At the Chime of a City Clock chords by Nick Drake
Intro 1
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Em
F
Em
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Em
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Em
Verse 1
Em
A city freeze
Get on your knees
Pray for warmth and green paper.
A city drought
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Verse 2
Em
You're down and out
C
Em
G
See your trousers don't taper.
Saddle up
C
G
Kick your feet
Verse 3
F#
B
G
Ride the range of a London street
C
G
Travel to a local plane
F#m
Turn around and come back
B
again.
C#sus4
F#sus4
Verse 4
B
E
And at the chime of the city clock
Put up your road block
Hang on to your crown.
For a stone in a tin can
Is wealth to the city man
Em
Who leaves his armor down.
G
Em
C
G
Em
B
Verse 5
Em
Stay indoors
Beneath the floors
Talk with neighbors only.
The games you play
Verse 6
Em
F#
Make people say
Em
C
Em
You're either weird or lonely.
G
Em
A city star
C
G
Won't shine too far
Verse 7
F#
B
G
On account of the way you are
Em
And the beads
C
G
Around your face
B
Make you sure to fit back in
place.
C#sus4
F#sus4
Verse 8
B
E
G
And at the beat of the city drum
Em
E
See how your friends come in twos;
Or threes or more.
Verse 9
For the sound of a busy place
G
Em
E
Is fine for a pretty face
Interlude 1
Who knows what a face is for.
E
G
C
D
C
Em
G
C
D
C
Em
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F
Em
Verse 10
Em
The city clown
E
Will soon fall down
Am
Em
Without a face to hide in.
And he will lose
F#
Em
If he won't choose
Verse 11
Am
The one he may confide
Em
E
Em
G
in.
Em
Sonny boy
C
G
With smokes for sale
Verse 12
F#sus4
Went to ground with
B
G
a face so pale
Em
And never heard
C
G
About the change
B
Showed his hand and fell out
of range.
C#sus4
F#sus4
Verse 13
B
E
In the light of a city square
Em
Find out the face that's fair
E
A
E
Em
Keep it by your side.
E
When the light of the city falls
Em
You fly to the city walls
E
A
E
Take off with your bride.
Verse 14
E
But at the chime of a city clock
Put up your road block
A
E
Hang on to your crown.
For a stone in a tin can
Verse 15
E
Is wealth to the city man
Am
Em
Who leaves his armor
Outro 1
down.
F#
F
E
Em
F#
F
E
At the Chime of a City Clock
Nick Drake
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