Tablature fruit tree - Nick Drake

          



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  From: Harlan L Thompson <harlant@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>

  

  FRUIT TREE- Nick Drake

  

  TUNING: D A D G D G (capo 2nd fret) or C G C F C F (capo 4th fret)

  

  OPENING RIFF, RIFF 1 (2 times)

  

  RIFF 2

  Fame is but a fruit tree, so very unsound

  RIFF 2

  It can never flourish till its stalk is in the ground

  RIFF 2

  So men of fame can never find a way

  RIFF 2                                     RIFF 1

  Till time has flown far from their dying day

  

  Forgotten while you're here, remembered for a while

  A much updated ruin, from a much outdated style

  

  Life is but a memory, happened long ago

  Theater full of sadness for the long forgotten show

  Seems so easy just to let it go on by

  Till you stop and wonder why you never wondered why

  

  BRIDGE:

  Eb                 Gmaj9/D

  Safe in the womb of an everlasting night

  Eb                         Gmaj9/D                 

  You find the darkness can give the brightest light

  Eb                   Gmaj9/D              

  Safe in your place deep in the earth

  Eb                        Gmaj9/D                    

  That's when they'll know what you're really worth

  

  Forgotten while you're here, remembered for a while

  A much updated ruin, from a much outdated style

  

  REPEAT VERSE 1

  

  Fruit tree, fruit tree

  Noone knows you but the rain and the air

  Don't you worry

  They'll stand and stare when you're gone

  

  Fruit tree, fruit tree

  Open your eyes to another year

  They'll all know

  That you were here when you're gone

  

  

  OPENING RIFF (very rough guess):

  G ---------0-------------0-------------0-------------

  D -------3---3---------3-------------4---4-----------

  G -----0-------0-----0-------------2-------2---2----- (repeat)

  D -0-3-----------3-2-------3-2-3-0-----------0-------

  A ---------------------------------------------------

  D -----------------------------------------------0---

  

  RIFF 1 (simplest version):

  G ---------0---------------------------------

  D -------0---4-------4-------4---------------

  G -----0-------2---2---2---2---2---2--------- (repeat)

  D -0h2-----------0-------0-------0-----------

  A -------------------------------------------

  D -----------0-------0-------0---------------

  

  RIFF 2:

  G 

  -----------0-----------------0-----------------0-----------------0----------

  D 

  ---------0---0-------------0---0-------------0---0-------------0---0--------

  G 

  -------3-------3---------3-------3---------3-------3---------3-------3------

  D 

  -----0-----------0-----0-----------0-----0-----------0-----0-----------0----

  A 

  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  D 

  -0-5---------------5-4---------------4-3---------------3-2------------------

  

  FINAL SECTION (play like riff 2, but longer between changes):

  Dsus4addBb/G: 5 0 0 3 0 0  Dsus4addBb/F#: 4 0 0 3 0 0  Dsus4addBb/F: 3 0 

  0 3 0 0

  Dsus4addBb/E: 2 0 0 3 0 0  Dsus4addBb/Eb: 1 0 0 3 0 0  Dsus4addBb: 0 0 0 

  3 0 0

  

  

  OTHER CHORDS: Eb: 1 0 1 0 1 0  Gmaj9/D: 0 0 0 2 4 0

  

  

  

  NOTE: This is pretty rough- I can't hear much under those strings.  I 

  was particularly unclear on the intro.  I hope someone can fix this up a bit.

  (from Five Leaves Left, 1969)

  

  

   


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 Fruit tree, de Nick drake 

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