Meadowlark Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]When [G]I[D][G]
[D]was a girl,
I had a favourite [G]story
Of the [D]meadowlark who lived
where the rivers [C]wind
Her [A]voice could match the
[C#m]angels' in its gl[Bm]ory
But she was [C]blind
[Am]The lark[G] was blind[Asus4]

[Verse 2]
[D]The king of the rivers took
her to [G]his palace
Where the [D]walls were burnished
bronze and golden [C]braid
And he [A]fed her fruit an[C#m]d nuts from an ivory
[Bm]chalice and he [G]prayed[A]
[Asus4]"Sing for

[Verse 3]
[D]me, my meadowlar[G]k
[D]Sing for me of the silver [G]morning
[D]Set me free, my meadow[G]lark
[D]And I'll buy[Bm] you a pri[G]celess jew[A]el
And [Bm]cloth of bro[G]cade and [A]crewel
And I'll [Em]love you [G]for life
if [A]you [Am]will[D]
Sing for [G]me."

[Verse 4]
Than [G]one [D]day as the lark
sang by the [G]water
The [D]god of the sun heard her
in his [C]flight
[A]And her singing moved him [C#m]so,
he came and [Bm]brought her
The gift of [C]sight
[Asus4]He gave her [G]sight[Asus4]
And [D]she opened her eyes to the
shimmer and [G]the splendour
Of this [D]beautiful young god,
so proud an[C]d strong
And he [A]called to the lark in [C#m]a voice
both rough [Bm]and tender
"Come [G]along
[Asus4]Fly with

[Verse 5]
[D]me, my meadowl[G]ark
Fly [D]with me on the silver [G]morning
[D]Past the sea where the dol[G]phins bark
[D]We wil[Bm]l dance on [G]the coral bea[A]ches
Make [Bm]a feast of [G]the plums [A]and peaches
Just as far as your vision [Asus4]reaches
[D]Fly with me.[Bm]"[F#]

[Verse 6]
But the [Bm]meadowlark said [C]no
For the [Bm]old king loved h[C]er so
[Am]She couldn't bear
to wound [G]his pride
So the [Bm]sun god flew [C]away and when the
[Bm]king came down that [C]day
He found [E]his meadowlark [F#m]had died
Every time I [C#m]heard that [E]part,
[A]I cri[Asus4]ed

[Verse 7]
And [D]now I stand here,
starry- eyed and [G]stormy
Oh, [D]just when I thought my
heart was finally [C]numb
A [A]beautiful young [C#m]man ap
[A]pears be[Bm]fore me
[C]Singing [Asus4]"Come, oh,
[G]won't you come?"
[Asus4]And what can [D]I do if
finally for the [G]first time
The [D]one I'm burning for returns the [C]glow?
If [A]love has come [C#m]at last,
it's picked the wor[Bm]st time
Still I know I've [Asus4]got to go

[Verse 8]
Fly [D]away, [G]meadowlark
Fly [D]away in the sil[G]ver 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 [Bm]know I leave [G]wounds be[A]hind me
But I [Em]won't let to[D]morrow [Am]find me
[D]Back this way[C][D]

[Verse 9]
Be[G]fore [D]my [G]past once [D]again
[F#m]can blind [A]me[Am][A]
[D]Fly [D]away
[A][D][A][D][A]

[Verse 10]
And we won't wait to
say [D]good[A]bye[Bm]
My [G]beautiful [Em]young [F#m]man an[Asus4]
[G]d I[Asus4]

[Outro 1]
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