Guitar Tab for Fruit Tree by Nick Drake
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Fruit Tree - Nick Drake
Found on:
2021-03-28: Radio 3: Círculos excéntricos: La soledad de Nick Drake(2021-03-28)
N. R. Drake, 69.(2014-09-08)
Five Leaves Left(2012)
Digital Box Set(2010-01-01)
Heartbeat Lovesongs(2007-03-05)
A Treasury(2005-01-04)
Way to Blue: An Introduction to Nick Drake(2003)
Own sound numéro 3 : Nature(2003)
Heartbeat: The Official 10th Anniversary(2002-04-27)
Heartbeat: Number One Love Songs of the Sixties(1996)
The Hannibal Sampler(1992)
Heaven in a Wild Flower: An Exploration of Nick Drake(1985)
Fruit Tree(1979-03-09)
TwentyFourSeven
The Making of Five Leaves Left
FRUIT TREE
Tuning BBDGBE Capo 5th fret
(i.e. E string tuned down to low B, A string up to higher B)
Intro:
|--------0-----|------0------
|-----0---0----|---4---4-----
|----2-2---2---|--4-4---4---- (x2)
|--0----0---0-0|-4---4---4---
|2-------2---2-|0---------0--
|--------------|------0------
Main Riff:
|---0|------0-----|---0|------0-----|
|--0-|4---4---4---|--0-|4---4-4-----|
|-2--|-4-4-4-4-4-0|-2--|-4-4-4-4-4-0|
|----|--------4---|----|--------4---|
|2---|--0-0-0---0-|2---|--0-0-----0-|
|----|0-----------|----|0-----------|
* ***
(* - these notes are between beats - I've written them like
this to save space. Should be fairly obvious from the record.)
|---0|------0-----|---0|------0-2---|
|--0-|4---4---4---|--0-|4---4-------|
|-2--|-4-4-4-4-4-0|-2--|-4-4-4-4-4--|
|----|--------4---|----|-----------0|
|2---|--0-0-0---0-|2---|--0---0-0-0-|
|----|0-----------|----|0---0-------|
Verse:
|----------------|----------------|
|---0-------0----|---0-------0----|
|--0-0-----0-0---|--0-0-----0-0---| (x4)
|-2---2---1---1--|-0---0---2---2--|
|---0--0----0--0-|---0--0----2--2-|
|5------54------4|3------32------0|
|---0------0-----|
|--4-4---4---4---|
|-4---4-4-4-4-4-0|
|------4-----4---|
|0-------0-0---0-|
|----------------|
"Forgotten while you're here..."
|---7-------5----|---3-------0----| |--------|
|--0-0-----0-0---|--0---0---0-4---| |4---4---|
|-7---7---5---5--|-3---3---2---4-0| (x2) then |-4-4-4--|
|---6--6----4--4-|--------------4-| |--0----0|
|7------75------5|3--32--20---0---| |0---0-0-|
|----------------|----------------| |--------|
* * #
* - discordant if unaccompanied, though it's what Nick played.
Could perhaps play 2nd fret instead if you want to make it
sound nicer!
# - a 0 1st time to help the left hand move, a 4 second time.
"Safe in the womb...":
|---0-------0----|---0------0-----|
|--5-5-----5-5---|--4-4---4---4---|
|-5---5-5-5---5-5|-4---4-4-4-4-4--| (x4)
|------5-------5-|------4-----4--4|
|0--0----0--0----|0--0----0-0---0-|
|----------------|----------------|
[next "forgotten while..." bit as first time, but with last 2 bars
of main riff tacked on the end]
End section (and instrumental bit too)
|------0---------|----------------|------0---------|------0------0--|
|---0----0-------|---0---(0)-0----|---0-------0----|---0-------0--0-|
|--0-0-----0-0---|--4-4-----4-4---|--2-2-----2-2---|--2-2-----2-2---|
|-4---4-4-4---4-4|-4---4-4-4---4-4|-3---3-3-3---3-3|-2---2-2-2-----2|
|---5--5----5--5-|---4--4----4--4-|---3--3----3--3-|---2--2----2----|
|5-------5-------|4-------4-------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|
("fruit tree, fruit tree"...)
|------0------0--|---0------0-----|
|---0-------0--0-|--4-4---4---4---|
|--2-2-----2-2---|-4---4-4-4-4-4--|
|-2---2-2-2-----0|------4--------0|
|---1-------1----|---0------0---0-|
|1-------1-------|0-------0---0---|
(the third bar above seems to be what nick plays, though to get
more of the harmony supplied by the orch part, you could try:)
----------------
------0---------
---0-------0---- instead
--7-------7-7-0-
-6---6-6-6---6-6
3---3---3-------
Very end:
|--------0-------|--------
|-----------0----|--2---4-
|--0-0-----0-0---|--2---4-
|-4---4---4---4-0|--2---4-
|---5--5-------5-|----0---
|5-------5-------|0-------
Tabbed by Chris Healey
(thanks to Howard Wright for a couple of tweaks)
Tuning Map
- Fret
- S6
- S5
- S4
- S3
- S2
- S1
- -13
- D#
- G#
- C#
- F#
- A#
- D#
- -12
- E
- A
- D
- G
- B
- E
- -11
- F
- A#
- D#
- G#
- C
- F
- -10
- F#
- B
- E
- A
- C#
- F#
- -9
- G
- C
- F
- A#
- D
- G
- -8
- G#
- C#
- F#
- B
- D#
- G#
- -7
- A
- D
- G
- C
- E
- A
- -6
- A#
- D#
- G#
- C#
- F
- A#
- -5
- B
- E
- A
- D
- F#
- B
- -4
- C
- F
- A#
- D#
- G
- C
- -3
- C#
- F#
- B
- E
- G#
- C#
- -2
- D
- G
- C
- F
- A
- D
- -1
- D#
- G#
- C#
- F#
- A#
- D#
- 0
- E
- A
- D
- G
- B
- E
- 1
- F
- A#
- D#
- G#
- C
- F
- 2
- F#
- B
- E
- A
- C#
- F#
- 3
- G
- C
- F
- A#
- D
- G
- 4
- G#
- C#
- F#
- B
- D#
- G#
- 5
- A
- D
- G
- C
- E
- A
- 6
- A#
- D#
- G#
- C#
- F
- A#
- 7
- B
- E
- A
- D
- F#
- B
- -5
- 2
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
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