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Guitar Tab for Fly by Nick Drake

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Fly - Nick Drake

Found on:
N. R. Drake, 69.(2014-09-08)
Time Has Told Me, Volume Two(2006)
Time Has Told Me(2005-05-16)
Bryter Layter(2003-05-06)
The Royal Tenenbaums(2002)
The Hannibal Sampler(1992)
Time of No Reply(1991-07-01)
Fruit Tree(1979-03-09)
Second Grace: Alternate Versions and Unreleased Songs
Tanworth-in-Arden II
The Ultimate Rarities Volume Two
A Day Gone By...
Bryter Layter (Sessions)
FLY
     
Tuning BEBEBE capo 4th fret
     
     
Main pattern for intro and 1st half of verse:
                     #
--|0-0-0---|--------|--------|--------| 
--|-0-0--0-|0-0-----|--4---4-|--4---4-| (- the 4's on this string 
--|4-2-00-0|-0--0-0-|2---2---|2---2---|  are 0's in the intro) 
0-|------4-|2-00-0-0|-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0| 
--|--------|----5-4-|--2---2-|--2---2-| 
--|--------|--------|0---0---|0---0---|
   *     *      *
     
(* - sometimes you slide up to these notes from the fret below)
(# - hammer on the 2 (on both strings) here in the intro)
     
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---|
     
     
Tabbed by Chris Healey

(thanks to Luke King for a correction)

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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
  • -5
  • -3
  • -3
  • 0
  • 0
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