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Nick Drake : Bryter Layter
1971

  1. Introduction
  2. Hazey Jane II
  3. At The Chime Of A City Clock
    +1
  4. One Of These Things First
    +1
  5. Hazey Jane I
    +1


  6. Bryter Layter
  7. Fly
  8. Poor Boy
  9. Northern Sky
  10. Sunday

Introduction

Tuning: CGCFCE
Capo:
II
|---------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|
|------0-----0----|------0-----0----|------0-----0----|------0-----0----|
|-----5--5--5-5---|-----4--4--4-4---|-----0--0--0-0---|-----2--2--2-2---|
|----0--0--0---0--|----0--0--0---0--|----4--4--4---4--|----0--0--0---0--|
|---0-----------0-|---0-----------0-|---0-----------0-|---0-----------0-|
|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
|---------1-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|
|------0-----0----|------0-----0----|------0-----0----|------0-----0----|
|-----4--4--4-4---|-----4--4--4-4---|-----0--0--0-0---|-----0--2--2-2---|
|----0--0--0---0--|----0--0--0---0--|----0--0--0---0--|----0--0--0---0--|
|---0-----------0-|---0-----------0-|---0-----------0-|---0-----------0-|
|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
The two 4-bar sequences just alternate through the song, with minor variations.
This song can be played in Drop D tuning without a capo. This adds 2 to the
top string fret numbers in the tab and 3 to the second string.
You get the same notes, just with fewer open strings.
Using Nick's tuning gives you the sound of the open strings, and the simpler fretting.

Hazey Jane II

Tuning: CGCFCE
C 000200 F 555755
Dm9 222000 Ab x1333x
Eb 333533 Bb x3555x
C
Riff1
*
C
Riff2
*
|-0--0-3-0-1111-1-or-0-| |-0--------------------|
|-0--0-2-0-0000-0-or-0-| |-0--------------------|
|-2--2-0-2-4444-4-or-2-| |-2-----------0-0-or-2-|
|-0--------------------| |-0-----------2-2-or-0-|
|-0--------------------| |-0-----------2-2-or-0-|
|-0--------------------| |-0--------------------|
end on * before each line of verse 1 end on * before going into section D
Intro (Section A):
F
Bb
Ab
Eb
Dm9
C
Riff1
Verse (Section B):
Dm9
C
Riff1
"hey, take a little while.." (Section C):
C
Dm9
C
Riff2
"now that a family.. (Section D)"
Bb
F
Bb
F
Eb
C
Next we hit the section A (but no 5th chord, and ending with Riff2); section C;
section D; A but ending with Riff2; and finally "let's sing a song..." which is:
C
Dm9
C
Riff1
C
Dm9
C
Riff2
x3
 And what will happen in the morning When the world it gets so crowded That you can't look out the window in the morning? And what will happen in the evening In the forest with the weasel with the teeth That bite so sharp when you're not looking in the evening? And all the friends that you once knew are left behind They kept you safe and so secure Amongst the books and all the records of your lifetime? What will happen in the morning When the world it gets so crowded That you can't look out the window in the morning? Hey, take a little while to grow your brothers hair And now, take a little while to make your sister fair And now that the family is part of a chain Take off your eyeshade start over again Now take a little while to find your way in here Now take a little while to make your story clear Now that you're lifting your feet from the ground Weigh up your anchor and never look round Let's sing a song for Hazey Jane She's back again in my mind If songs were lines in a conversation The situation would be fine

At The Chime Of A City Clock

Tuning: BEBEBE
Capo:
IV
 A city freeze get on your knees Pray for warmth and green paper A city drought, you're down and out See your trousers don't taper Saddle up kick your feet Ride the range of a London street Travel to a local plane Turn around and come back again And at the chime of a city clock Put up your road block Hang on to your crown For a stone in a tin can Is wealth to the city man Who leaves his armour down Stay indoors beneath the floors Talk with neighbours only The games you play make people say You're either weird or lonely A city star won't shine too far On account of the way you are And the beads around your face Make you sure to fit back in place And at the beat of a city drum See how your friends come in twos Or threes or more For the sound of a busy place Is fine for a pretty face Who knows what a face is for The city clown will soon fall down Without a face to hide in And he will lose if he won't choose The one he may confide in Sonny boy with smokes for sale Went to ground with a face so pale And never heard about the change Showed his hand and fell out of range In the light of a city square Find out that face that's fair Keep it by your side When the light of the city falls You fly to the city walls Take off with your bride But at the chime of a city clock Put up your road block Hang on to your crown For a stone in a tin can Is wealth to the city man Who leaves his armour down

One Of These Things First

Tuning: DADF#AD (Open D)
Capo:
II
 I could have been a sailor Could have been a cook A real live lover Could have been a book I could have been a signpost Could have been a clock As simple as a kettle Steady as a rock I could be here and now I would be, I should be, but how? I could have been One of these things first I could have been One of these things first I could have been your pillar Could have been your door I could have stayed beside you Could have stayed for more I could have been your statue Could have been your friend A whole long lifetime Could have been the end I could be yours so true I would be, I should be, through and through I could have been One of these things first I could have been One of these things first I could have been a whistle Could have been a flute A real live giver Could have been a boot I could have been a signpost Could have been a clock As simple as a kettle Steady as a rock I could be even here I would be, I should be, so near I could have been One of these things first I could have been One of these things first

Hazey Jane I

Tuning: CGCFCE
Capo:
II
 Do you curse where you come from? Do you swear in the night? Will it mean much to you If I treat you right? Do you like what you're doing? Would you do it some more? Or will you stop once and wonder What you're doing it for? Hey slow, Jane, make sense Slow, slow, Jane, cross the fence Do you feel like a remnant Of something that's past? Do you find things are moving Just a little too fast? Do you hope to find new ways Of quenching your thirst? Do you hope to find new ways of doing Better than your worst? Hey slow, Jane, let me prove Slow, slow, Jane, we're on the move Do it for you Sure that you would do the same for me one day So try to be true Even if it's only in your hazey way Can you tell if you're moving With no mirror to see? If you're just riding a new man Looks a little like me? Is it all so confusing? Is it hard to believe? When the winter is coming can you Sign up and leave Hey slow, Jane, clear your eye Slow, slow, Jane, fly on by

Bryter Layter

Tuning: DADGBD (Double Drop D)
Capo:
III
Intro/Main bit:
|---------------5-4---4---0-----|-------0----------------(0)-------|
|--(3)----3-----3-3---3---3-----|---0h1---0--------(3)----3--------|
|---2-----2-----2-2---2---2-----|-------------------2--------------|
|-----0-----0---------------0---|---0h2-----0-----------0---0---0--|
|---0---------0-----0---0-----0-|-------------2-0-----0-------0----|
|-0-----0-----------------------|-3-------2-------0----------------|
This is different almost every time, especially the bass strings.
Next bit:
|---------0---------------4-0-----|---------0---------------0-------|
|-----0---0-----------3---3-3-----|-----0---0---------2-----2-------|
|-----0---------2-----2---2-2-----|-----0-------------2-----2-------|
|-------2-----0---------0---------|-------2-----2---2-----2-----2---|
|---2-------2-------0-----------0-|---2-------2---0-----0-----0-----|
|-2---------------0-----------0---|-2-----------------------------0-|
|---------0---------------4-0-----|---------0---------------0-----------0-----------|
|-----0---0-----------3---3-3-----|-----0---0---------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----|
|-----0---------2-----2---2-2-----|-----0-------------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----|
|-------2-----0---------0---------|-------2-----2---2-----2-----2-----2-----2---0---|
|---2-------2-------0-----------0-|---2-------2---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------0-|
|-2---------------0-----------0---|-2-----------------------------------------------|
Note: I've left the melody off the end of the second bar in each case,
as the guitar part underneath is so specific it seemed worth knowing.
You can play always the melody instead if you prefer.
And the next:
|---------7----------7------7---|-------7-----7-----------------|
|-----7----------5--------5-----|---7-----7---------------------|
|---------7-------------0-------|---6-----6-----3--4---4--------| (twice)
|-----7-----7------7-7----------|---5-----5--------3---4---0----|
|---0---0--------0--------------|-0---0-----0----------------0--|
|-0------------0----------------|---------------0----0----0-----|
|-----0-----0-----------4-0-----|-----0-----0-----------0-------|
|-0h1---0h1---0---3-----3-3-----|-0h1---0h1---0-2-------2-------|
|-----0-----0---2-------2-2-----|-----0-----0-----2---2-----2---| (twice, extending the
|-0h2---0h2---0-------0-----0---|-0h2---0h2---0---2---2---2-----| second bar 2nd time
|-------------------0---------0-|---------------0---0---------0-| around)
|-3-----3-----2-0---------------|-3-----3-----2-----------------|
Then:
|-----7-----5-----4---------------|-----7-----5-----4---------------|
|-----7-----7-----3-----1-----3---|-----7-----7-----3-----1-----2---|
|-----7-----5-----0-----0-----2---|-----7-----5-----0-----0-----2---| (twice)
|-----7-----5-----4-----2-----0---|-----7-----5-----4-----2-----2---|
|---0---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-|---0---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-|
|-0-------0-----0-----0-----0-----|-0-------0-----0-----0-----0-----|
|---------0---------0---2---4-----|
|-----0-----------2-----2-------3-|
|-----0---------0-2-----2---------| (and back into main riff, then
|-----2-------2---2-------2-------| repeat all the above)
|---2---2---2-----0---0-------0---|
|-2-------------------------------|
 Please give me a second grace Please give me a second face I've fallen far down the first time around Now I just sit on the ground in your way Now if it's time for recompense for what's done Come, come sit down on the fence in the sun And the clouds will roll by And we'll never deny It's 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 are I just need your star for a day So come, come ride in my streetcar by the bay For now I must know how fine you are in your way And the sea sure as I But she won't need to cry For it's really too hard For to fly

Fly

Tuning: BEBEBE
Capo:
IV
Can be played even more easily in BF#BEBE, but if you listen to the
TONR version there's a clear open E halfway through the second verse.
Main pattern for intro and 1st half of verse:
(in the intro the 4's on the 2nd string are 0's)
--|/0---0---0-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
--|---0---0----/0---|-0---0-----------|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|
--|/4---2---0-0---0-|---0----/0---0---|h2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|
0-|------------/4---|-2---0-0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|
--|-----------------|--------/5---4---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
--|-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
Variation for the last two bars of the above:
|-------------0---|-----------------|
|-----4-----------|-4-------4-------|
|-2-------2-------|-----2-------2---| (only the top 3 strings are different)
|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|
|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
Second half of verse
|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---| |-----0-----------|
|-5-------5-------|-4-------4-------| |-4-------4-------|
|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-| x3 |-------------2---| x4
|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---| |---0---0---0---0-|
|-5-------5-------|-4-------4-------| |-----2-------2---|
|-----------------|-----------------| |-0-------0-------|
End bit:
|-----0----|-----0----|----0-----|----0-----|----0-----|----0-----|
|---5---5--|---4---4--|---5--5---|---4--4---|---5--5---|---4--4---|
|--0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0--|--0--0-0--|--0--0-0--|--0--0-0--|
|---0---0--|---0---0--|---0--0-0-|---0--0-0-|---0--0-0-|---0--0-0-|
|-5---5----|-4---4----|-5--5-----|-4--4-----|-5--5-----|-4--4-----|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|---------------0-|---------0-------|
|---------4-------|---4---------4---|
|-----2-----------|-------2---------| to end (from TONR version)
|---0---0---0-----|-0---0-----0---0-|
|-----2-------2---|---2---2-----2---|
|-0-------0-----0-|---------0-------|
 Please give me a second grace Please give me a second face I've fallen far down the first time around Now I just sit on the ground in your way Now if it's time for recompense for what's done Come, come sit down on the fence in the sun And the clouds will roll by And we'll never deny It's 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 are I just need your star for a day So come, come ride in my streetcar by the bay For now I must know how fine you are in your way And the sea sure as I But she won't need to cry For it's really too hard For to fly

Poor Boy

Capo:
III
A11 x00020
Am7 57555x
D9 x57555
Intro:
Am7
D9
Verse:
57555x 47444x x4
37333x x37333 x4
57555x 47444x
 Never sing for my supper I never helped my neighbour Never do what is proper For my fair share of labour I'm a poor boy and I'm a rover Count your coins and throw them over my shoulder I may grow older
x0565x x0454x x0343(3) x02420 x2
Nobody knows how cold it grows And nobody sees how shaky my knees Nobody cares how steep my stairs And nobody smiles if I cross their stiles
A
A11
D/f#
A
A11
D/f#
Oh poor boy, so sorry for himself Oh poor boy, so worried for his health
E7sus4
E7
You may say every day Where will he stay tonight Never know what I came for Seems that I've forgotten Never ask what I came from Or how I was begotten I'm a poor boy and I'm a ranger Things I say may seem stranger than Sunday Changing to Monday Nobody knows how cold it flows And nobody feels the worn down heels Nobody's eyes make the skies Nobody spreads their aching heads Oh poor boy, so worried for his life Oh poor boy, so keen to take a wife He's a mess but he'll say yes If you just dress in white Nobody knows how cold it blows And nobody sees how shaky my knees Nobody cares how steep my stairs And nobody smiles if you cross their stiles Oh poor boy, so sorry for himself Oh poor boy, so worried for his health You may say every day Where will he stay tonight Oh poor boy, so worried for his life Oh poor boy, so keen to take a wife Oh poor boy, so sorry for himself Oh poor boy, so worried for his health Oh poor boy, so worried for his life

Northern Sky

Tuning: BEBEBE
Capo:
IV
B 02024x E x0040x F#sus4 x22222 Badd4/e x0400x
Dm9 2x4000 E* x00000 F#add4 79760x C#m7 2x2000
Esus4 5555xx E** 57575x F#7sus4 x22200
B
Dm9
B
Dm9
|----------(0)----|-----------------|-------0---------|-------0---------|
|-4-----4---------|-0-----0-------0-|-4-----4------0--|-0-------------0-|
|-2-----2-------0-|-0-----0-----0---|-2-----2-----2---|-0-----------0---|
|-0-----0-----2---|-4-----4----4----|-0--0--0----0----|-5--4--2----0----|
|-2--22-2---------|----00-----0-----|-2-----2---2-----|-----0-----0-----|
|-0-----0---------|-2-----2---------|-0---0-0---------|-2-----2---------|
B
Dm9
I never felt magic crazy as this I never saw moons, knew the meaning of the sea I never held emotion in the palm of my hand Or felt sweet breezes in the top of a tree
F#sus4
But now you're here
Esus4
E*
Brighten my northern sky Been a long time that I'm waiting Been a long time that I'm blown Been a long time that I've wandered Through the people I have known Oh, if you would and you could Straighten my new mind's eye |
B
|
Dm9
|
x4
|
E
Badd4/e
|
B
|
x3
|
Esus4
E**
|
C#m7
B
| |
Esus4
E**
|
F#7sus4
F#add4
| Would you love me for my money? Would you love me for my head? Would you love me through the winter? Would you love me 'til I'm dead? Oh, if you would and you could Come blow your horn on high I never felt magic crazy as this I never saw moons, knew the meaning of the sea I never held emotion in the palm of my hand Or felt sweet breezes in the top of a tree But now you're here Brighten my northern sky

Sunday

Tuning: BEBEBE
Capo:
IV
Main pattern (A):
----|------------------------------|
----|---0-----0--------------------|
----|-7-----7-----0--3-----2-------|
----|-0---0-0---0-0--0-----0-0-----|
----|-7-----5-----3--0-0---2---0---|
--0-|--------------------0-------0-|
2nd pattern (B):
|-------------0----|------------------| |-------------0---|
|---0------0---0---|---0--0-------0---| |-----------0-----|
|-0---3--5---5--5--|-0---3---2--2-2---| rpt |-02-3-5-70--0----|
|--0-0-3--5-5----5-|--0-0--3--2-0-----| 1st |---0-0-0--0------|
|-0---3--5----5----|-0---3---2--2--2--| bar |-02-3-5-70-------|
|------------------|------------0---0-| |-----------------|
After some more (A) and (B) we hit (C):
|----------------|--5---------0---| ----0---|
|----------0-----|---5------0--0--| --0-----|
|02-3-5-7---7----|----5---0--0--0-| (x2; ---0----|
|--0-0-0--0---0--|-5---5---0-----0| ends: -0----0-|
|02-3-5-7------7-|5-----550-------| 0-------|
|--------0---0---|----------------| --------|
And then (D):
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----3-----0-----|5-----0-----0---|----3-----0-----|0-----0-----0---|
|----2-----2-----|4-----4-----4---|----2-----2-----|4-----4-----4---|
|----0-----0-----|0-----0-----0---|----0-----0-----|0-----0-----0---|
|0-0---000---00--|0-000---000---00|--0---000---000-|0-000---00------|
|--------------3-|----------------|3---------------|----------0---3-|
And then (E):
|----------------|-----0-----0----|
|--0-1---0--1-0--|--0--0--0--0-0--|
|--1-1---1--1-1-0|--0--0--0--0-0--|
|-3---3-3--3---3-|--1-----1----123|
|3--3--3--3--3---|-3--3--3--3-----|
|----------------|1--1--1--1--1---|
|----------------|-----0-------0-----0----|
|--0-1---0--1-0--|--0--0----4--4--4--4--4-| this last
|--1-1---1--1-1-0|--0--0----2--2--2--2--2-| bit extended
|-3---3-3--3---3-|--1-------0--0--0--0--0-| 2nd time
|3--3--3--3--3---|-3--3--3-2--2--2--2--2--| round
|----------------|1--1--1-0--0--0--0--0---|
And (F):
|---------4------|-2--------------|
|--0-------4-----|---------0---0--| x4 - some
|7---67-7----67-5|---4-5-5---4----| variations
|-0------4-------|--2---2---0---0-| 3rd and 4th
|0--0--04---4----|2---2---0---0---| times round
|----------------|----------------|
Then we have some (E) and some (B) to finish.