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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----------------
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/drake_nick/fly_tab.html ]
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)
(part 1 again)
(part 2 till next verse)
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.
