Little Hands

Little Hands - Duncan Sheik

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>From "Duncan Sheik"

Transcribed and tabbed by John Kean.

Tuning: DADGAD

Capo: none

Timing: 4/4

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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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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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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

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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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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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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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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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One last conversation at the crowded bar And

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even thought the music is louder by far

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I hear every word she says

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She says

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Don't take it bad don't worry about it

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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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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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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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