Verse 1:  
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By the lonely prison wall, i heard a young girl cal-ling 
 G                 C         D  
Micheal they have taken you away 
 G                       C           G                   D  
For you stole trevelins corn so the young might see the morn 
 D                                 G   
А prison ship lies waiting in the bay 
  
Chorus: 
 G   C   G             Em           
Low Lie The fields of athenry  
 G                                  D   
where once we watched the small free birds fly 
 G                C  
our love was the wing  
 G                          D  
We had dreams and songs to sing 
 D                        Dsus      G  
and so lonely  round the fields of athenry 
  
Verse 2:
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By the lonely prison wall, i heard a young man cal-ling 
 G               C              D  
Nothing matters mary when your free 
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against the famine and the crown, i fought they cut me down 
 D                                  G  
now you must  raise our child with dignity 
  
Chorus: 
 G   C   G             Em           
Low Lie The fields of athenry  
 G                                  D   
where once we watched the small free birds fly 
 G                C  
our love was the wing  
 G                          D  
We had dreams and songs to sing 
 D                        Dsus      G  
and so lonely  round the fields of athenry 
  
Verse 3:
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By the lonely harbor wall, she watched the last star fa-ll 
 G                  C                      D  
as the prison ship sailed out against the sky 
 G                         C    G               D  
for she lived to hope and pray for her love in botany bay 
                                       G  
and it's so lonely round the fields of athenry 

Chorus: 
 G   C   G             Em           
Low Lie The fields of athenry  
 G                                  D   
where once we watched the small free birds fly 
 G                C  
our love was the wing  
 G                          D  
We had dreams and songs to sing 
 D                        Dsus      G  
and so lonely  round the fields of athenry 
 
 G   C   G             Em           
Low Lie The fields of athenry  
 G                                  D   
where once we watched the small free birds fly 
 G                C  
our love was the wing  
 G                          D  
We had dreams and songs to sing 
 D                        Dsus      G  
and so lonely  round the fields of athenry