Fly

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 From: Harlan L Thompson  
  
   
  
 FLY- Nick Drake 
  
 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.  Enjoy, and improvements are welcome.