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Skylark

Aretha Franklin

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners17 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

A6Diagram coming soon
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C#m7Diagram coming soon
D××○
Cm7Diagram coming soon
E7○○○○
A×○○
F#m7Diagram coming soon
CdimDiagram coming soon
FdimDiagram coming soon
Em7○○○○○
A7×○○○
Bm×
GdimDiagram coming soon
G○○○
AbDiagram coming soon
F#mDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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               A6     Bm7 C#m7              D           A7M   Bm7 C#m7        
Skylark,            have you anything to say to me 
          Cm7              Bm7     Bm5-/7    E7 
Won't you tell me where my love can be 
          E4/7           E7         A     F#m7 
Is there a meadow in the mist 
        D       Cdim           E7                  
Where someone's waiting to be kissed 
E4/7     A6     Bm7  C#m7         D              A7M         Bm7   C#m7 
Oh,   skylark,         have you seen a valley green with spring 
         Cm7              Bm7   Bm5-/7  E7 
Where my heart can go a-journeying 
        E4/7           E7          A      F#m7 
Over the shadows and the rain  
     Fdim     E7      A              
To a blossom-covered lane 
 
Bridge 
 
Em7 A7        D7M   Cdim    Em7 
And in your lonely flight 
            A7              D7M     Bm7     C#m5-/7            
Haven't you heard the music in the night 
         F#m5-/7           
Wonderful music  
Bm          Bm7             Em7   Gdim   D7M 
faint as a will o'the wisp, crazy  as a loon 
G         D         A Ab  A7   D     E7  
Sad as a gypsy serenading the moon,  oh 
   A6     Bm7  C#m7          D                A7M       Bm7     C#m7        
Skylark,             I don't know if you can find these things 
       Cm7             Bm7     Bm5-/7   E7  
But my heart is riding on your wings 
         Bm5-/7       E7   A    F#m 
So if you see them anywhere 
         Bm5-/7   E7    F#m   Cdim Bm5-/7  E7  A7M/9 
Won't you lead  me   there

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Chord set

A6 · Bm7 · C#m7 · D · Cm7 · E7 · A · F#m7 · Cdim · Fdim · Em7 · A7 · Bm · Gdim · G · Ab · F#m

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.