Cello Song

CELLO SONG- Nick Drake

TUNING: D A D G D F# (capo 1st fret) or C G C G C E (capo 3rd fret)

Ano3

Strange face, with your eyes

D Ano3

So pale and sincere

Underneath you know so well

D Ano3

You have nothing to fear

D Ano3 D Ano3

For the dreams that came to you when so young

D Ano3

Told of a life

Bm/D 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:

D Ano3 Bm/D

F# -0- -3- -0-

D -0- -2- -0-

G -2- -2- -4-

D -4- -2- -0-

A -0- -0- -2-

D -0- -0- -0-

NOTE: This is extremely rough. I haven't even attempted to transcribe

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)