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Fruit Tree by Nick Drake

Fruit Tree chords by Nick Drake

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FRUIT TREE- Nick Drake

TUNING: D A D G D G (capo 2nd fret) or C G C F C F (capo 4th fret)

OPENING RIFF, RIFF 1 (2 times)

RIFF 2
Fame is but a fruit tree, so ...
RIFF 2
It can never flourish till its ....
RIFF 2
So men of fame can ...
RIFF 2                   RIFF 1
Till time has flown far ...
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Forgotten while you're here, ....

Life is but a memory, happened ....

BRIDGE:
Eb         Gmaj9/D
Safe in the womb of an ...
Eb             Gmaj9/D
You find the darkness can ...
Eb          Gmaj9/D
Safe in your place ...
Eb            Gmaj9/D
That's when they'll know ...

Forgotten while you're here, .....

REPEAT VERSE 1

Fruit tree, fruit .....

Fruit tree, fruit .....


OPENING RIFF (very rough guess):
G ---------0-------------0-------------0-------------
D -------3---3---------3-------------4---4-----------
G -----0-------0-----0-------------2-------2---2----- (repeat)
D -0-3-----------3-2-------3-2-3-0-----------0-------
A ---------------------------------------------------
D -----------------------------------------------0---

RIFF 1 (simplest version):
G ---------0---------------------------------
D -------0---4-------4-------4---------------
G -----0-------2---2---2---2---2---2--------- (repeat)
D -0h2-----------0-------0-------0-----------
A -------------------------------------------
D -----------0-------0-------0---------------

RIFF 2:
G
-----------0-----------------0-----------------0-----------------0----------
D
---------0---0-------------0---0-------------0---0-------------0---0--------
G
-------3-------3---------3-------3---------3-------3---------3-------3------
D
-----0-----------0-----0-----------0-----0-----------0-----0-----------0----
A
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
D
-0-5---------------5-4---------------4-3---------------3-2------------------

FINAL SECTION (play like riff 2, but longer between changes):
Dsus4addBb/G: 5 0 0 3 0 0 Dsus4addBb/F#: 4 0 0 3 0 0 Dsus4addBb/F: 3 0
0 3 0 0
Dsus4addBb/E: 2 0 0 3 0 0 Dsus4addBb/Eb: 1 0 0 3 0 0 Dsus4addBb: 0 0 0
3 0 0


OTHER CHORDS: Eb: 1 0 1 0 1 0 Gmaj9/D: 0 0 0 2 4 0



NOTE: This is pretty rough- I can't hear much under those strings. I
was particularly unclear on the intro. I hope someone can fix this up a bit.
(from Five Leaves Left, 1969)

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