Nicolas Rodney Drake (19 de junio de 1948 - 25 de noviembre de 1974) fue un cantautor folk inglés.
Drake publicó sólo tres álbumes en su corta vida - Five Leaves Left (1969), Bryter Layter (1970) y Pink Moon (1972). Five Leaves Left consistía esencialmente en guitarra acústica, con ciertos arreglos orquestales de cuerda y viento, más Bajo y batería. Bryter Layter introdujo un sonido jazz más comercial, con teclados, etc. Pink Moon, grabado en dos sesiones de dos horas a partir de la medianoche
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
[Verse 1] DmA/C# When the day is done F/CG/B Down to earth then sinks the sun BbDm Along with everything that was lost and won BbA7 When the day is done
[Verse 2] DmA/C# When the day is done F/CG/B Hope so much your race’ll be all run BbDm Then you find you’ve jumped the gun BbDm Have to go back where you begun BbDm When the day is done
[Verse 3] DmA/C# When the night is cold F/CG/B Some get by and some get old BbDm Just to show life’s no made of gold DmA7 When the night is cold
[Verse 4] DmA/C# When the bird has flown F/CG/B Got no one to call your own BbDm Got no place to call your home BbDm When the bird has flown
[Instrumental] DmA/C#F/CG/BBbDmBbA
[Verse 5] DmA/C# When the games been fought F/CG/B Newspaper blown cross the court
BbDm Lost much sooner than you would’ve thought BbA7 Now the game’s been fought
[Verse 6] DmA/C# When the part is through F/CG/B Seems so very sad for you BbDm Didn’t do the things you were meant to do BbDm Now there’s no time start anew A/C#Dm Now the part is through
[Verse 7] DmA/C# When the day is done F/CG/B Down to earth then sinks the sun