The High Kings

The Fields Of Athenry(Chords)

The High Kings

Key: C

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	        Verse 

     C 
By a lonely prison wall 
  F                  C   G 
I heard a young girl calling 
 C                  F          G     G7 
'Michael, they have taken you away 
        C                F 
For you stole Trevelyn's corn 
       C                   G 
So the young might see the morn 
     Dm7              G              C   F  C  F 
As a prison ship lies waiting in the bay' 

C F C Am Low lie the fields of Athenry C F G G7 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 Dm7 G C F Am C F It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry
Verse C By a lonely prison wall F C G I heard a young man calling C F G G7 'Nothing matters, Mary, when you're free C F Against the famine and the Crown C G I rebelled, they cut me down Dm7 G C F C F Now you must raise our child with dignity'
C F C Am Low lie the fields of Athenry C F G G7 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 Dm7 G C F It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry
Verse C By a lonely harbour wall F C G She watched the last star falling C F G G7 As the prison ship sailed out against the sky C F For she lives to hope and pray C G For her love in Botany Bay Dm7 G C F C It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry
C F C Am Low lie the fields of Athenry C F G G7 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 Dm7 G C It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry F C Am Low lie the fields of Athenry C F G G7 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 Dm7 G C It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry Dm7 G C It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry

Written by Pete St. John

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