Grantchester Meadows

	  		
Verse 1:  
 E                      A/E                    E  
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|--------4----6----7---|---6----4----2----6---|---6----4----4--------|  
|--------6----7----9---|---7----6----4----7---|---7----6----6--------|  
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|  
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|  
  
  
  
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|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|  
|--5^7^5---4^5^4-------------------|----------------------------------|  
|------------------6^8^6---4^6^4---|------4-------4---6-------7-------|  
|----------------------------------|------6-------6---7-------9-------|  
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                                          I   -   cy  wind    of  
  
 A/E                                E  
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|--6-------4-------2-------6-------|--6---4-----------4-------2---4---|  
|--7-------6-------4-------7-------|--7---6-----------6-------4---6---|  
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   night   be      gone,   this       is  not         your    do- main   
  
  
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|----------4^5^4-------------------|----------------------------------|  
|-(4)--------------6^8^6---4^6^4---|--4---4-------6-----------7-------|  
|-(6)------------------------------|--6---6-------7-----------9-------|  
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                                      In  the     sky         a  
  
 A/E                                E  
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|--6-------4-------2-------6---6---|-(6)--4---------------------------|  
|--7-------6-------4-------7---7---|-(7)--6---------------------------|  
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   bird    was     heard   to  cry________  
  
                                    A  
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|--5^7^5---4^5^4-------------------|--5-------5---7-----------8-------|  
|------------------6^8^6---4^6^4---|--6-------6---7-----------9-------|  
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                                      Mist -  y   morn    -   ing   
  
 D/A            
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|--10------12--10----------8-------|--8---7-----------7-------5---7---|  
|--11------12--11----------9-------|--9---7-----------7-------6---7---|  
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   whis -  per-ings        and        gen-tle         stir - ring sounds  
  
                                    E   
   |       |       |       |          |       |       |       |  
|----------5^7^5-------------------|----------------------------------|  
|------------------9^10^9--7^9^7---|----------------------------------|  
|-(7)------------------------------|--------------4---6-------7-------|  
|-(7)------------------------------|--------------6---7-------9-------|  
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                                                  be- lied    a  
  
 A/E                                E   
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|--6-------4-------2-------6-------|--6-------4---4-----------2---4---|  
|--7-------6-------4-------7-------|--7-------6---6-----------4---6---|  
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   death - ly      si  -   lence      that    lay all         a - round  
  
                                   Chorus:  
                                    A  
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|----------4^5^4-------------------|----------5---5---5---5---5---5---|  
|-(4)--------------6^8^6---4^6^4---|----------6-------6---------------|  
|-(6)------------------------------|----------------------------------|  
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                                              Hear the lark and hearken  
 G                F#m               E    
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|--3-3-3-------3---2---2---2-------|----------------------------------|  
|--4---------------2-----------2---|------------------4-----------4---|  
|----------------------------------|------------------6-------7---6---|  
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  to the bark-ing  of  the dog-fox                    gone    to  ground  
  
                                    A  
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|----------------------------------|----------5---5---5---5---5---5---|  
|-(4)------------------------------|----------6-------6---------------|  
|-(6)------------------------------|----------------------------------|  
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                                              See the splashing of the  
  
 G                F#m               E  
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|--3---3-3---------2---2---2-------|----------------------------------|  
|--4---------------2-------------2-|--4---4---------------------------|  
|----------------------------------|--6-------------------------------|  
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   kingfisher      flashing to   the  wa- ter  
  
                                    A  
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|----------------------------------|--5---5-------5---5-------5-------|  
|--------------------------4---4---|--6---------------6---------------|  
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                           And a      riv-er      of  green   is  
 G                F#m               E     
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|--3---3-------3---2-----2-2-------|----------------------------------|  
|--4---------------2-----------2---|--4-------------------------------|  
|----------------------------------|--6-------------------------------|  
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   sliding     un- seen  beneath the  trees  
                                    
                                    A  
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|----------------------------------|--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|  
|----------------------------------|--6---------------6---------------|  
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                                      Laughing as it  passes through the  
  
 G                F#m               E  
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|--3---3---3-3-----2---2---2-------|----------------------------------|  
|--4---------------2-----------2---|--4-------------------------------|  
|----------------------------------|--6-------------------------------|  
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   end-less summer mak-ing for the    sea  
  
  
Meanwhile a second guitar is playing this:  
E and A/E              A and D/A                
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|-------------------|  |----2---2---2---2--|    
|----2---2---2---2--|  |-------------------|    
|-------------------|  |--0---0---0---0----|    
|--0---0---0---0----|  |-------------------|    
  
G                      F#m  
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|----0---0---0---0--|  |-------------------|  
|-------------------|  |----4---4---4---4--|  
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|--3---3---3---3----|  |--2---2---2---2----|