尼克·德雷克（Nick Drake），这位英年早逝却对后世音乐影响深远的英国民谣歌手，以其内省的歌词和精湛的吉他演奏构建了一个独特而忧郁的音乐世界。《At The Chime Of A City Clock》收录在他1970年的专辑《Bryter Layter》中，是其中一首极具代表性的作品。

这首歌曲的歌词描绘了一幅幅充斥城市意象的画面：“城市冰封，屈膝乞求温暖”、“城市干旱，潦倒落魄”，以及在“城市时钟的钟声”和“城市鼓点的节奏”下，人们的生活状态。歌词充斥了象征意义，探讨了在喧嚣都会中的孤独、疏离、寻求真我与伪装。城市似乎是一个让人迷失、需要伪装能力生存的处所，“石子在锡罐里”竟是“城市人的财富”，这种对物质和表象的讽刺，流露出德雷克对现代都会文明的某种反思和忧郁情怀。歌曲中对“面具”、“盔甲”的提及，进一步强化了城市生活中人与人之间的隔阂和自我掩护。

音乐上，德雷克融合了民谣与巴洛克流行风格，他的吉他演奏是歌曲灵魂的重要组成部分。这份吉他乐谱（或称吉他谱/吉他弹唱谱）为我们提供了一个学习和演奏这首歌曲的途径。乐谱中给出了分歧段落的和弦进行，例如主歌部分使用了A1、A2、A3、A4这些带有特定标记的和弦。更重要的是，乐谱详细列出了这些和弦的指法图。仔细看这些指法（如A1的x 0 5 0 x x，A5的x 0 2 2 2 x），它们并非完全是惯例和弦的标准按法，而是在标准定弦（EADGBe）下的一种独特变体或转位，发明出一种开放而飘渺的和声效果，这正是德雷克吉他风格的特点之一。

乐谱中还提到了“with pattern”，并在A1和A5对应的六线谱下方给出了演奏 패턴（模式）的示例。这些示例（如A1模式下的0-0-------0---------）虽然简单，却揭示了基础的拨弦顺序或节奏型，这对于还原歌曲中吉他的律动和氛围至关重要。演奏时，考试考试模仿这些指法和拨弦模式，并结合歌词的情绪，用轻柔或内省的方式去弹奏，能力更好地体会歌曲所表达的忧郁与诗意。

掌握这份《At The Chime Of A City Clock》吉他乐谱，不仅仅是学习几个和弦和 패턴，更是一次走近尼克·德雷克内心世界的音乐旅程。拿起你的吉他，跟随这份乐谱，让城市时钟的低语在你的指尖流淌，感受那份独一无二的音乐魅力吧。

示范乐谱：

AT THE CHIME OF A CITY CLOCK- Nick Drake

A1            A2
A city freeze get on your knees
A3                    A4
Pray for warmth and green paper
A1             A2
A city drought you're down and out
A3                     A4
See your trousers down tapered
C           F               C                   B      E
Saddle up, kick your feet, ride the range of a London street
C         F              C                     B     E   B  E
Travel to a local plane, turn around and come back again
         A5                 A6

And at the chime of a city clock, put up your roadblock
A7              A5
Hang onto your crown
A5                A6
For a stone in a tin can is wealth to the city man
A7                     A5
Who leaves his armour down
C F  G F C  C F  G F A
Stay indoors beneath the floors
Talk with neighbors only
The games you play make people say
You're odd and wierd and lonely
A city star won't shine too far on account of the way you are
And the beads around your face make you sure to fit back in place
And at the beat of a city drum, see all your friends come
In twos or threes or more
For the sound of a busy place is fine for a pretty face
Who knows what a face is for
The city clown will soon fall down
Without a face to hide in
And he will lose if he won't choose
The one he may confide in
A seller boy with smokes for sale went to ground with a face so pale
And overheard above the change showed his hand and fell out of range
In the light of the city square find out the face that's fair
Keep it by your side
When the light of the city falls, you fly to the city walls
Take off with your bride
But at the chime of a city clock, put up your roadblock
Hang onto your crown
For a stone in a tin can is wealth to the city man
Who leaves his armour down
A1 (with pattern)

----0---0---0---0---
----5---5---5---5---
0-0-------0---------
A1: x 0 5 0 x x
A2: x 0 4 2 x x
A3: x 0 3 2 x x
A4: x 0 2 2 x x
(use same pattern)
A5 (with pattern)
-----2---2---2---2---
-----2---2---2---2---
-----2---2---2---2---
-0-0-------0---------
A5: x 0 2 2 2 x
A6: x 0 2 1 2 x
A7: x 0 3 2 2 x
(from Bryter Layter, 1970)