How To Play Riverman [Nick Drake]

I can't find any TAB for Riverman in the CGCFCF tuning, so here's a close-up view of how I play it and some explanation. Hope it helps.
The picking for this is very simple, but it's a slightly awkward rhythm (in 5/4 timing).
It goes:
Thumb, fingers
Thumb, fingers, fingers
Thumb, thumb, fingers, fingers
Listen to the recording and it should be obvious.

The fade out at the end uses these shapes:
X0054X
Oh, how they come and go
X0023X
Oh, they
X00241 (the 1 is played only occasionally)
Come and go

Tuning: C G C F C F

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Riverman
• Nick
• Drake
• cover
• acoustic
• guitar
• folk
• music

[leeczur]

hey brother. are you sure you're in tune??? if not, it makes it hard for others to follow along... cheers

[fakeNRD]

@leeczur Yes, but it's in an Open C tuning.

[fakeNRD]

The picking pattern is in the description (sort of)

[zeedi0]

He wasn't a classically-trained guitarist.. He wasn't an anything-trained guitarist... He was self-taught :)

It gives hope to us others who teach ourselves.

[HowardAKW]

The previous comments about standard tuning are correct. It IS played in standard tuning (unlike most Nick Drake songs). Capo at the 3rd fret. Basic chord shapes are:

002420, 002410, 33033x, 13321x

Howard

[pacifique26]

@zeedi0 Yeah but before playing guitar he had already played the piano the sax and the clarinet and played in a group :s

[MrKennyBones]

@HowardAKW Hah! I actually picked it exactly like that without looking at tabs :) I actually use the 002420 chord a lot, whenever I need an A chord I usually just do this chord instead. Gives it a different flavour :)

[sivadhunter]

Good song. Good video. Nuff said.

[therealKINDLE]

@jkodee Oh is that why the 3rd Chord sounds slightly wrong?

[Swafferjohn]

played way too fast for my liking

[leeczur]

@fakeNRD but my point is, i don't think you're tuned to 440

[Gunnabee]

thnks for that one mate

[jkodee]

great, i tend to play the third chord as 033010 though