At The Chime Of A City Clock Chords

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These are the right chords, although Nick is tuned a little differently. He switches up some of the transitions between verses, but it's mostly bits of chord progressions already covered here. Capo on first fret (optional) - standard tuning. Fun fact: this song ends on the G major, which would be considered a "Picardy third." This is when a song in a minor key ends on the major version of the root minor [Yes' "Roundabout" is another example].Was this info helpful?

Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	G#m
Capo:	1st fret

Author cjzak1 [a] 52. Last edit on Aug 15, 2019

Chords

G#m7

G#m6

Ebmaj7/G#

G#m

G#maj7

G#7

G#6

Eb/G#

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[Verse 1]
 
G#m7           G#m6
A city freeze, get on your knees
 
Ebmaj7/G#      G#m
Pray for warmth and green paper
 
G#m7           G#m6
A city drought, you're down and out
 
Ebmaj7/G#      G#m
See your trousers don't taper
 
B          E
Saddle up, kick your feet
 
B                   Bb     Eb
Ride the range of a London street
 
B           E
Travel to a local plane
 
B               Bb        Eb
Turn around and come back again
 
Fm7sus4        Eb
 
[Chorus]
 
G#maj7
And at the chime of a city clock
 
G#7
Put up your road block
 
G#6              G#
Hang on to your crown
 
G#maj7
For a stone in a tin can
 
G#7
Is wealth to the city man
 
G#6            Eb/G#
Who leaves his armour down
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At The Chime Of A City Clock – Nick Drake

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I believe the four first chords are more: G#m7 G#m6 Emaj7/G# G#/Eb (Starting with G#m7 in "drop 3" this works well for me: 4x444x, 4x344x, 4x244x, X6644x) (Playing the beautiful G#maj7 G#7 G#6 G# in the same way works well for me too: 4x554, 4x454, 4x354, x6654x)