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Meadowlarks  Fleet Foxes

 
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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]Hummingbird, just let me [Gmaj7]down
[G7]Inside the broken oth of your [Cmaj7]oliva (lyrics?!?)
[D7sus2]I do believe you gave it your best [Em]try
A [D]humming[C]bird[D] [Cmaj7]sing to [G]me
--BREAK: same chords + guitar part as verse, with "harmony humming"
[G/Gmaj7/G7/Cmaj7/D7sus2/Em]  
A [D]humming[C]bird[D] [Cmaj7]sing to [G]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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