Clothes Of Sand
Nick DrakeVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Who has dressed you in strange clothes of sand?
Who has taken you far from my land?
Who has said that my sayings are wrong
And who will say that I stayed much too long
Clothes of sand have covered your face
Given you meaning but taken my place
So make your way on down to the sea
Something has taken you so far from me
Does it now seem worth all the colour of skies
To see the earth through painted eyes
To look through panes of shaded glass
See the stains of winter's grass?
Can you now return to from where you came
Try to burn your changing name
Or with silver spoon and coloured light
Will you worship moons in winter's night
Clothes of sand have covered your face
Given you meaning but taken my place
So make your way on down to the sea
Something has taken you so far from me Gsus2 F
Gsus2
E
D --0--- --3--- --0--- --0--- --0--- --0---
A --0--- --0--- --1--- --0--- --0--- --0---
G --0--- --0--- --0--- --0--- --0--- --0---
D --0--- --3--- --1--- --0--- --0--- --0---
G --0--- --x--- --0--- --0--- --0--- --0---
D --x--- --3--- --1--- --0--- --3--- --2---
NOTES: My ear isn't good enough to give the full picking pattern, but
listen to the record and you can get very close. It is important to
emphasise the base note (the bottom note of each chord). Also, before
playing the Ebmaj7 chord, always hit the 6th string open base note first
D then the Eb base note then the rest of the picking pattern.
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Readable chord sheet for Clothes Of Sand by Nick Drake
[Gsus2] [F] [Gsus2] [F] W[Gsus2]ho has dressed you in str[F]ange clothes of san[Gsus2]d? W[Ebmaj7]ho has taken you fa[Dsus2]r from my land? W[Gsus2]ho has said that my sayi[F]ngs are wron[Gsus2]g A[Ebmaj7]nd who will say[Dsus2] that I stayed[Gsus2] much too long C[Ebmaj7]lothes of sand[F] have cover[Gsus2]ed your face G[Ebmaj7]iven you meaning but tak[Dsus2]en my place [Ebmaj7] [F] [Gsus2] [Gsus2] [F] [Gsus2] S[E]o make your way on down to the sea S[Ebmaj7]omething has take[Dsus2]n you so f[Gsus2]ar from me [F] [Gsus2] Does it now seem worth all the colour of skies To see the earth through painted eyes To look through panes of shaded glass See the stains of winter's grass? Can you now return to from where you came Try to burn your changing name Or with silver spoon and coloured light Will you worship moons in winter's night Clothes of sand have covered your face Given you meaning but taken my place So make your way on down to the sea Something has taken you so far from me Gsus2 F [Gsus2] [F] [Ebmaj7] [Dsus2] [Gsus2] [F] [Gsus2] [E] D --0--- --3--- --0--- --0--- --0--- --0--- A --0--- --0--- --1--- --0--- --0--- --0--- G --0--- --0--- --0--- --0--- --0--- --0--- D --0--- --3--- --1--- --0--- --0--- --0--- G --0--- --x--- --0--- --0--- --0--- --0--- D --x--- --3--- --1--- --0--- --3--- --2--- NOTES: My ear isn't good enough to give the full picking pattern, but listen to the record and you can get very close. It is important to emphasise the base note (the bottom note of each chord). Also, before playing the Ebmaj7 chord, always hit the 6th string open base note first D then the Eb base note then the rest of the picking pattern.