Meadowlark Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][D]
[G][Bm][C]
[Bm][C][Am][F][G]
[C][Am][F][G][Em]
[D][G][D]
[G]

[Verse 1]
When [D]I was a girl,
I had a favorite [G]story
Of the [D]meadowlark who lived
Where the rivers [C]wind
Her [A]voice could match the
Angels' in [Bm]it's [G]glory
but she [C]was blind
[Asus4]The lark was blind

[Verse 2]
[D]The king of the rivers took
her to [G]his palace
Where the [D]walls were burnished
Bronze [C]and golden braid
And he [A]fed her fruit and
Nuts from [Bm]an ivory chalice
[C]and he [Asus4]prayed
[A]"Si[D]ng for me, my mea[G]dowlark
Sing [D]for me of the [G]silver morning
[D]Set me free, my mead[G]owlark
And I'll [Bm]buy y[G]ou a priceless j[A]ewel
[Bm]And cloth of bro[G]cade and [A]crewel
And I'll [Em]love you for [G]life [Am]if you wi[D]ll
Sing for [G]me"

[Verse 3]
Than [D]one day as the lark
sang by [G]the water
The [D]god of the sun heard
her in his [C]flight
And her [A]singing moved him so
He came [Bm]and brought her the gift o[C]f sight
[G]He [Asus4]gave her sight

[Verse 4]
And she [D]opened her eyes to
The shimmer and [G]the splendor
Of this [D]beautiful young god
So proud [C]and strong
And he [A]called to the lark in
A voice both rough [Bm]and tender
[C]"Come [Am]along
[Asus4]Fly

[Verse 5]
[D]with me, my mea[G]dowlark
[D]Fly with me on [G]the silver morning
Pas[A]t t[D]he sea w[G]here the dolphins bark
We will dance on the coral [A]beaches
Make a [Bm]feast of the [G]plums
[A]and peaches
Just as [Em]far as your visi[Am]on r[D]eaches
Fly with [F#sus4]me" but the[F#]
[Bm]meadowlark [C]said no
For the [Bm]old king l[C]oved her so
[Am]She couldn't bear [F]to wound[Dm] his p[G]ride
So the [Bm]sun god flew [C]away
And when the [Bm]king came
[C]down that [Abm]day
He found his meadowlark had [F#m]died
[Abm]Every time I heard that part I[A] cried

[Verse 6]
And [D]now I stand here,
starry- eyed an[G]d stormy
How, [D]just when I thought my
Heart was fi[C]nally numb
A [A]beautiful young man
appears [Bm]before me
[C]Singing [G]"Come oh, [Asus4]won't you come?"
[A]And

[Verse 7]
[D]what can I do if, finally
For [G]the first time
The [D]one I'm burning for [C]returns the glow?
If [A]love has come at last
It's picked [Bm]the worst time [F]still I know
[Am]I've got to go[G]
[Asus4]Fly

[Verse 8]
[D]awa[G]y, meadowlark
[A]Fly [D]away [A]in the silver [G]morning
If [D]I stay, I'll grow to c[G]urse the dark
So it's off where the days
won't [A]bind me
I know [Bm]I lea[G]ve wounds behi[A]nd me
But I [Em]won't let tomor[Am]row find [D]me
Back this [C]way[D]
Be[Bm]fore [G]my past once [F#m]again
can [Am]blind [Asus4]me[G]
Fly [G]away[A]
[D][A][D][A]

[Verse 9]
And we won't wait to say
[B]goodbye
[Bm]My b[G]eautiful y[Em]oung m[F#m]an[F]
[G]and[Asus4] I[G][D][A]
[D][A][G][D]