Key: E major•
Intro 1
E
A
E
A
C#m
D
C#m
D
Bm
G
A
D
Bm
G
A
F#m
E
A
E
A
Verse 1
E
When I was a girl,
A
I had a favorite story
E
Of the meadowlark who lived
D
Where the rivers wind
B
Her voice could match the
C#m
A
Angels' in it's glory
D
but she was blind
Bsus4
The lark was blind
Verse 2
E
The king of the rivers took
A
her to his palace
E
Where the walls were burnished
D
Bronze and golden braid
B
And he fed her fruit and
C#m
Nuts from an ivory chalice
D
Bsus4
and he prayed
B
E
A
"Sing for me, my meadowlark
E
A
Sing for me of the silver morning
E
A
Set me free, my meadowlark
C#m
A
B
And I'll buy you a priceless jewel
C#m
A
B
And cloth of brocade and crewel
F#m
A
Bm
E
And I'll love you for life if you will
A
Sing for me"
Verse 3
E
Than one day as the lark
A
sang by the water
E
The god of the sun heard
D
her in his flight
B
And her singing moved him so
C#m
D
He came and brought her the gift of sight
A
Bsus4
He gave her sight
Verse 4
E
And she opened her eyes to
A
The shimmer and the splendor
E
Of this beautiful young god
D
So proud and strong
B
And he called to the lark in
C#m
A voice both rough and tender
D
Bm
"Come along
Bsus4
Fly
Verse 5
E
A
with me, my meadowlark
E
A
Fly with me on the silver morning
B
E
A
Past the sea where the dolphins bark
B
We will dance on the coral beaches
C#m
A
Make a feast of the plums
B
and peaches
F#m
Bm
E
Just as far as your vision reaches
G#sus4
G#
Fly with me" but the
C#m
D
meadowlark said no
C#m
D
For the old king loved her so
Bm
G
Em
A
She couldn't bear to wound his pride
C#m
D
So the sun god flew away
C#m
And when the king came
D
Bbm
down that day
G#m
He found his meadowlark had died
Bbm
B
Every time I heard that part I cried
Verse 6
E
And now I stand here,
A
starry- eyed and stormy
E
How, just when I thought my
D
Heart was finally numb
B
A beautiful young man
C#m
appears before me
D
A
Bsus4
Singing "Come oh, won't you come?"
B
And
Verse 7
E
what can I do if, finally
A
For the first time
E
D
The one I'm burning for returns the glow?
B
If love has come at last
C#m
G
It's picked the worst time still I know
Bm
A
I've got to go
Bsus4
Fly
Verse 8
E
A
away, meadowlark
B
E
B
A
Fly away in the silver morning
E
A
If I stay, I'll grow to curse the dark
So it's off where the days
B
won't bind me
C#m
A
B
I know I leave wounds behind me
F#m
Bm
E
But I won't let tomorrow find me
D
E
Back this way
C#m
A
G#m
Before my past once again
Bm
Bsus4
A
can blind me
A
B
Fly away
E
B
E
B
Verse 9
And we won't wait to say
C#
goodbye
C#m
A
F#m
G#m
G
My beautiful young man
A
Bsus4
A
E
B
and I
E
B
A
E
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ChordsE A C#m D Bm...
E
A
C#m
D
Bm
G
F#m
B
Bsus4
G#sus4
G#
Em
Bbm
G#m
C#
Capo: 2
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