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by Nick Drake



CELLO SONG- Nick Drake

TUNING:       (capo 1st fret) or       (capo 3rd fret)

          Ano3
Strange face, with your eyes
              Ano3
So pale and sincere

Underneath you know so well
                 Ano3
You have nothing to fear
                    Ano3                Ano3
For the dreams that came to you when so young
           Ano3
Told of a life
/               Ano3
 Where spring is sprung
Ano3
Mmmmm

You would seem so frail
In the cold of the night
When the armies of emotion
Go out to fight
But while the earth sinks to its grave
You sail to the sky
On the crest of a wave


So forget this cruel world
Where I belong
I'll just sit and wait
And sing my song
And if one day you should see me in the crowd
Lend a hand and lift me
To your place in the cloud
Mmmmmm
Mmmmmm
Mmmmmm


CHORDS:
      Ano3 /
F# -0-  -3-  -0-|
D  -0-  -2-  -0-|
G  -2-  -2-  -4-|
D  -4-  -2-  -0-|
A  -0-  -0-  -2-|
D  -0-  -0-  -0-|


the picking pattern, much less the complicated intro (cos I don't know
how to play it!).  Any attempts with these would be greatly appreciated.
(from Five Leaves Left, 1969)