Meadowlarks Chords & Tabs
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"MEADOWLARKS" off LP "Fleet Foxes"(2008)
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Tabbed by: Les Gibson
Tuning: Standard
This is only Guitar and voices, so quite a simple song, but very beautiful.
--INTRO (fingerpicking):
G
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|-------4--------4--------4--------4-|-------4--------4--------4--------4-|
D|-----5--------5--------5--------5---|-----5--------5--------5--------5---|
A|---5--------5--------5--------5-----|---5--------5--------5--------5-----|
E|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|
--VERSE 1:
Meadowlark, fly away down
G Gmaj7
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|-------4--------4--------4--------4-|-------4--------4--------4--------4-|
D|-----5--------5--------5--------5---|-----4--------4--------4--------4---|
A|---5--------5--------5--------5-----|---5--------5--------5--------5-----|
E|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|
I hold a cornucopia and a golden crown
G7 Cmaj7
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|-------0--------0--------0--------0-|
G|-------4--------4--------4--------4-|-----0--------0--------0--------0---|
D|-----3--------3--------3--------3---|---2--------2--------2--------2-----|
A|---5--------5--------5--------5-----|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|
E|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|------------------------------------|
For you to wear upon your fleecy down
D7sus2 Em
e|-------0--------0--------0--------0-|------------------------------------|
B|-----1--------1--------1--------1---|------------------------------------|
G|---2--------2--------2--------2-----|-------0--------0--------0--------0-|
D|-0--------0--------0--------0-------|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|
A|------------------------------------|---2--------2--------2--------2-----|
E|------------------------------------|-0--------0--------0--------0-------|
A meadow lark sing to me
D C D Cmaj7 G
e|-------2-----------------2----------|------------------------------------|
B|-----3----------1------3----------0-|------------------------------------|
G|---2----------0------2----------0---|-------4--------4--------4--------4-|
D|-0----------2------0----------2-----|-----5--------5--------5--------5---|
A|----------3-----------------3-------|---5--------5--------5--------5-----|
E|------------------------------------|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|
--VERSE 2: same guitar part.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/fleet_foxes/meadowlarks_tab.html ]
G Gmaj7
Hummingbird, just let me down
G7 Cmaj7
Inside the broken oth of your oliva (lyrics?!?)
D7sus2 Em
I do believe you gave it your best try
D C D Cmaj7 G
A hummingbird sing to me
--BREAK: same chords + guitar part as verse, with "harmony humming"
G/Gmaj7/G7/Cmaj7/D7sus2/Em
D C D Cmaj7 G
A hummingbird sing to me
--NEW SECTION:
Don't believe a word that I haven't heard
Am D7
e|------------------------------------|-------2--------2--------2--------2/-|
B|-------1--------1--------1--------1-|-----1--------1--------1--------1----|
G|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|---2--------2--------2--------2------|
D|---2--------2--------2--------2-----|-0--------0--------0--------0--------|
A|-0--------0--------0--------0-------|-------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Little children laughing at the boys and girl
Ebmaj7 Ab
e|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-------3--------3-------3-------3/4-|-------------------------------------|
G|-----3--------3-------3-------3-----|-------5--------5--------5---------5-|
D|---5--------5-------5-------5-------|-----6--------6--------6---------6---|
A|-6--------6-------6-------6---------|---6--------6--------6---------6-----|
E|------------------------------------|-4--------4--------4---------4-------|
The meadow lark singing to you each and every day
Gm C Gm Cmaj7 Gm C Gm Cmaj7
e|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|----------------1-----------------0-|----------------1------------------0-|
G|-------3------0---------3-------0---|-------3------0----------3-------0---|
D|-----5------2---------5-------2-----|-----5------2----------5-------2-----|
A|---5------3---------5-------3-------|---5------3----------5-------3-------|
E|-3----------------3-----------------|-3-----------------3-----------------|
The arclad on the hills and the market in the hay
Gm C Gm Cmaj7 Gm C Gm Cmaj7
e|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|----------------1-----------------0-|----------------1------------------0-|
G|-------3------0---------3-------0---|-------3------0----------3-------0---|
D|-----5------2---------5-------2-----|-----5------2----------5-------2-----|
A|---5------3---------5-------3-------|---5------3----------5-------3-------|
E|-3----------------3-----------------|-3-----------------3-----------------|
After this point, where the "oohs" come in, it is a combination of Gm chord
and C chord (either sounds great) strumming, with this on the top, repeated:
e|---3---3---3---3-|
B|---3---3---3---3-|
G|-----------------|
D|-5---5---5---5---|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
The song ends on a G major chord.
Enjoy, and please comment/rate!
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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