Meadowlarks tab by Fleet Foxes

Tabs

--INTRO (fingerpicking):

G+G
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G+G|-------4--------4--------4--------4-|-------4--------4--------4--------4-|
D MajorD|-----5--------5--------5--------5---|-----5--------5--------5--------5---|
A augmentedA|---5--------5--------5--------5-----|---5--------5--------5--------5-----|
E MajorE|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|

--VERSE 1:

  Meadowlark,      fly away   down
  G+G                  Gmaj7Gmaj7
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G+G|-------4--------4--------4--------4-|-------4--------4--------4--------4-|
D MajorD|-----5--------5--------5--------5---|-----4--------4--------4--------4---|
A augmentedA|---5--------5--------5--------5-----|---5--------5--------5--------5-----|
E MajorE|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|

I hold a    cornucopia   and a    golden crown
  G7G7                  Cmaj7Cmaj7
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------|-------0--------0--------0--------0-|
G+G|-------4--------4--------4--------4-|-----0--------0--------0--------0---|
D MajorD|-----3--------3--------3--------3---|---2--------2--------2--------2-----|
A augmentedA|---5--------5--------5--------5-----|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|
E MajorE|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|------------------------------------|

For you  to wear  upon  your fleecy down
  D7sus2                E minorEm
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
BB|-------5------5--------5--------5---|------------------------------------|
G+G|-----5------5--------5--------5-----|-------0--------0--------0--------0-|
D MajorD|---4------4--------4--------4-------|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|
A augmentedA|-5-------5--------5--------5--------|---2--------2--------2--------2-----|
E MajorE|------------------------------------|-0--------0--------0--------0-------|

A augmentedA  meadow lark        sings to me
  D MajorD    C majorC    D MajorD    Cmaj7Cmaj7   G+G
e|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
BB|-----7----------5-------7------5--|------------------------------------|
G+G|---7----------5------7-------5----|-------4--------4--------4--------4-|
D MajorD|--7---------5------7-------5------|-----5--------5--------5--------5---|
A augmentedA|-5--------3-------5------3--------|---5--------5--------5--------5-----|
E MajorE|----------------------------------|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|

--VERSE 2: same guitar part.
G+G            Gmaj7Gmaj7
Hummingbird, just let me down
G7G7              Cmaj7Cmaj7
Inside the broken ovals of your olive eyes
D7sus2               E minorEm
I do believe you gave it your best try
 D MajorD   C majorC  D MajorD Cmaj7Cmaj7   G+G
A augmentedA hummingbird  sing  to me
A augmentedA  meadow lark        sing to me
  D MajorD    C majorC    D MajorD    Cmaj7Cmaj7   G+G
e|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
BB|-----5----------3-------5------3--|------------------------------------|
G+G|---7----------5------7-------5----|-------4--------4--------4--------4-|
D MajorD|--7---------5------7-------5------|-----5--------5--------5--------5---|
A augmentedA|-5--------3-------5------3--------|---5--------5--------5--------5-----|
E MajorE|----------------------------------|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|

--BREAK: same chords + guitar part as verse, with "harmony humming"

G/Gmaj7/G7/Cmaj7/D7sus2/Em

D MajorD   C majorC  D MajorD Cmaj7Cmaj7   G+G
A augmentedA hummingbird  sing  to me

--NEW SECTION:

Don't believe a word         that I haven't heard
  A minorAm                  D7D7
e|------------------------------------|-------2--------2--------2--------2/-|
BB|-------1--------1--------1--------1-|-----1--------1--------1--------1----|
G+G|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|---2--------2--------2--------2------|
D MajorD|---2--------2--------2--------2-----|-0--------0--------0--------0--------|
A augmentedA|-0--------0--------0--------0-------|-------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

Little children laughing at the   boys and girls
  Ebmaj7Ebmaj7                  AbAb
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G+G|-------7-------7-------7-------7|-------5--------5--------5---------5-|
D MajorD|-----7-------7-------7-------7--|-----6--------6--------6---------6---|
A augmentedA|---8-------8-------8-------8----|---6--------6--------6---------6-----|
E MajorE|6-------6-------6-------6-------|-4--------4--------4---------4-------|

The meadow lark   singing to you   each and  every day
  G minorGm    C majorC    G minorGm    C majorC    G minorGm    C majorC    G minorGm    C majorC
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
BB|----------------5----------------5|----------------5----------------5|
G+G|-------3------5---------3------5--|-------3------5---------3------5--|
D MajorD|-----5------5---------5------5----|-----5------5---------5------5----|
A augmentedA|---5------3---------5------3------|---5------3---------5------3------|
E MajorE|-3----------------3---------------|-3----------------3---------------|

They all crowd  on the hillside and the   market in the   hay
  G minorGm    C majorC    G minorGm    C majorC    G minorGm    C majorC    G minorGm    C majorC
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
BB|----------------5----------------5|----------------5----------------5|
G+G|-------3------5---------3------5--|-------3------5---------3------5--|
D MajorD|-----5------5---------5------5----|-----5------5---------5------5----|
A augmentedA|---5------3---------5------3------|---5------3---------5------3------|
E MajorE|-3----------------3---------------|-3----------------3---------------|

After this point, where the "oohs" come in, change from G minorGm to G+G and with extra twinkly bits:
G minorGm
e|---3---3----3---3----3---3----3---3-|---3---3----3---3----3---3----3---3--|
BB|---3---3----3---3----3---3----3---3-|---3---3----3---3----3---3----3---3--|
G+G|-------3--------3--------3--------3-|-------4--------4--------4--------4--|
D MajorD|-----5--------5--------5--------5---|-----5--------5--------5--------5----|
A augmentedA|---5--------5--------5--------5-----|---5--------5--------5--------5------|
E MajorE|3--------3--------3--------3--------|3--------3--------3--------3---------|

The song ends on a G+G major chord.

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