Clothes Of Sand

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From: Harlan L Thompson

 

CLOTHES OF SAND- Nick Drake

 

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?

D#maj7 Dsus2

Who has taken you far from my land?

Gsus2 F Gsus2

Who has said that my sayings are wrong

D#maj7 Dsus2 Gsus2

And who will say that I stayed much too long

 

CHORUS:

D#maj7 F Gsus2

Clothes of sand have covered your face

D#maj7 Dsus2

Given you meaning but taken my place

D#maj7 F Gsus2 Gsus2/F Gsus2/E

So make your way on down to the sea

D#maj7 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 D#maj7 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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(sent by Harlan at [email protected])