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?
 
 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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