Capo: 1 Tuning: G C E A

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

^CBy a lonely prison wall ^FI heard a young girl calling ^C ^G ^CMichael, they have taken yo^Fu away ^G ^CFor you stole Treve^Flyn's corn So the youn^Cg might see the morn ^G G C

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

^CLow li^Fe the fi^Celds of Athe^Amnry ^CWhere once we watched the small free bir^Amds fly ^G ^COur love was on the wing we h^Fad dreams and son^Cgs to sing ^G ^GIt's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry ^C G G C C

Verse (Gtr. 1 Tacet)

^CBy a lonely prison wall I he^Fard a young man calling ^C ^G ^CNothing matters, Mary w^Fhen you're free ^G ^CAgainst the famine and the Crown ^F ^CI rebelled, they cut me down ^G ^GNow you must raise our child with dignity ^C

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

Bagpipe Solo: Chorus Progression (Both gtrs)

^CBy a lonely harbor wall She watc^Fhed the last star falling ^C ^G ^CAs that prison ship sailed out again^Fst the sky ^G ^CSure she'll wait and hope and pray ^F ^CFor her love in Botan^Gy Bay ^GIt's so lonely ‘round the fields of Athenry ^C

Pipe Interlude: Tacet Four meas. Gtr. 2 C F C G

^GIt's so lonely ‘round the fields of Athenry ^C ^CLow li^Fe the fi^Celds of Athe^Amnry ^CWhere once we watched the small free bir^Amds fly ^G ^COur love was on the wing we h^Fad dreams and son^Cgs to sing ^G ^GIt's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry ^C

G G F C

Dropkick Murphys - The fields of athenry