Clothes Of Sand

From: sunking@gate.net (E. D. Harvey) Date: 10 Jun 1995 17:29:42 -0500 Subject: TAB: "Clothes of Sand" Nick Drake ----- Included text ----- This is "Clothes of Sand", off the Nick Drake album "Time of No Reply". The tuning is DGDGAD, with a capo on the 3rd fret. CLOTHES OF SAND |-------------------0-|-------------------------|-------3-------------| |---------------------|-------------------------|-------0-------------| |----------0-----0----|0-----0-----------------0|----0----------------| |-------5-----5-------|---5-----------------3---|-3-------------------| |----0----------------|---------0--------0------|---------------------| |-5-------------------|------------0--3---------|----------(3)--------| Intro (play 2X) |---------------------|0------------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------| |-------------0-----0-|---0-----0---------------|-0-----0-----------0-| |----------5-----5----|------5-----------------3|----3-----------5----| |-------0-------------|------------0--------0---|-------------0-------| |-3--5----------------|---------------0--3------|----------5----------| Who has dressed you in strange clothes of sand |--------------(1)----|---0---------------------|---------------0-----| |---------------------|-------1-----------------|-------------------0-| |---------------0-----|----------0--------------|------0--------------| |------------3-----3--|1------------3-----------|---4-----4-----------| |0--------3-----------|----------------3--------|2-----------2--------| |---0--1--------------|----1--------------1--0--|---------------0-----| Who has taken you far from my land |---------------------|---------0---------------|---------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------| |0--------------------|0-----0-----0-----0------|----------0-----0----| |---4--------------5--|---5-----------5---------|-------3-----3-------| |------2--------0-----|---------------------0---|----0----------------| |---------0--5--------|------------------------0|-3-------------------| Who has said that my sayings were wrong |---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------| |---------0-----------|------0-----------------0|----------------0----| |------5--------------|---3-----3--1--------4---|-4-----------5-------| |---0--------0--------|3-----------------2------|----2-----0----------| |5--------------0--1--|---------------0---------|-------5-------------| And who will say that I've stayed much too long REFRAIN |------0--------------|-------------------------|---------------------| |---------0-----------|-------------------------|---------------------| |---0--------0--------|------------0------------|----0-----0----------| |5--------------5-----|---------3-----3--1------|-3-----3-------------| |------------------0--|------3-----------------0|---------(0)---------| |------5--------------|0--1-----------------3---|---------------------| Clothes of sand have |------------------0--|-------------------------|-------0-------------| |---------------------|0------------------------|----------1----------| |---------0-----0-----|---0--------------------0|-------------0-------| |------5-----5--------|------5--------------3---|-3--1-----------3----| |---0-----------------|---------0--------3------|-------------------3-| |5-----------------5--|------------0--1---------|-------1-------------| covered your face-- Given you meaning and |---------------------|0------------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---0---------------------|---------------------| |------------0--------|------0------------------|-0-----------------0-| |---------4-----4-----|---------4--------------3|----3--1--------3----| |------2-----------2--|------------2--------3---|-------------0-------| |1--0-----------------|0--------------0--1------|----------3----------| taken my place So make your way |---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------| |---0-----------0-----|------------0------------|----0----------------| |3-----------5--------|---------2---------------|-3-----3--1--------4-| |---------0-----------|0-----0--------0--------3|----------------2----| |------5-----------3--|---2--------------0--1---|-------------0-------| on down to the sea Something has taken |---------------------|------0------------------|------------------3--| |---------------------|---------0---------------|------------------0--| |0-----------------0--|---0--------0------------|---------0-----0-----| |---4-----------5-----|5--------------5---------|------3-----3--------| |------2-----0--------|------------------0------|---0-----------------| |---------5-----------|------5--------------0---|3--------------------| you so far from me [then go directly to intro, but play into only once, and onto 2nd verse] ENDING |---------------------|------0------------------|-----------------(0)-| |---------------------|---------0---------------|-----------------(0)-| |-------------------0-|---0--------0------------|---------0-----0--0--| |----------------5----|5--------------5---------|------3-----3-----5--| |-------------0-------|------------------0------|---0-----------------| |----------5----------|------5--------------0---|3-----------------5--| so far from me ADDITIONAL LYRICS [verse 2] Does it now seem worth all the color of skies To see the earth through painted eyes To look through panes of shaded glass See the stains of winter's grass (refrain) [verse 3] Can you now return to from where you came Try to burn your changing name Or with silver spoons and colored light Will you worship moons in winter's night (refrain) The toughest thing about learning this song is in making it sound fluid all the way through, but once mastered, it is a great addition to one's repertoire. A smooth transition from end of refrain back to into takes a bit of work too, but it's more a matter of timing than difficult fingerings, etc. If anyone has corrections, additions, or comment, by all means let me know. E.H.