CAPO I
Gtr. 1 (Right Channel)
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D|--22222-4-2-555-4-2--000"--------222"---------------0"------|
A|--00000-0-0-000-0-0--------------000"-----------------------|
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|Gtr 2 (Left Channel)
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A|---------------------55555555555555550000000000000000----------|
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Verse: (Guitar 1 Tacet)
D
By a lonely prison wall
G D A
I heard a young girl calling
D G A
Michael, they have taken you away
D G
For you stole Trevelyn's corn
D A
So the young might see the morn
A D
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay
(Guitar 1 enters on D chord, both guitars grad. lift PM)
D G D Bm
Low lie the fields of Athenry
D Bm A
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
D G D A
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
A D
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry
A A D D
Verse (Gtr. 1 Tacet)
D
By a lonely prison wall
G D A
I heard a young man calling
D G A
Nothing matters, Mary when you're free
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D G
Against the famine and the Crown
D A
I rebelled, they cut me down
A D
Now you must raise our child with dignity
(Guitar 1 enters on D chord, both guitars grad. lift PM)
D G D Bm
Low lie the fields of Athenry
D Bm A
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
D G D A
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
A D
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry
A A D D
Bagpipe Solo: Chorus Progression (Both gtrs)
D
By a lonely harbor wall
G D A
She watched the last star falling
D G A
As that prison ship sailed out against the sky
D G
Sure she'll wait and hope and pray
D A
For her love in Botany Bay
A D
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry
Pipe Interlude: Tacet Four meas.
Gtr. 2 D G D A
A D
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry
D G D Bm
Low lie the fields of Athenry
D Bm A
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
D G D A
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
A D
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry
A A G D
