(C)By a lonely prison wall I(F) heard a sweet voice (C)call(G)ing(C)
Michael they have (F)taken you (G)away.
For you (C)stole Travelyan's (F)corn
That your(C) babes might see the (G)morn
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the (C)bay.
CHORUS
(C)Fair (F)lie the fields of Athen(Am)ry.
Where (C)once we watched the small freebirds (G)fly.
(C)Our love grew with the (F)spring
We had (C)dreams and songs to (G)sing
As we wandered through the fields of Athen(C)ry.
(C)By a lonely prison wall I(F) heard a young man (C)call(G)ing(C)
Nothing matters (F)Jenny when your (G)free
Against the (C)famine and the (F)crown
I re(C)belled, they ran me (G)down
Now you must raise our children without(C) me.
Chorus twice,
Repeat first verse.
(C)On a windswept harbour wall
She(F) watched the last star (C)ris(G)ing.
(C)As the prison ship sailed (F)out across the (G)sky.
But she'll (C)watch and hope and (F)pray,
For her(C) love in Botany (G)Bay,
While she is lonely in the fields of Athen(C)ry.
Chorus,then repeat last line.
