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Meadowlark

  • Am
  • C/G
  • D/A
  • Em
  • G
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Key: 
Em   022000

D/A  554030
Am   x02210

C/G  332010

G    32000x


VERSE: (Single Strum)


Em          D/A                   
    I woke up when I was 

Am    C/G
Twenty-Two

       G              D/A         
    My mother said to me, what 

       Am    C/G
will you do?

Em            D/A         
    She woke up when she was 

         Am    C/G
Forty-Eight

            G            D/A       
    I never asked her, why did you 

Am    C/G
wait?

Guitar I:

Em    D/A    C/G    C/G    x2

Guitar II:
                                    
                         x2

E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|--------------------------------
D|--2--2--2--2h4h5--0--0--0--4p2--
A|--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------
E|----------------------------| 
B|----------------------------| 
G|----------------------------| 
D|---------0h2-----------0h2--| 
A|3--3--3-------3--3--3-------| 
E|----------------------------| 




Em            D/A               
    I messed up when I was 

Am    C/G
Seventeen

    G           D/A           C/G
    Karma has a way of coming clean


CHORUS: (Plucked Bass/Rest)

Guitar I:

                 D/A           Em
    'Cause if my father hadn't loved
 her

            Am                C/G 
    Then my God what would my 

          G
mother have become

              D/A            Em
    And if my brother hadn't fought 
it

            Am              C/G   
    Then my sister wouldn't turn 

     D/A
and run

       D/A           Em     Am   
    So go on let him leave, go on

         C/G      D/A
 let him leave we said

                D/A         Em    
    'Cause if I ever have a lover 

        Am            C/G
like my father had my mother

           G
    I will say

G          D/A    G      D/A    G
    Let me go,      let me go



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Guitar II:(from 'father')
                     x2             
      x2

E|---------------------|---------
B|------0---0---0---0--|-----0---
G|--4h7---7---7---7----|-2h4---4-
D|---------------------|---------
A|---------------------|---------
E|---------------------|---------
E|-----------|    
B|0---0---0--|    
G|--4---4----|    
D|-----------| x4 
A|-----------|    
E|-----------|    

E|---------------------|---------
B|------0---0---0---0--|-----0---
G|--4h7---7---7---7----|-2h4---4-
D|---------------------|---------
A|---------------------|---------
E|---------------------|---------
E|-----------|    
B|0---0---0--|    
G|--4---4----|    
D|-----------| x2 
A|-----------|    
E|-----------|    



VERSE: (Pluck first two then Plucked
 Bass/Rest)


Em              D/A              
    If he wakes up before the 

      Am    C/G
year is out

          G                D/A    
    He'll rid his sons and 

            Am    C/G
daughters of their doubt

Em             D/A                
    And in the light of your tired

 Am    C/G
 eyes

         G                   D/A  
    Your tears will speak of love 

           Am    C/G
and better times


CHORUS: (Plucked Bass/Rest)

Guitar I:

                 D/A           Em
    'Cause if my father hadn't loved
 her

            Am                C/G 
    Then my God what would my 

          G
mother have become

              D/A            Em
    And if my brother hadn't fought 
it

            Am              C/G   
    Then my sister wouldn't turn 

     D/A
and run

       D/A           Em     Am   
    So go on let him leave, go on

         C/G      D/A
 let him leave we said

                D/A         Em    
    'Cause if I ever have a lover 

        Am            C/G
like my father had my mother

           G
    I will say

G          D/A    G      D/A    G
    Let me go,      let me go


Guitar II:(from 'father')
                     x2             
      x2

E|---------------------|---------
B|------0---0---0---0--|-----0---
G|--4h7---7---7---7----|-2h4---4-
D|---------------------|---------
A|---------------------|---------
E|---------------------|---------
E|-----------|    
B|0---0---0--|    
G|--4---4----|    
D|-----------| x4 
A|-----------|    
E|-----------|    

E|---------------------|---------
B|------0---0---0---0--|-----0---
G|--4h7---7---7---7----|-2h4---4-
D|---------------------|---------
A|---------------------|---------
E|---------------------|---------
E|-----------|    
B|0---0---0--|    
G|--4---4----|    
D|-----------| x2 
A|-----------|    
E|-----------|    



BRIDGE:

Guitar I: (Plucked Bass/Rest)

    D/A    Em    Am    C/G    G    G
    G    G    x4


(Guitar II and Glockenspiel come in 
on 3rd Guitar I repeat)

Guitar II:
                                    
                x2

E|-------------------------------
B|--0h3h5---5--------0h3h5---5---
G|--------4----------------4---4-
D|-------------------------------
A|-------------------------------
E|-------------------------------
E|------------------| 
B|5-----------------| 
G|--4---------------| 
D|------------------| 
A|------------------| 
E|------------------| 



Glockenspiel: (Tabbed for Guitar 
[Like in the live version])
                                    
                x2

E|--------------------------------
B|--3/5---------3/5---------------
G|------2/4---------2/4--2--4-4-[-
D|--------------------------------
A|--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------
E|-----------------| 
B|-----------------| 
G|2--4-4--2--4-]---| 
D|-----------------| 
A|-----------------| 
E|-----------------| 


                                
^[2nd time only]
(I like to add a 0 on the G string 
at the end of the 2nd time)
(But it's not actually in the song)


CHORUS: (Plucked Bass/Rest)

Guitar I:

                 D/A           Em
    'Cause if my father hadn't loved
 her

            Am                C/G 
    Then my God what would my 

          G
mother have become

              D/A            Em
    And if my brother hadn't fought 
it

            Am              C/G   
    Then my sister wouldn't turn 

     D/A
and run

       D/A           Em     Am   
    So go on let him leave, go on

         C/G      D/A
 let him leave we said

                D/A         Em    
    'Cause if I ever have a lover 

        Am            C/G
like my father had my mother

           G
    I will say

G          D/A    G      D/A    G
    Let me go,      let me go

G          D/A    G      D/A    G
    Let me go,      let me go

G          D/A    G
    Let me go


Guitar II:(from 'father')
                     x2             
      x2

E|---------------------|---------
B|------0---0---0---0--|-----0---
G|--4h7---7---7---7----|-2h4---4-
D|---------------------|---------
A|---------------------|---------
E|---------------------|---------
E|-----------|    
B|0---0---0--|    
G|--4---4----|    
D|-----------| x4 
A|-----------|    
E|-----------|    

E|---------------------|---------
B|------0---0---0---0--|-----0---
G|--4h7---7---7---7----|-2h4---4-
D|---------------------|---------
A|---------------------|---------
E|---------------------|---------
E|-----------|    
B|0---0---0--|    
G|--4---4----|    
D|-----------| x4 
A|-----------|    
E|-----------|
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