Band: Dropkick Murphys
Song: Fields of Athenry
Album: Blackout
Tabber: clark@theoddmenout.com
*= mute chord
Intro: Riff 1
e------------------------------------|----------------------------|
B------------------------------------|----------------------------|
G--------------------------------8~--|------10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
D--------------------------------8~--|--8~---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
A--8-8-8-8--10--8-11-11-11-10-8--6~--|--8~------------------------|
E--6-6-6-6---6--6--6--6--6--6-6------|--6~------------------------|
Verse 1: (light pm, listen for rythym)
Eb* G#* Eb* Bb*
By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling
Eb* G#* Bb*
Michael they have taken you away
Eb* G#* Eb* Bb*
For you stole Trevelyn's corn, so the young might see the morn
Bb* Eb
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay
Chorus:
Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry
Bagpipe Fill:
(Bb) (Eb)
e--13--15-16-15-13--13-13-10-11--|
B--------------------------------|
G--------------------------------|
D--------------------------------|
A--------------------------------|
E--------------------------------|
Verse 2:
Eb* G#* Eb* Bb*
By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young man calling
Eb* G#* Bb*
Nothing matters, Mary when you're free
Eb* G#* Eb* Bb*
Against famine and the Crown, I rebelled they ran me down
Bb* Eb
Now you must raise our child with dignity
Chorus x1
Solo:
(Eb) (G#) (Eb) (Cm) (Eb) (G#) (Bb)
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B---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--3-3--3-5--3-1-0--0-0-0--0------0---0-0------1--0-------------------|
D----------------------------1--3----------1-3-------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Eb) (G#) (Eb) (Bb) (Eb)
e-------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------|
G--3--3-3-0--3-1-0--1--1-1-0----------------------------| then Riff 1
D----------------------------3---3-3--5-3-6-6-6-5-3-1~--|
A-------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------|
Outro Verse:
By a lonely harbor wall, she watched the last star falling
As that prison ship sailed out against the sky
Sure she'll wait and hope and pray, for her love in Botany Bay
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry
Bagpipe Solo:
e--18---18--15-----------------15-------------------15-18-----|
B--------------16--16-16-18-16-----18-16--16-16-18--------18--|
G-------------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------|
(Eb*) (G#*) (Eb*) (Eb*)
e--18-18--18-18-15--16--18-16-15--15-----------15--|
B------------------------------------16-18--16-----|
G--------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------|
It's so lonely, 'round the Fields of Athenry
Chorus x1
Bagpipe Fill
End on Eb
That's it! For suggestions, corrections, and requests, email me:
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