verse 1 
G             Gmaj7 Em 
By a lonely prison wall, 
C                    G        D 
I heard a young girl calling: 
G                    C        D 
"Michael, they have taken you away, 
G                         C 
For you stole Trevelyn's corn, 
G                           D 
So the young might see the morn, 
D                                     G   C   G 
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay." 


[Refrão]
G   C       G       Gmaj7 Em 
Low lie the fields of Athenrye, 
G                                          D 
Where once we watched the small free birds fly. 
G                   C 
Our love was on the wing, 
       G                   D 
We had dreams and songs to sing, 
D                          C        G 
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenrye. 

verse 2 
G             Gmaj7 Em 
By a lonely prison wall, 
C                    G        D 
I heard a young man calling: 
G                    C              D 
"Nothing matters, Mary, when you're free, 
G                          C 
Against the famine and the crown, 
G                         D 
I rebelled, they cut me down, 
D                      C          G 
Now you must raise our child with dignity." 


[Refrão]
G   C       G       Gmaj7 Em 
Low lie the fields of Athenrye, 
G                                          D 
Where once we watched the small free birds fly. 
G                   C 
Our love was on the wing, 
       G                   D 
We had dreams and songs to sing, 
D                          C        G 
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenrye. 

verse 3 
G             Gmaj7 Em 
By a lonely harbour wall, 
C                         G        D 
She watched the last star falling. 
G                          C              D 
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky. 
G                         C 
For she lives in hope and prays, 
G                      D 
For her love in Botany Bay, 
D                          C         D 
It's so lonely, 'round the fields of Athenrye. 


[Refrão]
G   C       G       Gmaj7 Em 
Low lie the fields of Athenrye, 
G                                          D 
Where once we watched the small free birds fly. 
G                   C 
Our love was on the wing, 
       G                   D 
We had dreams and songs to sing, 
D                          C        G 
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenrye.