Pink Moon Nick Drake

 
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 D ||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
 G ||-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0/2--.||
 D ||-4-4-4-2-0-2-0-2/4--.||
 A ||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
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 VERSE:


 

 
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 CHORUS:


 Introduction followed by:


 

 
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 ||-0-----2-----0-0-0-0-0-2-----.||
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 ||-2-----0-----0-0-2-0-2-0------||
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 SOLO:


 

 
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 ||-------6-4-0---|---------2h4---2-.||
 ||-------------2-|---------------4-.||
 ||-------------2-|------------------||
 ||---------------|------------------||

 


 


 I saw it written and I saw it say


 Pink moon is on its way


 And none of you stand so tall


 Pink moon gotta get ye all


 It a pink moon


 Yeah a pink moon


 


 Pink pink pink pink pink pink moon


 Pink pink pink pink pink moon


 (SOLO)


 


 I saw it written and I saw it say


 Pink moon is on its way


 None of you stand so tall


 Pink moon gotta get ye all


 And its a pink moon


 Yeah there's a pink moon


 


 NOTE: In addition to fixing the lyrics a bit, I changed the piano "solo"


 a bit- I moved it an octave up to make it come out more clearly.


 (from Pink Moon, 1972)


 


 ===


 


 Thanks to Jared White for


 the tuningThe tuning for this song is (from low to high) :


 


 D A D G D F#If you prefer not to stress the top two strings too much, you


 can tune to C G C F C E instead, and use a capo on the 2nd fret.


 


 I'll just TAB out the main shapes - it should be easy to see


 which bits go where as there are only two or three different bits.Verse bit :


 

 
 -----------
 F#---7---7---7---7-----5---5---5---5------
 D----7---7---7---7-----5---7---5---7-------
 G----9---7---9---7-----7---5---7---5------- (repeats once)
 D----7---7---7---7-----5---5---5---5-------
 A----7---7---7---7-----5---5---5---5-----
 D----7---7---7---7-----5---5---5---5------

 


 


 Chorus :


 

 
 --------
 F#-----0--0--0----0--0--0------0--0---0--0------------
 D------0--0--0----0--0--0------0--0---0--0------------
 G------2--2--2----0--0--0--0---2--2---2--2------------
 D------0--0--0----2--0--0--0---0--0---0--0-----------
 A------0--0--0----0--0--2--0---0--0---0--0----------
 D------0--0--0-------------0---0--0---0--0---------
 It's a pink moon... yeah...it's a pink moonF#--0-0--0-0-----------------------------------
 D---0-0--0-0----------------------------------
 G---0-0--0-0---etc------------------------------
 D---2-2--2-2-------------------------------
 A---2-2--2-2------------------------------
 D---2-2--2-2--------------------------------

 


 


 Pink pink pink pink .......


 


 These bits repeat a few times - the only other section is


 the instrumental bit where the piano comes in.


 


 The chord sequence for this is :


 


 

 
 F#--0--0-----0--0--------------0----------------
 D---0--0-----0--0------0--0----0-----------------
 G---2--2-----0--0------0--0----2----------------
 D---0--0-----2--2------0--0----0--------------
 A---0--0-----2--2------5--5----0-------------
 D---0--0-----2--2------5--5----0---------------

 


 


 That's about all ....


 


 Hope you like it !


 


 Howard


 =================================================================


 


 


 Here's my transcription of Pink Moon, please tell me if you think


 it's wrong!


 


 


 He uses DADGDF# tuning. If you want to avoid breaking too many


 strings try tuning to CGCFCE and using a capo at the 2nd fret.


 


 Introduction:-


 


 

 
 F#||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
 D ||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
 G ||-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0/2--.||
 D ||-4-4-4-2-0-2-0-2/4--.||
 A ||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
 D ||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||

 


 


 Verse:-


 


 

 
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 Chorus:-


 


 Introduction followed by:-


 


 

 
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 Solo:-


 


 

 
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{t:Pink Moon}
 {st:Nick Drake}
 
 PINK MOON- Nick Drake
 
 TUNING: D A D G D F# (capo 2nd fret) or C G C F C E (capo 4th fret)
 
 INTRODUCTION:
 
 {sot}
 F#||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
 D ||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
 G ||-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0/2--.||
 D ||-4-4-4-2-0-2-0-2/4--.||
 A ||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
 D ||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
 {eot}
 
 VERSE:
 
 {sot}
 ||-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5---||
 ||-7-9-7-9-7---5-7-5-7-5---||
 ||-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5--.||
 ||-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5--.||
 ||-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5---||
 ||-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5---||
 {eot}
 
 CHORUS:
 Introduction followed by:
 
 {sot}
 ||-0-----0-----0-0-0-0-0-0------||
 ||-0-----0-----0-0-0-0-0-0------||
 ||-0-----2-----0-0-0-0-0-2-----.||
 ||-0-----4-----2-0-0-0-0/4-----.||
 ||-2-----0-----0-0-2-0-2-0------||
 ||-2-----0-----0-0-0-0-0-0------||
 {eot}
 
 SOLO:
 
 {sot}
 ||-0-------------|-1-0--------------||
 ||---2-0---------|-----2-0-----0----||
 ||-------6-4-0---|---------2h4---2-.||
 ||-------------2-|---------------4-.||
 ||-------------2-|------------------||
 ||---------------|------------------||
 {eot}
 
 I saw it written and I saw it say
 Pink moon is on its way
 And none of you stand so tall
 Pink moon gotta get ye all
 It a pink moon
 Yeah a pink moon
 
 Pink pink pink pink pink pink moon
 Pink pink pink pink pink moon
 (SOLO)
 
 I saw it written and I saw it say
 Pink moon is on its way
 None of you stand so tall
 Pink moon gotta get ye all
 And its a pink moon
 Yeah there's a pink moon
 
 NOTE: In addition to fixing the lyrics a bit, I changed the piano "solo"
 a bit- I moved it an octave up to make it come out more clearly.
 (from Pink Moon, 1972)
 
 ===
 
 Thanks to Jared White for
 the tuningThe tuning for this song is (from low to high) :
 
 D A D G D F#If you prefer not to stress the top two strings too much, you
 can tune to C G C F C E instead, and use a capo on the 2nd fret.
 
 I'll just TAB out the main shapes - it should be easy to see
 which bits go where as there are only two or three different bits.Verse bit :
 
 {sot}
 -----------
 F#---7---7---7---7-----5---5---5---5------
 D----7---7---7---7-----5---7---5---7-------
 G----9---7---9---7-----7---5---7---5------- (repeats once)
 D----7---7---7---7-----5---5---5---5-------
 A----7---7---7---7-----5---5---5---5-----
 D----7---7---7---7-----5---5---5---5------
 {eot}
 
 Chorus :
 
 {sot}
 --------
 F#-----0--0--0----0--0--0------0--0---0--0------------
 D------0--0--0----0--0--0------0--0---0--0------------
 G------2--2--2----0--0--0--0---2--2---2--2------------
 D------0--0--0----2--0--0--0---0--0---0--0-----------
 A------0--0--0----0--0--2--0---0--0---0--0----------
 D------0--0--0-------------0---0--0---0--0---------
 It's a pink moon... yeah...it's a pink moonF#--0-0--0-0-----------------------------------
 D---0-0--0-0----------------------------------
 G---0-0--0-0---etc------------------------------
 D---2-2--2-2-------------------------------
 A---2-2--2-2------------------------------
 D---2-2--2-2--------------------------------
 {eot}
 
 Pink pink pink pink .......
 
 These bits repeat a few times - the only other section is
 the instrumental bit where the piano comes in.
 
 The chord sequence for this is :
 
 
 {sot}
 F#--0--0-----0--0--------------0----------------
 D---0--0-----0--0------0--0----0-----------------
 G---2--2-----0--0------0--0----2----------------
 D---0--0-----2--2------0--0----0--------------
 A---0--0-----2--2------5--5----0-------------
 D---0--0-----2--2------5--5----0---------------
 {eot}
 
 That's about all ....
 
 Hope you like it !
 
 Howard
 =================================================================
 
 
 Here's my transcription of Pink Moon, please tell me if you think
 it's wrong!
 
 
 He uses DADGDF# tuning. If you want to avoid breaking too many
 strings try tuning to CGCFCE and using a capo at the 2nd fret.
 
 Introduction:-
 
 
 {sot}
 F#||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
 D ||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
 G ||-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0/2--.||
 D ||-4-4-4-2-0-2-0-2/4--.||
 A ||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
 D ||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
 {eot}
 
 Verse:-
 
 
 {sot}
 ||-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5---||
 ||-7-9-7-9-7---5-7-5-7-5---||
 ||-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5--.||
 ||-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5--.||
 ||-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5---||
 ||-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5---||
 {eot}
 
 Chorus:-
 
 Introduction followed by:-
 
 
 {sot}
 ||-0-----0-----0-0-0-0-0-0------||
 ||-0-----0-----0-0-0-0-0-0------||
 ||-0-----2-----0-0-0-0-0-2-----.||
 ||-0-----4-----2-0-2-0-2/4-----.||
 ||-2-----0-----0-0-0-0-0-0------||
 ||-2-----0-----0-0-0-0-0-0------||
 {eot}
 
 Solo:-
 
 
 {sot}
 ||---------------|-----------------||
 ||---------------|-----------------||
 ||-2-------------|-0-----------2--.||
 ||-4-2-0---------|---4-2-0---0-0--.||
 ||-------4-2---2-|---------2-------||
 ||-----------5-2-|-----------------||
 {eot}
 
 (let all the open strings ring during the solo)
 
 I hope that makes sense... You'll have to work out the rhythm by
 playing along to the tape.
 
 To help learn it, here are the chords used during the song. The
 numbers on the fretboards represent where you should put your fingers
 and the numbers correspond to which finger I use to play it
 comfortably (1=thumb, ... , 5=little finger).
 
 Intro:-
 
 O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
 =========== =========== ===========
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 |=|=|=|=|=| |=|=|=|=|=| |=|=|=|=|=|
 | | | 2 | | | | 4 | | | | | | | | |
 |=|=|=|=|=| |=|=|=|=|=| |=|=|=|=|=|
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 |=|=|=|=|=| |=|=|=|=|=| |=|=|=|=|=|
 | | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 |=|=|=|=|=| |=|=|=|=|=| |=|=|=|=|=|
 
 Verse:-
 
 |=|=|=|=|=| |=|=|=|=|=|
 7th fret 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 | 2
 |=|=|=|=|=| |=|=|=|=|=|
 | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
 |=|=|=|=|=| |=|=|=|=|=|
 
 And the same patterns at the 5th fret.
 
 Chorus:-
 
 O O O O
 ===========
 | | | | | |
 |=|=|=|=|=|
 4 5 | | | |
 |=|=|=|=|=|
 
 Together with the intro chords.
 
 ====
 
 
 Also, here's a copy of some info I got sent about his odd tunings...
 
 I think I can help you out by relaying some information which helped me
 out quite a bit with figuring out Nick Drake's guitar arrangements.
 (I've never posted any of the tabs because it's too much of a pain to key in)
 Nick Drake used six different altered tunings. They are as follows:
 [(1)DADGAF#]He often ca[(2)DADGDG]poed, so t[(3)CGCFCE]his can ma[(4)DGDDAD]ke it a bi[(5)DADGDF#]t harder to[(6)DGDGAD] figure out which tuning
 he is using. I also believe that tuning number 6 was a full tone lower on
 some songs [sorry, I mean tuning #5! (CGCFCE).
 The tuning he used most often was tuning #5. This is the one he used on
 "Which Will", "Parasite", "Hazey Jane"(I & II), "From the Morning",
 "Pink Moon", and "Northern Sky". Tuning #1 was used on "Place to Be".
 Tuning #2 was used on "Fly". CGCFCE was used to play "Hanging on a Star".
 Tuning #4 was used on "Road", and I believe it is used on "Things Behind
 the Sun", though I am not sure of the latter fact. I THINK he uses tuning
 #6 on "Day is Done", and he definitely uses it on "Clothes of Sand".
 I also believe the lowered version of tuning #5 was used on "From the Morning"
 and "Which Will".
 
 As far as capo positions go, the ones I know are as follows:
 Place to Be [2nd fret], Parasite [2nd fret], Pink Moon [1st fret],
 Northern Sky [1st fret], Fly [1st fret], Road [3rd fret], Clothes of Sand
 [3rd fret], Day is Done [7th fret (I think)], Things Behind the Sun [6th fret
 (I think)].
 
 And that's about all I know. I picked up most of this stuff from a 1988
 article in Frets magazine, which helped me immensely. The rest I figured
 out myself by transcribing Nick Drake's songs, or attempting to. I really
 wish someone would publish a tab book of his stuff. But as I understand,
 he never took the trouble to do this himself during his all too brief life,
 and no one has bothered to do it since, probably because it wouldn't sell
 millions of copies. I hope this info helps you. Let me know if you have
 any questions.
 Ethan H.

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