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by Nick Drake


DAY IS DONE

Tuning: standard capo 5th fret

Main pattern for intro / verses:

|--------0-------|--0-------0-----|----0-----0-----|--------0---------|
|----0h1-----1---|0---0---0---0---|0h1-----1---1---|--0h1p0---3---1---|
|--2-------2---2-|----------------|----------------|-------2----2---2-|
|----------------|------2-------2-|------2-------2-|------------------|
|0-------0---0---|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|4-------4---4---|3-------3---3---|2-------2-----2---|
                                                         

|--------0-3-0-----|--------0-------|----------------|----------------|
|--0h1p0-------1---|----0h1-----1---|------0---------|------0---------|
|-------2--------2-|--2-------2-----|----2---2-------|----2---1-------|
|------------------|--------------0-|--0-------1---1-|--2-------2-----|
|------------------|0-------0---0---|----------------|------------2---|
|1-------1---------|----------------|1-----------1---|0---------------|
                         

(h = hammer on, p = pull off)

notes -
1. The picking varies a lot, so e.g. bars 7 and 8 are slightly
different in the intro, but above seems to be the template, and it
played for the entire song.
2. The hammers and pulls of bars 4 and 5 tend to get simplified in
the verses to various pickngs of 2x0210 and 1x0210 respectively.
3. Verses 2 and 6 repeat bars 5 and 6
4. Verses 2, 4, 6 have a quicker end, replacing bars 7 and 8 with:

|----------------|
|------0---------|
|----2---2---1---|
|--0h1-----2---2-|
|----------------|
|1-------0-------|
      

(h - the 1 is hammered on, not picked)

Last verse ends with same bar as for v2,4,6, then:

|------------------
|------3-0-----0---
|----2---------5---  (in free timing)
|--2-------2---2---
|0-------------0---
|------------0-----