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Fly by Nick Drake
Fly
TUNING: D A D G D G (capo 1st fret) or C G C F C F (capo 3rd fret)
PART 1:
G ----------------------------------------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------|
D ------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------|
G ----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----|
D (0)-9---7---5---4---2---0-------------------0-------0-------0-------0------|
A ----------------------------3---2---0--------------------------------------|
D ----------------------------------------0-------0-------0-------0----------|
PART 2:
G ---------0-------0-------0-------0--------------------0-------0------------|
D -----4-------4-------4-------4--------------------4-------4----------------|
G -------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---(repeat------2---2---2---2--(repeat-|
D ---------0-------0-------0-------0------twice,--------0-------0-----three--|
A -----3-------3-------2-------2----------then->)---------------------times)-|
D -(5)----------------------------------------------0-------0----------------|
INTRO:
Play part 1 with opening note. Play second time without opening note, do
the 6 and 4 string alternate bass part twice as long
(part 1)
Please give me a second grace
(part 1 again)
Please give me a second face
(part 2 till next verse)
I'm falling far down, the first time around
Now I just sit on the ground in your way
Now if its time for recompence for what's done
Come come sit down on the fence in the sun
And the clouds will roll by and will never deny
Its really too hard for to fly
Please tell me your second name
Please play me your second game
I've fallen so far, for the people you love
I just need your star for the day
So come, come ride in my street car by the bay
For now I must know how fine you are in your way
And the sea she will sigh but she won't need to cry
For it's really too hard for to fly
NOTES: I'd recommend tuning down to CGCFCF because with DADGDG you are
VERY likely to break one of the top two strings trying to get into this
tuning. Note also the similarity between this song and the already
posted Pink Moon (CGCFCE or DADGDF# as the case may be).
There are two released versions of Fly, a band version on Bryter Layter
and a demo solo version on Time of No Reply. I learned this song from
the Time of No Reply version since it's just the guitar, but I included
the words (to the best of my ability) from the Bryter Layter since that
was the "final" version of the song. There is considerable difference
between the two versions of lyrics.
All verses have the same chord pattern. You might try sliding up to the
9th fret for a nice effect, and hammering on the first note of the fifth
string in part 1 is also sometimes done by Drake I think. The first note
of part 2 (the 5 on the sixth string) is sometimes done, sometimes not-
its incidental.
At the end of the song there is some instrumental work that is basically
not very hard to duplicate variations on part 2. I didn't tab it because
I didn't think it was essential- you can learn the above stuff, listen to
Nick Drake's version and then be able to get the gist of the end part
pretty easily I think.
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version 2
Tuning BEBEBE capo 4th fret
Main pattern for intro and 1st half of verse:
#
--|0-0-0---|--------|--------|--------|
--|-0-0--0-|0-0-----|--4---4-|--4---4-| (- the 4's on this string
--|4-2-00-0|-0--0-0-|2---2---|2---2---| are 0's in the intro)
0-|------4-|2-00-0-0|-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0|
--|--------|----5-4-|--2---2-|--2---2-|
--|--------|--------|0---0---|0---0---|
* * *
(* - sometimes you slide up to these notes from the fret below)
(# - hammer on the 2 (on both strings) here in the intro)
Variation for the last two bars of the above:
|------0-|--------|
|--4-----|4---4---|
|2---2---|--2---2-| (only the top 3 strings are different)
|-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0|
|--2---2-|--2---2-|
|0---0---|0---0---|
Second half of verse
|--0---0-|--0---0-| |--0-----|
|5---5---|4---4---| |4---4---|
|-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0| (x3) |------2-| (x4)
|--0---0-|--0---0-| |-0-0-0-0|
|5---5---|4---4---| |--2---2-|
|--------|--------| |0---0---|
End bit:
|----0---|----0---|---0----|---0----|---0----|---0----|
|--5---5-|--4---4-|--5--5--|--4--4--|--5--5--|--4--4--|
|-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0|-0--0-0-|-0--0-0-|-0--0-0-|-0--0-0-|
|--0---0-|--0---0-|--0--0-0|--0--0-0|--0--0-0|--0--0-0|
|5---5---|4---4---|5--5----|4--4----|5--5----|4--4----|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|-------0|----0---|
|----4---|-4----4-|
|--2-----|---2----| to end
|-0-0-0--|0-0--0-0|
|--2---2-|-2--2-2-|
|0---0--0|---0----|
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