Clothes Of Sand

 Nick Drake- Clothes Of Sand 
  
 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 
  
 That's pretty much it. Listen to the song to get it down.