Meadowlarks Chords
by Fleet Foxes
Meadowlarks by Fleet Foxes is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Gmaj7, G7, Cmaj7, D7sus2, Em, A, D, C, Am, D7, Ebmaj7, Ab and Gm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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.
--BREAK: same chords + guitar part as verse, with "harmony humming"
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|-----------------|