AT THE CHIME OF A CITY CLOCK- Nick Drake

A1            A2A2 Piano Chord 

A city freeze get on your knees
A3                    A4A4 Piano Chord 

Pray for warmth and green paper
A1             A2A2 Piano Chord 

A city drought you're down and out
A3                     A4A4 Piano Chord 

See your trousers down tapered
CC Piano Chord 
           FF Piano Chord 
               CC Piano Chord 
                   BB Piano Chord 
      EE Piano Chord 

Saddle up, kick your feet, ride the range of a London street
CC Piano Chord 
         FF Piano Chord 
              CC Piano Chord 
                     BB Piano Chord 
     EE Piano Chord 
   BB Piano Chord 
  EE Piano Chord 

Travel to a local plane, turn around and come back again

A5A5 Piano Chord 
                 A6A6 Piano Chord 

And at the chime of a city clock, put up your roadblock
A7A7 Piano Chord 
              A5A5 Piano Chord 

Hang onto your crown
A5A5 Piano Chord 
                A6A6 Piano Chord 

For a stone in a tin can is wealth to the city man
A7A7 Piano Chord 
                     A5A5 Piano Chord 

Who leaves his armour down

CC Piano Chord 
 FF Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 
 FF Piano Chord 
 CC Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
 FF Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 
 FF Piano Chord 
 AA Piano Chord 


Stay indoors beneath the floors
Talk with neighbors only
The games you play make people say
You're odd and wierd and lonely
A city star won't shine too far on account of the way you are
And the beads around your face make you sure to fit back in place

And at the beat of a city drum, see all your friends come
In twos or threes or more
For the sound of a busy place is fine for a pretty face
Who knows what a face is for

The city clown will soon fall down
Without a face to hide in
And he will lose if he won't choose
The one he may confide in
A seller boy with smokes for sale went to ground with a face so pale
And overheard above the change showed his hand and fell out of range

In the light of the city square find out the face that's fair
Keep it by your side
When the light of the city falls, you fly to the city walls
Take off with your bride

But at the chime of a city clock, put up your roadblock
Hang onto your crown
For a stone in a tin can is wealth to the city man
Who leaves his armour down

A1 (with pattern)
--------------------  A1: x 0 5 0 x x
--------------------  A2: x 0 4 2 x x
----0---0---0---0---  A3: x 0 3 2 x x
----5---5---5---5---  A4: x 0 2 2 x x
0-0-------0---------  (use same pattern)
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A5 (with pattern)
---------------------  A5: x 0 2 2 2 x
-----2---2---2---2---  A6: x 0 2 1 2 x
-----2---2---2---2---  A7: x 0 3 2 2 x
-----2---2---2---2---
-0-0-------0---------
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NOTE: chances are pretty good that this is completely wrong, but
until the correct tuning is posted, this will have to do.  Since
this is one of my favorite N.D. songs, I had to find a way to
play it somehow or another.

(from Bryter Layter, 1970)