Fruit Tree

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 From: Harlan L Thompson  
  
   
  
 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 A much updated ruin, from a much outdated style 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 A much updated ruin, from a much outdated style 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)