Biography:
Other songs:
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
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***
[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***
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