Things Behind The Sun Tab

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Capo:	4th fret

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Artist: Nick Drake
Song: Tthings Behind The Sun
Tuning: Standard
CAPO FOURTH FRET
 
(It sounds like he is  strumming (without a plectrum) and picking some notes something
Nick Drake does incredible smoothly and well.
However if you find it easier to just strum the chords then do so. Some parts of the
tabs there are hammer on and pull-off's noted but thats not exactly what hes doing
however its basically the same.
Also its a lot easier to tab them as that. Those notes are the key to creating that
suspense and tension that this song does so well.
First chord is an Asus4 shape but the song sounds in the key of C# thanks to the capo.
For More Accurate Nick Drake tabs as well as Bio, Discography, lyrics etc
http://www.algonet.se/~iguana/DRAKE/DRAKE.html)
 
[Intro]
e|--------|--------|--------|--------|
B|----0---|----0---|----0---|--------|
G|----2---|----2---|----2---|-2-2-2--|
D|----2--2|----2--2|----2--2|--2-2---|
A|0-0---0-|0-0---0-|0-0---0-|0-------|
E|--------|--------|--------|------0-|
 
e|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
B|----1---|----1---|--------|--------|--------|--------|
G|----2--2|-2--2---|----1---|----1---|----0-0-|-0---0--|
D|----2-2-|----2---|----2--2|-2--2--2|----0--0|-0-00--0|
A|0-0-----|0-0---02|----2-2-|----2-2-|----3-3-|--3---3-|
E|--------|--------|0-0-----|0-0-----|0h1-----|1-------|
 
e|--------|--------|--------|--------|
B|----0---|----0---|----0---|----0---|
G|----2---|----2---|----1---|----1---|
D|----0--0|-0--0--0|----0--0|-0--0--0|
A|----2-2-|----2-2-|----2-2-|----2-2-|
E|1p0-----|0-0-----|0-0-----|0-0-----|
 
[Verse]
(basically a simplified version of the above)
e|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
B|----1---|----1---|--------|--------|---(0)--|---(0)--|----0---|----0---|
G|----2--2|----2--2|----1---|----1---|----0---|----0---|----2---|----1---|
D|----2-2-|----2-2-|----2--2|----2--2|----0--0|----0--0|----0--0|----0--0|
A|0-0-----|0-0-----|----2-2-|----2-2-|----3-3-|----3-3-|02--2-2-|----2-2-|
E|--------|--------|0-0-----|0-0-----|0-1-----|1-1-----|--0-----|0-0-----|
 
[Second bit]
e|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
B|----2---|----3---|----2---|----3---|----1---|--0--1--|----1---|--0--1--|
G|----2---|----4---|----2---|----2---|----0---|--0--0--|----2---|--2--2--|
D|----2---|----2---|----2---|----4---|----2--2|--0--2--|----0--0|--0--0--|
A|0-0---00|0-0---00|0-0---00|0-0---00|------3-|----3---|------0-|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|0-3-----|3-----3-|3-2-----|2---2-2-|
 
(play above twice, then this:)
e|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
B|--------|--------|----0---|--0-----|----0---|--0-----|
G|----0---|--0-----|----2---|--2-----|----1---|--1-----|
D|----0---|--0-----|----0---|--0-----|----0---|--0-----|
A|----3-33|--3-333-|02--2-22|--2-222-|----2-22|--2-22--|
E|0h1-----|1-------|--0-----|0-------|0-0-----|0-----0-|
 
[instrumental bit]
e|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
B|----2---|--3-----|----2---|----3---|----1---|--0--1--|----1---|--0--1--|
G|----2---|--4-----|----2---|----2---|----0---|--0--0--|----2---|--2--2--|
D|----2---|--2-----|----2---|----4---|----2--2|--0--2--|----0--0|--0--0--|
A|0-0---00|0---000-|0-0---00|0-0---00|------3-|----3---|------0-|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|0-3-----|3-----3-|3-2-----|2---2-2-|
 
e|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
B|--------|--------|----0---|----0---|----0---|----0---|
G|----0---|-0---0--|----2---|----2---|----1---|----1---|
D|----0--0|---00--0|----0--0|-0--0--0|----0--0|-0--0--0|
A|----3-3-|--3---3-|----2-2-|----2-2-|----2-2-|----2-2-|
E|0-1-----|1-------|1-0-----|0-0-----|0-0-----|0-0-----|
 
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| h    Hammer-on
| p    Pull-off
| (n)  Ghost note
 
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Nice tab! Here are the lyrics... Please beware of them that stare They'll only smile to see you while Your time away And once you've seen what they have been To win the earth just won't seem worth Your night or your day Who'll hear what I say. Look around you find the ground Is not so far from where you are But not too wise For down below they never grow They're always tired and charms are hired From out of their eyes Never surprise. Take your time and you'll be fine And say a prayer for people there Who live on the floor And if you see what's meant to be Don't name the day or try to say It happened before. Don't be shy you learn to fly And see the sun when day is done If only you see Just what you are beneath a star That came to stay one rainy day In autumn for free Yes, be what you'll be. Please beware of them that stare They'll only smile to see you while Your time away And once you've seen what they have been To win the earth just won't seem worth Your night or your day Who'll hear what I say. Open up the broken cup Let goodly sin and sunshine in Yes that's today. And open wide the hymns you hide You find renown while people frown At things that you say But say what you'll say About the farmers and the fun And the things behind the sun And the people around your head Who say everything's been said And the movement in your brain Sends you out into the rain. Songwriters: Nick Drake Things Behind the Sun lyrics © BMG Rights Management

Perfect, thanks a lot for this. One of my favourite songs of all time, really appreciate this one.

Wow, this is almost perfect, but it does seem like there are some issues with the intro. I'll change it to 5 if I find I am wrong! Making nick drake tabs is no joke: not only was he one of the best folk guitarists, but his laters recordings are from the 70's, and back then the best thing was a tape machine in terms of storing musical recordings.