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From: Harlan L Thompson 
 FRUIT TREE- Nick Drake
 TUNING: D A D G D G (capo 2nd fret) or C G C F C F (capo 4th fret)
 OPENING RIFF, RIFF 1 (2 times)
 RIFF 2
 Fame is but a fruit tree, so very unsound
 RIFF 2
 It can never flourish till its stalk is in the ground
 RIFF 2
 So men of fame can never find a way
 RIFF 2                                     RIFF 1
 Till time has flown far from their dying day
 
 Forgotten while you're here, remembered for a while
 A much updated ruin, from a much outdated style
 
 Life is but a memory, happened long ago
 Theater full of sadness for the long forgotten show
 Seems so easy just to let it go on by
 Till you stop and wonder why you never wondered why
 
 BRIDGE:
 Eb                 Gmaj9/D
 Safe in the womb of an everlasting night
 Eb                         Gmaj9/D                 
 You find the darkness can give the brightest light
 Eb                   Gmaj9/D              
 Safe in your place deep in the earth
 Eb                        Gmaj9/D                    
 That's when they'll know what you're really worth
 
 Forgotten while you're here, remembered for a while
 A much updated ruin, from a much outdated style
 
 REPEAT VERSE 1
 
 Fruit tree, fruit tree
 Noone knows you but the rain and the air
 Don't you worry
 They'll stand and stare when you're gone
 
 Fruit tree, fruit tree
 Open your eyes to another year
 They'll all know
 That you were here when you're gone
 
 
 OPENING RIFF (very rough guess):
 G ---------0-------------0-------------0-------------
 D -------3---3---------3-------------4---4-----------
 G -----0-------0-----0-------------2-------2---2----- (repeat)
 D -0-3-----------3-2-------3-2-3-0-----------0-------
 A ---------------------------------------------------
 D -----------------------------------------------0---
 
 RIFF 1 (simplest version):
 G ---------0---------------------------------
 D -------0---4-------4-------4---------------
 G -----0-------2---2---2---2---2---2--------- (repeat)
 D -0h2-----------0-------0-------0-----------
 A -------------------------------------------
 D -----------0-------0-------0---------------
 
 RIFF 2:
 G 
 -----------0-----------------0-----------------0-----------------0----------
 D 
 ---------0---0-------------0---0-------------0---0-------------0---0--------
 G 
 -------3-------3---------3-------3---------3-------3---------3-------3------
 D 
 -----0-----------0-----0-----------0-----0-----------0-----0-----------0----
 A 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 D 
 -0-5---------------5-4---------------4-3---------------3-2------------------
 
 FINAL SECTION (play like riff 2, but longer between changes):
 Dsus4addBb/G: 5 0 0 3 0 0  Dsus4addBb/F#: 4 0 0 3 0 0  Dsus4addBb/F: 3 0 
 0 3 0 0
 Dsus4addBb/E: 2 0 0 3 0 0  Dsus4addBb/Eb: 1 0 0 3 0 0  Dsus4addBb: 0 0 0 
 3 0 0
 
 
 OTHER CHORDS: Eb: 1 0 1 0 1 0  Gmaj9/D: 0 0 0 2 4 0
 
 
 
 NOTE: This is pretty rough- I can't hear much under those strings.  I 
 was particularly unclear on the intro.  I hope someone can fix this up a bit.
 (from Five Leaves Left, 1969)