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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.

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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