X: 1
T:The Fields of Athenry
R:reel
C:Pete St. John
A:Dublin
O:Ireland
M:C
L:1/8
Q:1/4=130
K:G
 "G" DD | D3 D G2 A2 | B6 B2 | "C" c3 c c2 d2 | "G" (B4 (B)c BG) | "D" A6 z2 | z8 |
w: By a lone-ly pri-son wall I heard a young girl call ---- ing
w: By a lone-ly pri-son wall I heard a young man call ---- ing
w: By a lone-ly har-bour wall, she watched the last star fall ---- ing
 "G" d2 d2 d2 B2 | "C" c3 d c2 B2 | "D" (A8 | A2) z2 B2 c2 |
w: Mich-ael they are tak-ing you a way. - For you
w: Noth-ing mat-ters Ma-ry when you're free. - A-gainst the
w: As~that prison ship sailed out a-gainst the sky. - Sure she'll
 "G" d3 d d2 B2 | "C"c6 dc | "G" B3 A (GA) B2 | "D" A6 DD |
w: stole Tre-vel-yan's corn, so the young might see - the morn. Now a
w: Fam-ine and the Crown, I re-belled, they ran_ me down. Now_ 
w: wait and hope and pray, for her love in Bo-tan-y Bay.  It's so
 A3 A B2 c2 | "D7" B2 A2 G3 F | "G" (G4 "C"G4 | "G"G4) z4 ||
w: pri-son ship lies wait-ing in the bay. -
w: you must raise our child with dig-ni-ty. -
w: lone-ly 'round the fields of A-then-ry. -
T: Chorus:
 d8 | "C" e6 d2 | "G" (G4 G)DGA | "Em" B6 A2 | "G" G3 D G2 A2 | B4 c2 d2 |
w: Low lie the fields - of Ath-en-ry where once we watched the small free birds
 "Am" (A8 | "D"A2) z2 (B2 c2) | "G" d3 d d2 B2 | "C" c6 dc | "G" B3 A (G A2) B |
w: fly. - Our - love was on the wing, we had dreams and so-ngs to
 "D" A6 DD | A3 A B2 c2 | "D7" B3 A G2 F2 | "G" (G4 "C"G4 | "G"G6) |]
w: sing.  It's so lone-ly 'round the fields of Ath-en-ry. -