the way [E] We had dreams and [B] songs to sing
But so lonely round the fields of [E] Athenry
One more time for the road, raise it up.
Here we go.
Lord, [A]
[E] it feels [C#m] a thousand miles [E] Where once [C#m] we watched the small free [B] birds fly
[E] Our love [A] was on the way [E] We had dreams and songs [B] to sing
But so lonely round the fields [E] of Athenry
[B]
[A]
[E] [B]
By a lonely prison wall I [A] heard a young [E] girl call
[B]
[C#m] Michael, they [A] have taken you [B] [F#m] away For [E] you stole [A] Trevelyan's corn
So [E] the young might see the [B] morn Our prison ship lies waiting in [E] the bay
Lord, [A] [E] it feels [C#m] a thousand miles Where [E] once we [C#m] watched the small free birds [B] fly
Our [E] love was [A] on the way [E] We had dreams and songs [F#] to sing
[B]
But so lonely round the fields [E] of [F#] Athenry
[E] By a lonely prison wall [A] I heard a young [E] man [B] calling
[E] Nothing matters, [A]
Mary, when you're free
[E] Against the famine [A] and the crowd I [E] rebelled, they cut me down
Now you must raise [G#m] our child with [E] dignity
Lord,
[A] [E] it feels a [C#m] thousand miles [E] Where once we watched [C#m] the small free [B] birds fly
[E] Our love was [A] on the way [E] We had dreams and songs to [B] sing
But so lonely round the fields of [E]
Athenry
[A]
[C#m]
[E] [C#m] [B]
[E]
[A] [E]
[B]
[E]
By a lonely harbor wall She [A] watched the last [E] star [B] falling
As [E] the prison ship [A] sailed out against [B] the sky
[B] For [E] she lived in hope [A] and prayed [E] For her love in [B] Bodney Bay
But so lonely round the fields of [E] Athenry
Lord, [A]
[E] it feels [C#m] a thousand miles [E] Where once we watched [C#m] the small free [B] birds fly
[E] Our love was on [A] the way [E] We had dreams and [B] songs to sing
But so lonely round the fields of [E] Athenry
One more time for the road, raise it up.
Here we go.
Lord, [A]
[E] it feels [C#m] a thousand miles [E] Where once [C#m] we watched the small free [B] birds fly
[E] Our love [A] was on the way [E] We had dreams and songs [B] to sing
But so lonely round the fields [E] of Athenry
[B]
[A]
[E] [B]
Key:
E
A
B
C#m
F#
E
A
B
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ By a lonely prison wall I [A] heard a young [E] girl call
_ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] Michael, they [A] have taken you [B] _ [F#m] away _ For [E] you stole [A] Trevelyan's corn
So [E] the young might see the [B] morn Our prison ship lies waiting in [E] the bay
_ _ _ _ Lord, _ [A] _ _ _ [E] it feels [C#m] a thousand miles Where [E] once we [C#m] watched the small free birds [B] fly _ _
Our _ [E] _ love was [A] on the way [E] We had dreams and songs [F#] to sing
[B]
But so lonely round the fields [E] of _ [F#] Athenry
[E] _ _ By a lonely prison wall [A] I heard a young [E] man _ _ [B] calling _ _
_ _ _ [E] Nothing matters, [A] _
Mary, when you're free _ _ _
[E] Against the famine _ [A] and the crowd I [E] rebelled, they cut me down _
Now you must raise [G#m] our child with [E] dignity
_ _ _ _ _ Lord, _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] it feels a [C#m] thousand miles [E] Where once we watched [C#m] the small free [B] birds fly _ _ _
_ [E] Our love was [A] on the way [E] We had dreams and songs to [B] sing _
But so lonely round the fields of [E]
Athenry
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ By a lonely harbor wall She [A] watched the last [E] star _ _ [B] falling
_ _ As _ [E] the prison ship [A] sailed out against [B] the sky
_ [B] _ For [E] she lived in hope [A] and prayed [E] For her love in [B] Bodney Bay
But so lonely _ round the fields of [E] Athenry _ _
_ _ Lord, _ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] it feels [C#m] a thousand miles [E] Where once we watched [C#m] the small free [B] birds fly
_ _ _ [E] Our love was on [A] the way [E] We had dreams and [B] songs to sing
But so lonely round the fields of [E] Athenry
One more time for the road, raise it up.
Here we go.
_ _ Lord, _ [A] _
_ _ [E] it feels [C#m] a thousand miles _ [E] _ Where once [C#m] we watched the small free [B] birds fly _ _ _
[E] Our love [A] was on the way [E] We had dreams and songs [B] to sing
But so lonely round the fields [E] of Athenry _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ By a lonely prison wall I [A] heard a young [E] girl call
_ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] Michael, they [A] have taken you [B] _ [F#m] away _ For [E] you stole [A] Trevelyan's corn
So [E] the young might see the [B] morn Our prison ship lies waiting in [E] the bay
_ _ _ _ Lord, _ [A] _ _ _ [E] it feels [C#m] a thousand miles Where [E] once we [C#m] watched the small free birds [B] fly _ _
Our _ [E] _ love was [A] on the way [E] We had dreams and songs [F#] to sing
[B]
But so lonely round the fields [E] of _ [F#] Athenry
[E] _ _ By a lonely prison wall [A] I heard a young [E] man _ _ [B] calling _ _
_ _ _ [E] Nothing matters, [A] _
Mary, when you're free _ _ _
[E] Against the famine _ [A] and the crowd I [E] rebelled, they cut me down _
Now you must raise [G#m] our child with [E] dignity
_ _ _ _ _ Lord, _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] it feels a [C#m] thousand miles [E] Where once we watched [C#m] the small free [B] birds fly _ _ _
_ [E] Our love was [A] on the way [E] We had dreams and songs to [B] sing _
But so lonely round the fields of [E]
Athenry
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ By a lonely harbor wall She [A] watched the last [E] star _ _ [B] falling
_ _ As _ [E] the prison ship [A] sailed out against [B] the sky
_ [B] _ For [E] she lived in hope [A] and prayed [E] For her love in [B] Bodney Bay
But so lonely _ round the fields of [E] Athenry _ _
_ _ Lord, _ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] it feels [C#m] a thousand miles [E] Where once we watched [C#m] the small free [B] birds fly
_ _ _ [E] Our love was on [A] the way [E] We had dreams and [B] songs to sing
But so lonely round the fields of [E] Athenry
One more time for the road, raise it up.
Here we go.
_ _ Lord, _ [A] _
_ _ [E] it feels [C#m] a thousand miles _ [E] _ Where once [C#m] we watched the small free [B] birds fly _ _ _
[E] Our love [A] was on the way [E] We had dreams and songs [B] to sing
But so lonely round the fields [E] of Athenry _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _