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Song
Little Hands - Duncan Sheik
Transcribed and tabbed by John Kean.
Tuning: DADGAD
Capo: none
Timing: 4/4
INTRO:
4/4 , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
D||---------------------------|-0---------0-------------| A||-T-----0-0--0--0-----------|---------0---0-----------| G||-A-----0-0--0--0-----------|-------0-----0-----------| D||-B-----3-3--3--3---2-0-----|-----3-------3---2-0-----| A||---------------------------|-------------------------| D||---0---------------------0-|-----------------------0-|
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|--0-----------------------|----------------------------|| |------------0-0-----------|----------------------------|| |--------0---0-0-----------|----------------------------|| |------3-----3-3---2-0---2-|-2h3---3-2---0--------------|| |--------------------------|---------------3---0-3--3h5-|| |--------------------------|----------------------------||
VERSES:
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1. Some sweet perversion on the telephone line
2. We stayed out late 'til morning came
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|--------------------5-----|------5-------------5-------| |--------7-----7---8-------|----------------------------| |------------5-----------5-|--4-----4-----4h5-----4---0-| |------0-------0-----------|----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--0-----------------------|----------------------------|
I've been waiting for such a very long time
I said "I'll take you home if its all the same"
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For her to be free
Her indifference fills the room
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The evening was nice but there were too many people
Some weak seduction on the morning after
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|--------------------5-----|------5------5------5-------| |--------7-----7---8-------|----------------------------| |--------5-----5---------5-|--4-----4-----4h5-----4---0-| |------0-----0-------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--0-----------------------|----------------------------|
And all my thoughts so depraved and evil
How it slays me every time I touch her
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Oh lord what would she say
But she just wants to sleep
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She says
She says
CHORUS:
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1. I'm afraid it's not to be You're a
2. How long 'til you understand The
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sweet guy but you ain't for me
last thing that I need is another man
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|-----------------0--------|------------0-3---0-------| |--------3--3--3--3--3-----|--------2---2-2---2-2-----| |--------2--2--2-----2-----|--------1-----------1-----| |------0-----------------0-|------0-----------------0-| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |-0------------------------|--0-----------------------|
I live my life in a different way You
Didn't you promise to give it a rest Right
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know those things you're thinking are a big mistake
now I need a lover like a hole, like a hole in the chest
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BRIDGE:
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Oh well, can't blame a guy for
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trying And I'm smiling even though I'm
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|---------0-------|-------------2-----------|-----------------| |-------0---0-----|----------0-----0--------|-----------------| |-----0-------2---|-------0-----------0-----|-----------------| |---0-----------3-|----2-----------------2--|-----------------| |-----------------|-4-----------------------|-4---------------| |-3---------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
dying To know the love she says will never
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be
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VERSE 3: (piano accompaniment arranged for guitar)
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||--------------------------|-------------H12----------| ||--8-----------------------|--------------------------| ||--7----------10-----------|--9-----------------------| ||--------------------------|-11-----------------------| ||--------------------------|--------------------------| ||--0-----------------------|--------------------------|
One last conversation at the crowded bar And
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even thought the music is louder by far
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|--0-----------------------|--------------------------| |-------------H5-----------|-------------A3-----------| |--3-----------------------|-H5-----------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------|
I hear every word she says
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She says
CHORUS:
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Don't take it bad don't worry about it
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|------------0-------------|------------------------------| |--------1---1-----1-------|------3-------------3---------| |--------0---------0-------|--2-----0---------------------| |------0-------0-----0---0-|------------3-0h2-----3h5---3-| |--------------------------|------------------------------| |-0------------------------|------------------------------|
You're a friend of mine and there's no way around it
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Sometimes you there early sometimes you get there late
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But even if you had a chance you never, never knew the
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game
CODA: (fade out at end)
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||--------2-----2---2h3-2-----|----------------------------| ||--------------3---3---3-----|--------3-----3---3---3-----| ||------2-----2-------------2-|--------0-----0---0h2-0-----| ||----------------------------|------3-----3-------------3-| ||----------------------------|----------------------------| ||--3-------------------------|--2-------------------------|
Little hands open smile I'm
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glad we got to talk for a while I
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feel O.K. yeah I'm feeling better
O.K. yeah it's
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|--------3-----2-----------|--------------5------------|| |--------------------3-----|--------3-----------3------|| |------0-----0-----0-----0-|------0-----0-----0-----0-*|| |----3-----3-----3-----3---|----3-----3-----3-----3---*|| |--1-----------------------|--3------------------------|| |--------------------------|---------------------------||
I'll let it go but I'll never say never It's
O.K. yeah... It's
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O.K. yeah yeah it's
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O.K. yeah...
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John Kean
keanj@agresearch.cri.nz
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