Duncan Sheik - Little Hands Chords & Tabs

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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
~~~~~~~~~~~~
>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-||
|--------------------------|----------------------------||

VERSES:
     ,  .  ,  .  ,  .     ,  .     ,  .  ,  .  ,  .    ,  .
||------------------------------|----------------------------|
||---------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


   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .     ,  .  ,  .    ,  .  ,  .
|--------------------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"


   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .    ,  .     ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|--------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


   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .    ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|--------------------------|-0---------0-------------|
|------0-0--0--0-----------|---------0---0-----------|
|------0-0--0--0-----------|-------0-----0-----------|
|------3-3--3--3---2-0-----|-----3-------3---2h0-----|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--0---------------------0-|-----------------------0-|


   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .     ,  .     ,  .  ,  .  ,  .    ,  .
|--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


   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .     ,  .  ,  .    ,  .  ,  .
|--------------------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


   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .    ,  .     ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|--------0-----0---0h1-0-----|--3---0-------------------|
|--------------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


   ,  .    ,  .  ,  .  ,  .    ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|--------------0-------------|-0---------0-------------||
|------------0---0-----------|---------0---0-----------||
|----------0-----0-----------|-------0-----0-----------||
|------2/3-------3---2-0-----|-----3-------3---2h0-----||
|----------------------------|-------------------------||
|--0-----------------------0-|-------------------------||
                                               She says
                                               She says


CHORUS:
    ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .     ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
||------------0-------------|------------0-------------|
||--------3---3-----3-------|--------2---2-----2-------|
||--------2---------2-------|--------1---------1-------|
||------------------------0-|------0-------0-----0---0-|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||-0------------------------|--0-----------------------|
   1.     I'm afraid           it's not to be  You're a
   2.     How long             'til you understand  The


   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .     ,  .  ,  .    ,  .    ,  .
|------------0-----0-------|------------------------------|
|--------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


   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .     ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|-----------------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


   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .     ,  .  ,  .    ,  .    ,  .
|------------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


   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .    ,  .    ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|------------0-------------|-0-----------0--------------||
|----------0---0-----------|-----------0---0------------||
|--------0-----0-----------|---------0-----0-----------*||
|------3-------3---2-0-----|-----2/3-------3---2h0-----*||
|--------------------------|----------------------------||
|--0---------------------0-|----------------------------||

BRIDGE:
    ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .     ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
||--------------0-----------|--------------------------|
||-----------------0--------|--------------5-----------|
||--------0--------------3--|--------4--------4-----4--|
||-----0-----0--------5-----|-----0-----0--------6-----|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--5-----------------------|--6-----------------------|
         Oh well,               can't blame a guy for

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/duncan_sheik/little_hands_tab.html ]
   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .     ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|--------------7-----------|--------------0-----------|
|-----------7-----7--------|-----------5--------5-----|
|--------6-----------6-----|--------3--------3-----3--|
|-----7-----------------7--|-----5--------------------|
|--0-----------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--5-----------------------|
  trying              And I'm smiling even though I'm


  , . , . , . , .   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .    , . , . , . , .
|---------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


   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .    ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|--------------------------|-0---------0-------------|
|------0-0--0--0-----------|---------0---0-----------|
|------0-0--0--0-----------|-------0-----0-----------|
|------3-3--3--3---2-0-----|-----3-------3---2-0-----|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--0---------------------0-|-----------------------0-|
   be


   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .      ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|--0-----------------------|----------------------------||
|--------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)
    ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .     ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
||--------------------------|-------------H12----------|
||--8-----------------------|--------------------------|
||--7----------10-----------|--9-----------------------|
||--------------------------|-11-----------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--0-----------------------|--------------------------|
      One last conversation at the crowded bar     And


   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .     ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|-------------H7-----------|-------------H5-----------|
|--7-----------------------|--5-----------------------|
|--5-----------------------|--4-----------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
   even thought the music is louder by far


   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .     ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|--0-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------H5-----------|-------------A3-----------|
|--3-----------------------|-H5-----------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
     I hear every word she says


   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .     ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--2-----------------------|--------------------------||
|--3-----------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--0-----------------------|--------------------------||
                                              She says


CHORUS:
    ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .     ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
||------------0-------------|------------0-------------|
||--------3---3-----3-------|--------2---2-----2-------|
||--------2---------2-------|--------1---------1-------|
||------------------------0-|------0-------0-----0---0-|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||-0------------------------|--0-----------------------|
       Don't take it bad don't worry about it


   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .     ,  .  ,  .    ,  .    ,  .
|------------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


   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .     ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|-----------------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------------------------|
 Sometimes you there early sometimes you get there late


   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .     ,  .  ,  .    ,  .    ,  .
|------------0-2---0-------|------------------------------|
|--------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


   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .    ,  .    ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|--------------------------|-0---------0-0-------------||
|--------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)
    ,  .  ,  .  ,  .    ,  .     ,  .  ,  .  ,  .    ,  .
||--------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


   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .     ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|--------------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


     ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .     ,  .  ,  .  ,  .    ,  .
||---------2-----2--2--2-----|----------------------------|
||---------3-----3--3--3-----|--------3-----3---3---3-----|
||*------2-----2-----------2-|------0-------0---0h2-0-----|
||*--------------------------|----3-------3-------------3-|
||---------------------------|----------------------------|
||---3-----------------------|--2-------------------------|
   feel O.K. yeah I'm        feeling better
    O.K.                                       yeah it's


   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .     ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|--------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


   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .     ,  .  ,  .  ,  .    ,  .
|--------2-----2---3-2-----|----------------------------|
|--------3-----3---3-3-----|--------3-----3---3---3-----|
|------2-----2-----------2-|--------0-----0---0h2-0-----|
|--------------------------|------3-----3-------------3-|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--3-----------------------|--2-------------------------|
   O.K.        yeah yeah                         it's


   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .     ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------3-----3-----3-----|--------------------------||
|------0-----0-----0-----0-|--------------------------||
|----3-----3-----3-----3---|--------------------------||
|--1-----------------------|--3-----------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
   O.K.  yeah...

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 John Kean
 keanj@agresearch.cri.nz
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