{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":979034,"song":"The Fields Of Athenry","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11621734-the-fields-of-athenry-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/979034?type=chord","rating":4.65532,"votes":217,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBy the lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMichael, they have taken you away[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor you stole Trevelyan's corn so the young might see the morn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA prison ship lies waiting in the bay[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nLow lie the Fields of Athenry[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwhere once we watched the small free birds fly[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOur love was on the wing[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe had dreams and songs to sing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand so lonely round the Fields of Athenry[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBy the lonely prison wall, I heard a young man calling[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNothing matters Mary, when you're free[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAgainst the famine and the crown, I rebelled, they cut me down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow you must raise our child with dignity[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nLow lie the Fields of Athenry[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwhere once we watched the small free birds fly[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOur love was on the wing[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe had dreams and songs to sing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand so lonely round the Fields of Athenry[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBy the lonely harbor wall, she watched the last star fa-ll[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nas the prison ship sailed out against the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor she lived to hope and pray for her love in Botany Bay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand it's so lonely round the Fields of Athenry[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus] (x2)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nLow lie the Fields of Athenry[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwhere once we watched the small free birds fly[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOur love was on the wing[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe had dreams and songs to sing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand so lonely round the Fields of Athenry[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus] (x2)","chords":["D","G","A","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}