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Saturday Sun

Nick Drake
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 
 
 
   |
 
 
 
 
 as intro verse)
 as intro verse)
 as intro verse)
 Verse 4 |
 
 
 
   |
 
 
 
 
 Chorus1 |
 
 
   |
 
 
 
 
 
 Inter-verse |
 
 
 as intro verse)
 as verse 5)
 as Chorus1)
 Rubato chorus |
 
 
   |
 
 
 
 
 
 Saturday sun came early one morning
 In a sky so clear and blue
 Saturday sun came without warning
 So no-one knew what to do.
 Saturday sun brought people and faces
 That didn't seem much in their day
 But when I remember those people and places
 They were really too good in their way
 In their way, in their way
 But Saturday sun won't come and see me today
 Inter-verse
 Think about stories with reason and rhyme
 Circling through your brain
 And think about people in their season and time
 Returning again and again
 And again, and again
 But Saturday's sun has turned to Sunday's rain
 Rubato chorus
 So Sunday sat in the Saturday sun
 And wept for a day gone by
 As Harlan says, it's played on a piano, glockenspiel, contrebasse and voice with
 not a guitar in sight. Nevertheless, it's quite possible to give a fair
 rendition of it on a single guitar.
 If you have any comments / suggestions / corrections / requests et caetera,
 please mail me.

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Readable chord sheet for Saturday Sun by Nick Drake

[C]
  [G]
  [Am]
  [C]              |
  [F#dim]
  [G]
  [C]
  [G]

as intro verse)

as intro verse)

as intro verse)

Verse 4         |
  [C]
  [G]
  [Am]
  [C]              |
  [F#dim]
  [G]
  [C]
  [C7]

Chorus1         |
  [F]             [F#o]
  [C]
  [A]              |
  [Dm7]
  [F]
  [G]
  [C]
  [C7]

Inter-verse     |
  [F]
  [G]

as intro verse)

as verse 5)

as Chorus1)

Rubato chorus   |
  [F]             [F#o]
  [C]
  [A]              |
  [Dm7]
  [F]
  [G]
  [F]
  [C]

Saturday sun came early one morning
In a sky so clear and blue

Saturday sun came without warning
So no-one knew what to do.

Saturday sun brought people and faces
That didn't seem much in their day

But when I remember those people and places
They were really too good in their way

In their way, in their way
But Saturday sun won't come and see me today

Inter-verse

Think about stories with reason and rhyme
Circling through your brain
And think about people in their season and time
Returning again and again

And again, and again
But Saturday's sun has turned to Sunday's rain

Rubato chorus
So Sunday sat in the Saturday sun
And wept for a day gone by

As Harlan says, it's played on a piano, glockenspiel, contrebasse and voice with
not a guitar in sight.  Nevertheless, it's quite possible to give a fair
rendition of it on a single guitar.
If you have any comments / suggestions / corrections / requests et caetera,
please mail me.

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