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River Man by Nick Drake

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contributed by members of the Nick Drake Mailing List
Steve Dondershine
Harlan Thompson
Bike
Mike Healey

Artist: Nick Drake
Song: River Man (Five Leaves Left 1969)
Tuning: Standard (capo III)
Timing: 5/4
Transcriber: Phil Champ

Intro
Verses 1-3 (ending 1)
Verse 4 (ending 2)
Interlude
Verses 5-7 (ending 1)
Verse 8 (ending 2)
Outro

Chord diagramA augmentedA belated nod to Chris Healey, whose tab I only discovered when I'd
nearly finished this one (and part of which I have used here).
Every note, variation and mistake carefully tabbed, Chris!



Chord diagramE MajorE||-------------------------0-----|-----------------------0-------|
Chord diagramBB||-----2------2------------2-----|-----2-----0-----------2-------|
Chord diagramG+G||-----2------2------------2-----|-----2-----2-----------2-------|
Chord diagramD MajorD||----------------2-----------2--|--------------2-----------2----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||-----0------0------------0-----|-----0-----0-----------0-------|
Chord diagramE MajorE||--0------0---------0--0--------|--0-----0--------0--0----------|


|-----------------------0-------|-----------------------0-------|
|-----2-----2-----------0-------|-----2-----2-----------0-------|
|-----2-----2-----------2-------|-----2-----2-----------2-------|
|--------------2-----------2----|--------------2-----------2----|
|-----0-----0-----------0-------|-----0-----0-----------0-------|
|--0-----0--------0--0----------|--0-----0--------0--0----------|





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

|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----3-----3----------3------|-----3------3------3-----0-----|
|-----3-----3----------3------|-----3------3------3-----0-----|
|--------------0--------------|---------------0---------------|
|-----3-----3----------3------|-----3------3------------0-----|
|--3-----3--------3-----------|--3------3---------3--0-----0--|


|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----1-----1----------1------|-----1-----1-----------1-------|
|-----2-----2----------2------|-----2-----2-----------2-------|
|--------------2--------------|--------------2-----------2----|
|-----3-----3----------3------|-----3-----3-----------3-------|
|--1-----1--------1-----------|--1-----1--------1--1----------|


 1.


|-----------------------0-------|-----------------------0--------|
|-----2-----2-----------0-------|-----2-----2-----------0--------|
|-----2-----2-----------2-------|-----2-----2-----------2--------|
|--------------2-----------2----|--------------2-----------2-----|
|-----0-----0-----------0-------|-----0-----0-----------0--------|
|--0-----0--------0--0----------|--0-----0--------0--0-----------|


 2.

                                  3x
||---------------------------------||-------------------------------||
||------4-----4-----------4--------||-----4-----4-----------0-------||
||*-----2-----2-----------2-------*||-----2-----2-----------2-------||
||*--------------2-----------2----*||--------------2-----------2----||
||------0-----0-----------0--------||-----0-----0-----------0-------||
||---0-----0--------0--0-----------||--0-----0--------0--0----------||




||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||------1-----0-----------0-------|-----1-----0-----------0-------|
||*-----2-----2-----------2-------|-----2-----2-----------2-------|
||*--------------2-----------2----|--------------2-----------2----|
||------3-----3-----------3-------|-----3-----3-----------3-------|
||---1-----1--------1--1----------|--1-----1--------1--1----------|


|--------------------------------|-----------------------0-------|
|------1-----0-----------0-------|-----2-----2-----------2-------|
|------2-----2-----------2-------|-----2-----2-----------2-------|
|---------------2-----------2----|--------------2-----------2----|
|------3-----3-----------3-------|-----0-----0-----------0-------|
|---1-----1--------1--1----------|--0-----0--------0--0----------|


|-----------------------0--------||-----------------------0-------|
|-----2-----2-----------2--------||-----2-----2-----------2-------|
|-----2-----2-----------2-------*||-----2-----2-----------2-------|
|--------------2-----------2----*||--------------2-----------2----|
|-----0-----0-----------0--------||-----0-----0-----------0-------|
|--0-----0--------0--0-----------||--0-----0--------0--0----------|


|-----------------------0-------|
|-----2-----2-----------2-------|
|-----2-----2-----------2-------|
|--------------2-----------2----|
|-----0-----0-----------0-------|
|--0-----0--------0--0----------|



                                 3x
||--------------------------------|------------------------------||
||------2-----2-----------2-------|-----2-----2----------2-------||
||*-----0-----0-----------0-------|-----0-----0----------0------*||
||*--------------4-----------4----|--------------4--------------*||
||------0-----0-----------0-------|-----0-----0----------0-------||
||---0-----0--------0--0----------|--0-----0--------0------------||


|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----1-----1-----------1-------|-----1-----1----------1------|
|-----0-----0-----------0-------|-----0-----0----------0------|
|--------------4-----------4----|--------------4--------------|
|-----0-----0-----------0-------|-----0-----0----------0------|
|--0-----0--------0--0----------|--0-----0--------0-----------|


                  3x
||---------------------------------||-------------------------------|
||------2-----2-----------4--------||-----4-----4-----------2-------|
||*-----0-----0-----------0-------*||-----0-----0-----------0-------|
||*--------------2-----------2----*||--------------2-----------2----|
||------0-----0-----------0--------||-----0-----0-----------0-------|
||---0-----0--------0--0-----------||--0-----0--------0--0----------|

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