A Hand of Thumbs
By Ian Anderson from Rupi’s Dance
Transcription by Peter Dawson, all suggestions for improvement welcome.

Capo 5.

Introduction
8/8?

   Flute
   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   
a||------------0---5---7---8---10--|------------0---5---8---7---5---|
E||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |
 | Guitar
a||----0---------------------------|----0---------------------------|
E||----------------------------0---|--------------------------------|
C|:--------------------2p0---------|--------------------0-----------|
G|:----2-------2/3---------3-------|----2-------2/3-3p2-----4---0---|
D||0-------0-----------------------|0-------0-------0---3---3---0---|
A||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


 Flute                           |1.
|------------0---5---12--12--108-|10--8-7-8---7-5-7---5---5-------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|
|Guitar
|----0---------------------------|----0-----------------------0---||
|----------------------------0---|--------------------3-----------||
|--------------------2p0---------|------------------------0-------:|
|----2-------2/3---------3-------|----2-------2/3-3p2-0-------0---:|
|0-------0-----------------------|0-------0-------0-----------0---||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||


|2 Flute
|10--8-7-8---7-5-7-------1-------|
|--------------------5-----------|
|
|Guitar
|----0---------------------------|
|--------------------0---1-------|
|--------------------2---2-------|
|----2-------2/3-3p2-------------|
|0-------0-------0---------------|
|--------------------------------|


Verse 1(Sung over guitar intro riff)
My hand of thumbs is shaking
I am so glad to meet you
All tongue-tied and twisted
My lips stuck like glue[Am]

 Chorus
[Asus2]More than a [Em]lifetime *to [G]say, “How [F]are you?”
[Asus2]More than an [Em]ocean *to [G]cross be[F]calmed.
[Asus2]Less than [Em]a second *to [G]sink in si[F]lence.
[Asus2]Yours [Em]truly, I *re[G]main dis[F]armed.

* notes e f#

Introduction (8 bars)

Verse 2
Saw you peeping from the corner.
Your eyes seemed to call hello.
I’m all too easily mistaken,
My feet unsteady as they go.

Chorus

Instrumental (Similar to Intro but down a fourth)
Flute top 2 lines
Guitar bottom 4 lines

 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   
|Flute{----------0---2---3---5---|7---5-7~~~~~~-------------------|
|-----{------0-------------------|--------------------------------|
|Guitar--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------2-----------2p0-----4---|--------2-------2---0-------2---|
|----2-2-----2/3-3-------3-------|----2-2-----2/3-----------------|
|0-------------------------------|0-----------------------0-------|



|Flute{----------0---2---3---5---|7-----------107-5-----3-0-----~~|
|-----{------0-------------------|--------------------------------|
|Guitar--------------------------|--------------------2-----------|
|--------2-----------2p0-----4---|4-------------------2---2---0---|
|----2-2-----2/3-3-------3-------|----2-2-----2/3-3-------0-------|
|0-------------------------------|--------0-----------------------|



|Flute{--------------------------|------------121012--14--15--17--|
|-----{------0-0-5---7---8---10--|1112----------------------------|
|Guitar--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------2-----------2p0-----4---|----------------------------2---|
|----2-0-----2/3-3-------3---2---|----2-2-2---2/3/2---5-----------|
|0-------------------------------|0-----------------------0-------|



|19---{------17--151412--1214--15|12----3-2-0-2---3---2-0202020202|
|Flute{--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|Guitar--------------------------|--------------------2-------4---|
|--------2-----------2p0-----4---|----------------2---2---0---0---|
|----2-2-----2/3---------3-------|----2-2-2---2/3-----------------|
|0-------------------------------|--------0-----------------------|



|Flute---------------------------|----0-------2-------3---5---7---|
|5---0-------1-------3~~~~~~~5---|--------------------------------|
|Guitar--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----2-2-2---2/3-3---5-------7---|----7-------7/9-9---10--12--12--|
|0-------------------------------|--------0-----------------------|


 Middle eight
 Fmaj7                            G6
|---0--------0-----------0-------|---0----------------------------|
|--1---------1-----------1-------|--3-----------------------------|
|-2----------2-----------2-------|-0----------------------0-------|
|3-----------3-----------3-------|0-------------------0-------0---|
|--------------------------------|----------------2/3-------------|
|--------------------------------|------------3-------------------|
     Was I   a   suave     and    confident   trickster


 Fmaj7+6th    C                   Am          G
|0-------------0-----------------|--------------------------------|
|3------------1------1-1-1-------|1-----------0-------------------|
|2------------0------0-0-0-------|2-----------0/2/0---------------|
|3-----------2-------2-2-2-------|2-----------0-------2---5/2-----|
|0-----------3-------3-3-3-------|0-----------2---------------2---|
|--------------------------------|------------3-------------------|
     I would you up          and  carry   you down
          sweep


             Fmaj7                G
|---------------0----------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------1-----------------|0-----------0-------------------|
|-------------2------------------|0-----------0---2h4-2-----------|
|--------3---3-------------------|0-----------0---5---5---5---3---|
|----3---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3/5-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
    To  rasp- berry meadows under diamond     skies         and just


 Fmaj7
|---0----------------0-0---------|---0----------------0-0---------|
|--1-----------------1-1---------|--1-----------------1-1---------|
|-2------------------2-2---------|-2------------------2-2---------|
|3-------------------3-3---------|3-------------------3-3---------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
     mess around             just mess around



Introduction 8 bars

Verse 1

Chorus

Instrumental over chorus