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Tuning: BBDGBE

Key: E

Intro:

e|--------0-----|------0------|
B|-----0---0----|---4---4-----|
G|----2-2---2---|--4-4---4----|  (x2)
D|--0----0---0-0|-4---4---4---|
A|2-------2---2-|0---------0--|
B|--------------|------0------|
 
Main Riff:
 
e|---0|------0-----|---0|------0-----|
B|--0-|4---4---4---|--0-|4---4-4-----|
G|-2--|-4-4-4-4-4-0|-2--|-4-4-4-4-4-0|
D|----|--------4---|----|--------4---|
A|2---|--0-0-0---0-|2---|--0-0-----0-|
B|----|0-----------|----|0-----------|
                              *  ***
(* - these notes are between beats - I've written them like
this to save space. Should be fairly obvious from the record.)
e|---0|------0-----|---0|------0-2---|
B|--0-|4---4---4---|--0-|4---4-------|
G|-2--|-4-4-4-4-4-0|-2--|-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|----|--------4---|----|-----------0|
A|2---|--0-0-0---0-|2---|--0---0-0-0-|
B|----|0-----------|----|0---0-------|
 
Verse:
 
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|---0--------0----|---0--------0----|
G|--0-0------0-0---|--0-0------0-0---| (x4)
D|-2---2----1---1--|-0---0----2---2--|
A|---0--0-----0--0-|---0--0-----2--2-|
B|5------5h4------4|3------3h2------0|
 
e|---0------0-----|
B|--4-4---4---4---|
G|-4---4-4-4-4-4-0|
D|------4-----4---|
A|0-------0-0---0-|
B|----------------|
 
"Forgotten while you're here  "
 
e|---7--------5----|---3---------0----|           |--------|
B|--0-0------0-0---|--0----0----0-4---|           |4---4---|
G|-7---7----5---5--|-3----3----2---4-0| (x2) then |-4-4-4--|
D|---6--6-----4--4-|----------------4-|           |--0----0|
A|7------7h5------5|3--3h2--2h0---0---|           |0---0-0-|
B|-----------------|------------------|           |--------|
                   *   *         #
 
* - discordant if unaccompanied, though it's what Nick played.
Could perhaps play 2nd fret instead if you want to make it
sound nicer!
 
# - a 0 1st time to help the left hand move, a 4 second time.
 
"Safe in the womb  ":
 
e|---0-------0----|---0------0-----|
B|--5-5-----5-5---|--4-4---4---4---|
G|-5---5-5-5---5-5|-4---4-4-4-4-4--| (x4)
D|------5-------5-|------4-----4--4|
A|0--0----0--0----|0--0----0-0---0-|
B|----------------|----------------|
 
[next "forgotten while  " bit as first time, but with last 2 bars
of main riff tacked on the end]
 
End section (and instrumental bit too)
 
e|------0---------|----------------|------0---------|------0------0--|
B|---0----0-------|---0---(0)-0----|---0-------0----|---0-------0--0-|
G|--0-0-----0-0---|--4-4-----4-4---|--2-2-----2-2---|--2-2-----2-2---|
D|-4---4-4-4---4-4|-4---4-4-4---4-4|-3---3-3-3---3-3|-2---2-2-2-----2|
A|---5--5----5--5-|---4--4----4--4-|---3--3----3--3-|---2--2----2----|
B|5-------5-------|4-------4-------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|
      ("fruit tree, fruit tree"  )
 
e|------0------0--|---0------0-----|
B|---0-------0--0-|--4-4---4---4---|
G|--2-2-----2-2---|-4---4-4-4-4-4--|
D|-2---2-2-2-----0|------4--------0|
A|---1-------1----|---0------0---0-|
B|1-------1-------|0-------0---0---|
 
(the third bar above seems to be what nick plays, though to get
more of the harmony supplied by the orch part, you could try:)
 
e|----------------|
B|------0---------|
G|---0-------0----|  instead
D|--7-------7-7-0-|
A|-6---6-6-6---6-6|
B|3---3---3-------|
 
Very end:
 
 
e|--------0-------|--------|
B|-----------0----|--2---4-|
G|--0-0-----0-0---|--2---4-|
D|-4---4---4---4-0|--2---4-|
A|---5--5-------5-|----0---|
B|5-------5-------|0-------|
 
 
Tabbed by Chris Healey
(thanks to Howard Wright for a couple of tweaks)
 
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h-Hammer on
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Fruit Tree Tab by Nick Drake
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Capo: 5