Nick Drake – At The Chime Of A City Clock (Guitar Tab)

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: cflat Email: [email protected] INTRO x2 (on the recording the song starts on the second note; skipping the first) You can use your thumb on the 5th fret of the E string if it's better for you. There's times to play some extra open strings or move the positions from up the fretboard towards nut.

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B|--------8-----------8-----------|7-----------7-----------7-------|
G|--------5-----------5-----------|5-----------5-----------5-------|
D|--------7-----------7-----------|7-----------7-----------7-------|
A|0---0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---|0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

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B|--------6-----------6-----------|5-----------5-----------5-------|
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D|--------7-----------7-----------|7-----------7-----------7-------|
A|0---0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---|0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

** BEGINNING OF REPEAT: A city freeze get on your knees A stay indoors beneath the floors A city clown will soon fall down

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a pray for warmth and green paper talk with neighbors only without a face to hide in

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A city drought you're down and out The games you play make people say And he will lose if he won't choose

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see your trousers don't taper you're either weird or lonely the one he may confide in

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A saddle up kick your feet A city star won't shine too far A sonny boy with smokes for sale

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ride the range of a London street on account of the way you are went to ground with a face so pale

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A travel to a local plane And the beads around your face And never heard about the change

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turn around and come back again make you sure to fit back in place showed his hand and fell out of range

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And at the And at the In the

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chime of a city clock uh put up your road block beat of a city drum see how your friends come light of a city square find out the face that's fair

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hang on to your crown for a in twos or threes or more for the keep it by your side but the

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stone in a tin can is wealth to the city man sound of a busy place is fine for a pretty face light of the city falls you fly to the city walls

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who leaves his armour down who knows what a face is for take off with your bride But at the

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*************************** 1st time only *************************

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GO TO BEGINNING OF REPEAT *************************** 2nd time only *************************

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D|5---------------3---------3-----|----3---2------2-----2----2-----|
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E|3----3------3---1-----1-------1-|--------------------------------|

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2/2 time

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E|3----3------3---1-----1-------1-|---------------:|

GO TO BEGINNING OF REPEAT *************************** 3rd time only ************************* chime of the city clock put up your road block

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hang on to your crown for a

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stone in a tin can is wealth to the city man

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who leaves his armor

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E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

down

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