The Fields Of Athenry by Dropkick Murphys ------------------------------------------------------------------ THE FIELDS OF ATHENRY - Dropkick Murphys ------------------------------------------------------------------ Tabbed by: PakistaniEagle77 The song is done with 2 elecric guitars (tabbed here) and an acoustic strumming starting in the first verse. All Guitars are CAPO I Gtr. 1 (Right Channel) e|-----------------------------------------5555555555---------| B|---------------------333”--------222”----5555555555-3”-fdbk.| G|---------------------222”--------222”----6666666666-2”------| D|--22222-4-2-555-4-2--000”--------222”---------------0”------| A|--00000-0-0-000-0-0--------------000”-----------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------| | |Gtr 2 (Left Channel) e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------77777777777777772222222222222222----------| A|---------------------55555555555555550000000000000000----------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| ................................. 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 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 www.TAB6.com