He uses DADGDF# tuning. If you want to avoid breaking too many
strings try tuning to CGCFCE and using a capo at the 2nd fret.
Introduction:-
F#||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
D ||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
G ||-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0/2--.||
D ||-4-4-4-2-0-2-0-2/4--.||
A ||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
D ||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
Verse:-
||-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5---||
||-7-9-7-9-7---5-7-5-7-5---||
||-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5--.||
||-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5--.||
||-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5---||
||-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5---||
Chorus:-
Introduction followed by:-
||-0-----0-----0-0-0-0-0-0------||
||-0-----0-----0-0-0-0-0-0------||
||-0-----2-----0-0-0-0-0-2-----.||
||-0-----4-----2-0-2-0-2/4-----.||
||-2-----0-----0-0-0-0-0-0------||
||-2-----0-----0-0-0-0-0-0------||
Solo:-
||---------------|-----------------||
||---------------|-----------------||
||-2-------------|-0-----------2--.||
||-4-2-0---------|---4-2-0---0-0--.||
||-------4-2---2-|---------2-------||
||-----------5-2-|-----------------||
(let all the open strings ring during the solo)
I hope that makes sense... You'll have to work out the rhythm by
playing along to the tape.
To help learn it, here are the chords used during the song. The
numbers on the fretboards represent where you should put your fingers
and the numbers correspond to which finger I use to play it
comfortably (1=thumb, ... , 5=little finger).
Intro:-
O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
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Verse:-
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7th fret 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 | 2
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And the same patterns at the 5th fret.
Chorus:-
O O O O
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4 5 | | | |
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Together with the intro chords.
I think I can help you out by relaying some information which helped me
out quite a bit with figuring out Nick Drake's guitar arrangements.
(I've never posted any of the tabs because it's too much of a pain to key in)
Nick Drake used six different altered tunings. They are as follows:
(1)DADGAF# (2)DADGDG (3)CGCFCE (4)DGDDAD (5)DADGDF# (6)DGDGAD
He often capoed, so this can make it a bit harder to figure out which tuning
he is using. I also believe that tuning number 6 was a full tone lower on
some songs [sorry, I mean tuning #5! (CGCFCE).
The tuning he used most often was tuning #5. This is the one he used on
"Which Will", "Parasite", "Hazey Jane"(I & II), "From the Morning",
"Pink Moon", and "Northern Sky". Tuning #1 was used on "Place to Be".
Tuning #2 was used on "Fly". CGCFCE was used to play "Hanging on a Star".
Tuning #4 was used on "Road", and I believe it is used on "Things Behind
the Sun", though I am not sure of the latter fact. I THINK he uses tuning
#6 on "Day is Done", and he definitely uses it on "Clothes of Sand".
I also believe the lowered version of tuning #5 was used on "From the Morning"
and "Which Will".
As far as capo positions go, the ones I know are as follows:
Place to Be [2nd fret], Parasite [2nd fret], Pink Moon [1st fret],
Northern Sky [1st fret], Fly [1st fret], Road [3rd fret], Clothes of Sand
[3rd fret], Day is Done [7th fret (I think)], Things Behind the Sun [6th fret
(I think)].
PLAY TOO ..