--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|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|-------5------5--------5--------5---|------------------------------------|
G|-----5------5--------5--------5-----|-------0--------0--------0--------0-|
D|---4------4--------4--------4-------|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|
A|-5-------5--------5--------5--------|---2--------2--------2--------2-----|
E|------------------------------------|-0--------0--------0--------0-------|
A meadow lark sings to me
D C D Cmaj7 G
e|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|-----7----------5-------7------5--|------------------------------------|
G|---7----------5------7-------5----|-------4--------4--------4--------4-|
D|--7---------5------7-------5------|-----5--------5--------5--------5---|
A|-5--------3-------5------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 ovals of your olive eyes
D7sus2 Em
I do believe you gave it your best try
D C D Cmaj7 G
A hummingbird sing to me
A meadow lark sing to me
D C D Cmaj7 G
e|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|-----5----------3-------5------3--|------------------------------------|
G|---7----------5------7-------5----|-------4--------4--------4--------4-|
D|--7---------5------7-------5------|-----5--------5--------5--------5---|
A|-5--------3-------5------3--------|---5--------5--------5--------5-----|
E|----------------------------------|-3--------3--------3--------3-------|
--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 girls
Ebmaj7 Ab
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|-------7-------7-------7-------7|-------5--------5--------5---------5-|
D|-----7-------7-------7-------7--|-----6--------6--------6---------6---|
A|---8-------8-------8-------8----|---6--------6--------6---------6-----|
E|6-------6-------6-------6-------|-4--------4--------4---------4-------|
The meadow lark singing to you each and every day
Gm C Gm C Gm C Gm C
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------5----------------5|----------------5----------------5|
G|-------3------5---------3------5--|-------3------5---------3------5--|
D|-----5------5---------5------5----|-----5------5---------5------5----|
A|---5------3---------5------3------|---5------3---------5------3------|
E|-3----------------3---------------|-3----------------3---------------|
They all crowd on the hillside and the market in the hay
Gm C Gm C Gm C Gm C
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------5----------------5|----------------5----------------5|
G|-------3------5---------3------5--|-------3------5---------3------5--|
D|-----5------5---------5------5----|-----5------5---------5------5----|
A|---5------3---------5------3------|---5------3---------5------3------|
E|-3----------------3---------------|-3----------------3---------------|
After this point, where the "oohs" come in, change from Gm to G and with extra twinkly bits:
Gm
e|---3---3----3---3----3---3----3---3-|---3---3----3---3----3---3----3---3--|
B|---3---3----3---3----3---3----3---3-|---3---3----3---3----3---3----3---3--|
G|-------3--------3--------3--------3-|-------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---------|
The song ends on a G major chord.
