----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROSE HIP NOVEMBER by Vashti Bunyan ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning EADF#Be (ie Standard except G string tuned down one semitone to F#. Capo 5th fret to match the Just Another Diamond Day recording) Notes: - This can also be played in standard tuning with no need for a capo to match the recording. You simply move every note up one string, eg instead of a note marked below as the 2nd fret of the 5th (A) string you'd play on the 2nd fret of the 4th (D) string. The single note in the 2nd bar of the Intro riff that is marked below as open 1st string becomes 5th fret on 1st string. - The advantage of using the EADF#Be tuning (called "Lute tuning", for the obvious reason) is just so you don't have to do that stretch to the 5th fret. I'm not sure which tuning Vashti used but from the recording it sounds to me like there is a capo on there. It's only one string different, and plus once you're in the lute tuning you just need to shift the capo up one to the 6th fret and you're ready to play along to two amazing Nick Drake tracks: Cello Song and Thoughts of Mary Jane! - The song is in 4/4 time, and plays at 120 bpm to match the album recording. Every note below is one quaver length (ie a half-beat, or 1/8th of a bar). - I pick this always using my thumb for both the 5th & 6th strings, and my index, middle, ring and little fingers respectively for the 4th, 3rd, 2nd and 1st strings (or if you don't like using your little finger then you can use your ring finger instead for that one note on the top string). Chords: Em: 022100 or if you're in Standard Tuning: Am: x02210 Bmadd11/F#: 200000 Em7/B: x20000 Am: x02310 Dm: xx0231 Intro / Interludes: Em Bmadd11 e |-----------------|-0---------------| B |-------0-----3---|-------3-----0---| F#|-----1---1-----1-|---0-----0-----0-| D |---2-------2-----|-----0-----0-----| A |-------2-----2---|-0-----0-----0---| E |-0---------------|-----------------| Verses: Em Bm7/F# Am Em e |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B |-------0---------|-------0---------|-------1---------|-------0---------| F#|-----1---1---1---|-----0---0---0---|-----3---3---3---|-----1---1---1---| D |---2-------2---2-|---0-------0---0-|---2-------2---2-|---2-------2---2-| A |-------2---------|-------0---------|-0-----0-----0---|-------2-----0---| E |-0-----------0---|-2-----------2---|-----------------|-0---------------| Then repeat first three bars of verse, followed by: Em Bm7/F# e |-----------------|-----------------| B |-------0---------|-------0---------| F#|-----1---1---1---|-----0---0---0---| D |---2-------2---2-|---0-------0---0-| A |-------------2---|-0---------------| E |-0-----2---------|-------2---------| Song structure: (Intro x2, Verse) x5, Intro x3, and finish on slow strum of Em Lyrics: Rose hip November Autumn I'll remember Gold landing at our door Catch one leaf and fortune will surround you evermore Pine tree very tall Waiting for snow to fall Mist hangs very still Caught by dawn in castle moats around the sleeping hill Now a pipe is heard Happy is the shepherd Shepherdess and dog Father of the pastureland and mother of the flock (instrumental verse) Rose hip November Autumn I'll remember Gold landing at our door Catch one leaf and fortune will surround you evermore Evermore Evermore