River Man Tab by Nick Drake

River Man tab by Nick Drake

Guitar Tab

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

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

A 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!






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B||-----2------2------------2-----|-----2-----0-----------2-------|
G||-----2------2------------2-----|-----2-----2-----------2-------|
D||----------------2-----------2--|--------------2-----------2----|
A||-----0------0------------0-----|-----0-----0-----------0-------|
E||--0------0---------0--0--------|--0-----0--------0--0----------|



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



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                                                                    3x
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                                                                 3x
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                                   3x
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