Ride -- Nick Drake ==== album: Pink Moon This song is fairly easy. I've tabbed out the main picking patterns; there are a few variations, some off them I've put in brackets, and if you can't work out the others from the record, they're probably not important. The hardest part is the timing, which I hope I've got fairly accurate, but I couldn't work out the time-signature; I think it changes every now and then, so you'll have to play along to the record to get you started. The tuning is CGCFCE, without a capo.
PART I:- hammer on E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------| C-|-----------------------------------------------------------------| F-|-----2-----------5-----------4-----------0-------0-------0-h-2---| C-|-----0----(0)----0----(0)----0----(0)----0-------0-------0-------| G-|-----------------------------------------------------------------| C-|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---| PART II:- the notes in brackets are only played towards the end. don't pick the 2 after the 3, like a pull off but smoother. E-|-(1)-(0)-----(1)-(0)-----(0)-(1)-(0)-----(0)------------------| C-|--_____--(2)--_____--(2)------_____--(2)----------------------| F-|--3-p-2---0---3-p-2---0---2---3-p-2---0---2-----------2-------| C-|--0-----------0-----------0---0-------0---0-------0-----------| G-|--------------------------------------------------------------| C-|--0-------0---0-------0---0---0-------0---0---0-----------0---| PART III:- E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------| C-|---------_____---------------------------_____-------------------| F-|---------9-p-7---9---9-------------------7-p-5---7---7-----------| C-|-----7---7-------7---7---7-----------5---5-------5---5---5-------| G-|-----------------------------7-------------------------------5---| C-|-7-------------------------------5-------------------------------| PART IV:- E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------| C-|-----------------------------------------------------------------| F-|---------3-------2---------------3---0-------2---------------2---| C-|-----0---0---0---0---0-------0-----------0-------0-------0-------| G-|-----------------------------------------------------------------| C-|-0-----------------------0-------0---0-------0-------0-----------| PART V (the solo):- E-|-------------------------------------------------------------| C-|-------------------------------------------------------------| F-|-0-------5---7-------7-----------5---3-------2---------------| C-|-----0-------------------5-------3-------3---0---0-------0---| G-|-------------------------------------------------------------| C-|---------5-------5---5-------5---3---3-------0-------0-------| [INTRO:-] I*3, II*2, III, IV*2 [VERSE 1:-] I I .... I Care ... I I see thr....h II All of the pictures that you ... II All of the people that ... [CHORUS:-] III But hear me calling, ... IV A free .... III Hear me calling, .... IV A free .... IV [VERSE 2:-] I I know ... I What ... I When you're ... II Counting the cattle as they ... II Keeping a carpet that's ... [CHORUS] [SOLO:-] V*3, II*2 [REPEAT VERSE 1] [CHORUS] IV*2. ------------------------------------------------------ I*3, means play Part I three times, etc. Oddly, the lyrics booklet in my box set has verse 3 with the line "all of the pictures that keep you on the wall" twice, whereas this is clearly not what he sings at this point. Maybe those were the original words which got changed when he recorded the song in the studio, or more likely, it's another misprint by Hannibal Records (the booklet is full of them...). Mike =========== Mike H. =========== michael.healey@balliol.oxford.ac.uk
Ride by Nick Drake guitar tabs playing instructions.