------------------------------------------------------------------ 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)

^DBy a lonely prison wall ^GI heard a young girl calling ^D ^A ^DMichael, they have taken yo^Gu away ^A ^DFor you stole Treve^Glyn's corn So the youn^Dg might see the morn ^A A D

Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay (Guitar 1 enters on D chord, both guitars grad. lift PM)

^DLow li^Ge the fi^Delds of Athe^Bmnry ^DWhere once we watched the small free bir^Bmds fly ^A ^DOur love was on the wing we h^Gad dreams and son^Dgs to sing ^A ^AIt's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry ^D A A D D

Verse (Gtr. 1 Tacet)

^DBy a lonely prison wall I he^Gard a young man calling ^D ^A ^DNothing matters, Mary w^Ghen you're free ^A ^DAgainst the famine and the Crown ^G ^DI rebelled, they cut me down ^A ^ANow you must raise our child with dignity ^D

(Guitar 1 enters on D chord, both guitars grad. lift PM)

Bagpipe Solo: Chorus Progression (Both gtrs)

^DBy a lonely harbor wall She watc^Ghed the last star falling ^D ^A ^DAs that prison ship sailed out again^Gst the sky ^A ^DSure she'll wait and hope and pray ^G ^DFor her love in Botan^Ay Bay ^AIt's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry ^D

Pipe Interlude: Tacet Four meas. Gtr. 2 D G D A

^AIt's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry ^D ^DLow li^Ge the fi^Delds of Athe^Bmnry ^DWhere once we watched the small free bir^Bmds fly ^A ^DOur love was on the wing we h^Gad dreams and son^Dgs to sing ^A ^AIt's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry ^D

A A G D

Dropkick Murphys - The fields of athenry