The fields of athenry (4/4)

Dubliners

AkkoordenBeginnerCapo 2

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Snelheid4

Spatie = start/stop · ↓↑ = sneller/langzamer

Stem je gitaar

.   D                                      G                            D       A~
1] By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl  cal  -  ling
.D                           ~G                A
"Michael, they are  ta-king you a-way,
.            D                            G                 D                               A
For you stole Trev-el-yan's corn, so the young might see the morn.
.                             A7                       D
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay."

Refrein:  
.D     G        D                   Bm
Low lie the fields of A-then- ry, 
.           D                                                              A
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
.       D                         G                     D                                   A
Our love was on the wing,  we had dreams and songs to sing
.                                       A7                       D
It's so lonely round the fields of A-then-ry.


.   D                                    G                              D     A~
2] By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young man cal – ling
.D                        G                            A
"Nothing matters Mary, when you're free
.                  D                        G               D                               A
Against the Famine and the Crown, I re-bel-led, they cut me down. 
.                                A7                           D
Now you must raise our child with dig-ni-ty." Refrein


.    D                                          G                              D    A~
3] By a lonely harbor wall, she watched the last star fal - ling
.D                                     G                     A
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky
.            D                           G               D                      A
For she lived to hope and pray for her love in Botany Bay
.                                   A7                      D
It's so lonely round the fields of A-then-ry.

Zo speel je dit nummer

Leer de akkoorden van The fields of athenry van Dubliners en speel deze klassieker uit het Ierse folk-repertoire. Op Gitaartabs vind je de gitaarakkoorden waarmee je dit volkslied meteen kunt meespelen, ongeacht je ervaring.

The fields of athenry is een beginner-vriendelijk nummer (niveau 2) dat je met capo 2 speelt. Je hebt vooral de akkoorden D, G, A en A7 nodig. Het format bestaat uit akkoorden, perfect om je handgreep te trainen en de rijke folkmelodie te voelen groeien. Pak je gitaar en begin.

How to practise this song

1
Put your capo on fret 2
Clamp the capo on before you start — otherwise the shapes won't sound like the original.
2
Practise the barre chord Bm
Bm is a barre chord. Lay your index finger flat across all strings and press firmly; practise it on its own until every string rings clearly before you use it in the song.
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3
Practise the change: A7 ↔ A
Play each chord for 4 beats, then 2, then 1 — with the metronome at 60-70 bpm. Only push the tempo once the change is clean and on time.
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4
Great first song
Focus on clean chords — let every string ring. Speed comes by itself once the shapes are right.