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From: "Kean, John"
Subject: TAB: Little Hands - Duncan Sheik
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 09:31:34 +1300
Little Hands - Duncan Sheik
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>From "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-|
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|--0-----------------------|----------------------------||
|------------0-0-----------|----------------------------||
|--------0---0-0-----------|----------------------------||
|------3-----3-3---2-0---2-|-2h3---3-2---0--------------||
|--------------------------|---------------3---0-3--3h5-||
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VERSES:
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||---------8-----8---8h10-8-----|--7-----7-----7---7h8-7-----|
||*------------7-----7----7-----|--6-----6-----6---6---6-----|
||*------0--------------------0-|------0-----0-------------0-|
||------------------------------|----------------------------|
||---0--------------------------|----------------------------|
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-----------|----------------------------|
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|--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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|--------0-----0---0h1-0-----|--3---0-------------------|
|--------------1---1---1-----|--1-----1-----------------|
|------0-----0-------------0-|------------0-------------|
|--0-------------------------|--------------------3--0--|
|----------------------------|--------------3--0--------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
For her to be free
Her indifference fills the room
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|------0-0--0--0-----------|---------0---0-----------|
|------0-0--0--0-----------|-------0-----0-----------|
|------3-3--3--3---2-0-----|-----3-------3---2h0-----|
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|--0---------------------0-|-----------------------0-|
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|--0--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------8-----8---8h10-8-----|--7---7-------7---7h8-7-----|
|--------7-----7---7----7-----|--6-----6-----6---6---6-----|
|------------0--------------0-|------------0-------------0-|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
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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|--------------1---1---1-----|--1-----1-----------------|
|------0-----0-------------0-|------------0-------------|
|--0-------------------------|--------------------3--0--|
|----------------------------|--------------3--0--------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
Oh lord what would she say
But she just wants to sleep
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|----------0-----0-----------|-------0-----0-----------||
|------2/3-------3---2-0-----|-----3-------3---2h0-----||
|----------------------------|-------------------------||
|--0-----------------------0-|-------------------------||
She says
She says
CHORUS:
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||--------2---------2-------|--------1---------1-------|
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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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|--------1---1-----1-------|------3-------------3---------|
|--------0---------0-------|--2-----0---------------------|
|------0-------0-----0---0-|------------3-0h2-----3h5---3-|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|-0------------------------|------------------------------|
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-|
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|-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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|------------0-2---0-------|------------------------------|
|--------1---1-1---1-1-----|------3-------------3---------|
|--------0-----------0-----|--2-----0---------------------|
|------0-----------------0-|------------3-0h2-----3h5---3-|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|-0------------------------|------------------------------|
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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|--------0-----0-----------|---------0-----0-----------*||
|------3-------3---2-0-----|-----2/3-------3---2h0-----*||
|--------------------------|----------------------------||
|--0---------------------0-|----------------------------||
BRIDGE:
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||--------0--------------3--|--------4--------4-----4--|
||-----0-----0--------5-----|-----0-----0--------6-----|
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||--5-----------------------|--6-----------------------|
Oh well, can't blame a guy for
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|--------6-----------6-----|--------3--------3-----3--|
|-----7-----------------7--|-----5--------------------|
|--0-----------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--5-----------------------|
trying And I'm smiling even though I'm
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|-------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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|------0-0--0--0-----------|---------0---0-----------|
|------0-0--0--0-----------|-------0-----0-----------|
|------3-3--3--3---2-0-----|-----3-------3---2-0-----|
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|--0---------------------0-|-----------------------0-|
be
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|--------0---0-0-----------|----------------------------||
|--------0---0-0-----------|----------------------------||
|------3-----3-3---2-0---2-|-2h3---3-2---0--------------||
|--------------------------|---------------3---0-3--3h5-||
|--------------------------|----------------------------||
VERSE 3: (piano accompaniment arranged for guitar)
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||--8-----------------------|--------------------------|
||--7----------10-----------|--9-----------------------|
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||--0-----------------------|--------------------------|
One last conversation at the crowded bar And
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|-------------H7-----------|-------------H5-----------|
|--7-----------------------|--5-----------------------|
|--5-----------------------|--4-----------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
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even thought the music is louder by far
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|--0-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------H5-----------|-------------A3-----------|
|--3-----------------------|-H5-----------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
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I hear every word she says
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|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--2-----------------------|--------------------------||
|--3-----------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--0-----------------------|--------------------------||
She says
CHORUS:
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||--------2---------2-------|--------1---------1-------|
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||-0------------------------|--0-----------------------|
Don't take it bad don't worry about it
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|--------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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|--------3--3--3--3--3-----|--------2---2-2---2-2------|
|--------2--2--2-----2-----|--------1-----------1------|
|------0-----------------0-|------0-----------------0--|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0------------------------|--0------------------------|
Sometimes you there early sometimes you get there late
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|--------1---1-1---1-1-----|------3-------------3---------|
|--------0-----------0-----|--2-----0---------------------|
|------0-----------------0-|------------3-0h2-----3h5---3-|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|-0------------------------|------------------------------|
But even if you had a chance you never, never knew the
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|--------0--0--0-----------|---------0-----0-----------||
|--------0--0--0-----------|-----0---------0-----------||
|--------3--3--3---2-0-----|-----2/3-------3---2h0-----||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--0---------------------0-|-------------------------0-||
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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|--------------0-----------|--------------5-----------|
|--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----|
|------0-----0-----0-----0-|------0-----0-----0-----0-|
|----3-----3-----3-----3---|----3-----3-----3-----3---|
|--1-----------------------|--3-----------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
glad we got to talk for a while I
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||---------2-----2--2--2-----|----------------------------|
||---------3-----3--3--3-----|--------3-----3---3---3-----|
||*------2-----2-----------2-|------0-------0---0h2-0-----|
||*--------------------------|----3-------3-------------3-|
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||---3-----------------------|--2-------------------------|
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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|--------2-----2---3-2-----|----------------------------|
|--------3-----3---3-3-----|--------3-----3---3---3-----|
|------2-----2-----------2-|--------0-----0---0h2-0-----|
|--------------------------|------3-----3-------------3-|
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|--3-----------------------|--2-------------------------|
O.K. yeah yeah it's
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|--------3-----3-----3-----|--------------------------||
|------0-----0-----0-----0-|--------------------------||
|----3-----3-----3-----3---|--------------------------||
|--1-----------------------|--3-----------------------||
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O.K. yeah...
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John Kean
keanj@agresearch.cri.nz
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