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Clothes Of Sand by Nick Drake
Clothes Of Sand
TUNING: D G D G A D or E A E A B E
Gsus2 F Gsus2 F
Gsus2 F Gsus2
Who has dressed you in strange clothes of sand?
Ebmaj7 Dsus2
Who has taken you far from my land?
Gsus2 F Gsus2
Who has said that my sayings are wrong
Ebmaj7 Dsus2 Gsus2
And who will say that I stayed much too long
CHORUS:
Ebmaj7 F Gsus2
Clothes of sand have covered your face
Ebmaj7 Dsus2
Given you meaning but taken my place
Ebmaj7 F Gsus2 Gsus2/F Gsus2/E
So make your way on down to the sea
Ebmaj7 Dsus2 Gsus2 F Gsus2
Something has taken you so far from me
Does it now seem worth all the colour of skies
To see the earth through painted eyes
To look through panes of shaded glass
See the stains of winter's grass?
Can you now return to from where you came
Try to burn your changing name
Or with silver spoon and coloured light
Will you worship moons in winter's night
CHORUS:
Clothes of sand have covered your face
Given you meaning but taken my place
So make your way on down to the sea
Something has taken you so far from me Gsus2 F
Gsus2 F Ebmaj7 Dsus2 Gsus2/F Gsus2/E
D --0--- --3--- --0--- --0--- --0--- --0---
A --0--- --0--- --1--- --0--- --0--- --0---
G --0--- --0--- --0--- --0--- --0--- --0---
D --0--- --3--- --1--- --0--- --0--- --0---
G --0--- --x--- --0--- --0--- --0--- --0---
D --x--- --3--- --1--- --0--- --3--- --2---
NOTES: My ear isn't good enough to give the full picking pattern, but
listen to the record and you can get very close. It is important to
emphasise the base note (the bottom note of each chord). Also, before
playing the Ebmaj7 chord, always hit the 6th string open base note first
(D) then the Eb base note then the rest of the picking pattern.
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version 2
This is the basic picking pattern for the song. You need a capo on the
first fret. Tune your B string down to A for this but it stills sounds good
in standard.
Intro:
e -------------0-----------------3---------------------------------------|
a -------0-------0-----------------0-------------------------------------|
G -----2---2-------2-----------0-----0-----------------------------------|
D ---2-------2-------2-------0-------------------------------------------|
A -0-------------------0-------------------------------------------------|
E -----------------------0-3-----------3~--------------------------------|
play that twice, then
Verse:
e -------------0-----------------3-----------0---------------------------|
a -------0-------0-----------------0-----------0----------0--------------|
G -----2---2-------2-----------0-----0-----2----------------0------------|
D ---2-------2-------2-------0-----------2--------------3-----3-----3----|
A -0-------------------0---------------0--------------3-----------3------|
E -----------------------0-3----------------------0-1-----------1--------|
e -------------------------------------------0-----------------3---------|
a -0-----------0-----------0-----------0-------0-----------------0-------|
G ---0-----------1-----------1-------2---2-------2-----------0-----0-----|
D -----3-----2-----2-----2-----2---2-------2-------2-------0-------------|
A ---------2-----------2---------0-------------------0-------------------|
E -------0-----------0---------------------------------0-3---------------|
e -------0------------------------------------------0--------------------|
a ---------0----------0-----------0-----------0-------0------------------|
G -----2----------------0-----------1-------2---2-------2----------------|
D ---2--------------3-----3-----2-----2---2-------2-------2--------------|
A -0--------------3-----------2---------0-------------------0------------|
E ------------0-1-----------0--------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
e ---------------------------------------0-------------------------------|
a ---------0-----------0-----------0-------0---------------0-------------|
G -----------0-----------0-------2---2-------2---------------0-----------|
D -------3-----3-----0-----0---2-------2-------2---------3-----3---------|
A -----3-----------2---------0-------------------0-----3-----------------|
E -0-1-----------3---------------------------------0-1-------------------|
e -----------------------------------------------------------------------|
a -------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0---------------|
G ---------0-----------1-----------1-----------0-----------0-------2-----|
D -----3-----3-----2-----2-----2-----2-----3-----3-----0-----0---2-------|
A ---3-----------2-----------2-----------3-----------2---------0---------|
E -1-----------0-----------0-----------1-----------3---------------------|
e -------------------------------------------------------0---------------|
a -------------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-------0-------------|
G -----2-----2---2-----------0-----------1-------2---2-------2-----------|
D ---2-----0-------0-----3-----3-----2-----2---2-------2-------2---------|
A ---------------------3-----------2---------0-------------------0-------|
E -3-----2-----------1-----------0---------------------------------------|
e ---------3--------------------------0-----------------3----------------|
a -----------0------------------0-------0-----------------0--------------|
G -------0-----0--------------2---2-------2-----------0-----0------------|
D -----0--------------------2-------2-------2-------0--------------------|
A ------------------------0-------------------0--------------------------|
E -0-3-----------3~-----------------------------0-3-----------3----------|
Lyrics:
Who has dressed you in strange clothes of sand
Who has taken you far from my land
Who has said that my sayings were wrong
And who will say that I stayed much too long?
Clothes of sand have covered your face
Given you meaning but taken my place
So make your way on down to the sea
Something has taken you so far from me.
Does it now seem worth all the colour of skies
To see the earth through painted eyes
To look through panes of shaded glass
See the stains of winter's grass.
Can you now return to from where you came
Try to burn your changing name
Or with silver spoons and coloured light
Will you worship moons in winter's night.
Clothes of sand have covered your face
Given you meaning but taken my place
So make your way on down to the sea
Something has taken you so far from me.
So the structure is pretty much this:
verse
chorus
verse x 2
chorus
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