Thumb Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays500

Thumb by Dinosaur Jr. is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, C9, C, Em/C and A7sus4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro:  D C9 (4x) 

C Em/C A7sus4 C9  

C9                      C    Em/C  A7sus4 C9 
There never really is a good time 
C9                             C    Em/C  A7sus4 C9             
There's always nothing much to say 
C9                      C    Em/C   
Pretty good, not doing that fine 
        A7sus4        C9 
Getting up most every day 

D                        C9 
Steppin' out, I tried to fix it 
D                          C9 
Pulled a thumb out of that hole 
D                          C9 
Give me ingredients, I'll mix it 
D                          C9 
How can you move without a goal 


Chorus:

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante