Nick Drake Tabs

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This page contains links to guitar tabs for the English singer-songwriter Nick Drake.
Fast Facts
1. Name: Nicholas Rodney Drake
2. Born: June 19, 1948
3. Died: November 25, 1974 (age 26)
4. Genre: Folk
5. Origin: Folk
6. Active: 1969-1972
7. Albums: 3
8. Label: Island Records
9. Self-taught guitarist
10. Best known song is "Pink Moon"
Technique

Drake was known for his use of experimental guitar tunings and distinctive playing style.
Studio Albums
- 1969: Five Leaves Left
- 1970: Bryter Layter
- 1972: Pink Moon
Critical Response
- "His voice conveys, in its moans and breathy whispers, an alluring sensuality, but he sings as if he were viewing his life from a great, unbridgeable distance. That element of detachment is chilling. To reinforce it, messages of isolation gradually float to the surface of the songs' spare, eloquent melodies".—Rolling StoneRolling Stone:Pink Moon Review (February 17, 2000)
- "His songs, melodies and open-tuned guitar playing owed as much to his love of Vaughan Williams and Delius as to Dylan and the Band; his lyrics were as much influenced by the vernacular and sensibility of the 19th century Romantic poets, as by the locutions of blues and folk, lending his themes of love, yearning and self-identity a particular literacy". —Telegraph Telegraph:The Sad Ballad of Nick Drake (July 12, 2007)
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