THOM'S THUMB

As recorded by Buster B. Jones

(From the 2002 Album JUST US)
Transcribed by Music by Buster B. Jones
tomcsikachicago@gmail.com Arranged by Buster B. Jones

D
P = 220 (P P CP PR )
c
Standard tuning

c 4 V V c gV
1
I 8 V 4 gV e VV gV f V V e V V gVV VV
gf V
V V
V
V V V V V e V V gVV VV V
V eV V eV
1

V gV V gV V gV
V V
Gtr I
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
T 0 0 (0) 0
A 0 1 3 3 2 1 (1) 3 2 2
4 1 4 1
B 3 4 2 3 4 2
H 0 3 2 0 3 2 sl.

c cj c
gV V gV V j j V V V k
6
I V V V gVV e V gV gVV VV VV V V gVV V V gVV W
gV gV V V eV V V gV V
V
4 0 0 0 3 2 0 0
T 2 0 2 2 0 1 2 0
A 4 0 4 3 3 3 0 0
4 4 4 2 2
B 0 1 2 3 4
sl. 0 4 2 2 sl. 3

1.

c k j V
c
V V k c V gVc V c
10 gV
I e V gVV
V
V VVV V V gVV V V gVV W e V gV eV
V
V
gV V V eV V V gV V gV V

0 3 2 0 0 0 2 2
T 2 2 2 0 1 2 0
A 3 3 3 0 0 3 2
4 4 2 2 4 1
B 0 1 2 3 4 2
2 2 sl. 3 2 sl.

c c c c
2.

c c c
V V V eV V V V gV V V V VV ggVV V V V V Vc
k k
V gV VV Vc
I gV VV V } V V V V V V VV
14

V V } V V V V V V
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0
T 4 3 1 2 0 2 2 0 0
A 1 1 1 1 1 2 (2) 2 0
2 x 0 0 2 2 2 0
B x 0 0
0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0
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c
gV V V V Vc W V V VV gV V gV gVV V V V gV V V gV V
18
I V V V V V gVV VV
V V V V V V V V
2 2 0 0 3 4 0
T 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0
A 2 (2) 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
B 0 0 2
0 0 P 0 0 0 P

c c c c c
V V V eV V W gV VV V VV ggVV V V V Vc VV Vc
22
I gVV VV V V V VV V V gV
V V VV
V V V V V V V V
0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0
T 4 3 (3) 3 1 2 2 2 0 0
A 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 0
0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0
B 0 0
0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0

c c j R R V V PR gV V c
gVV V V V P gV V V
26
I V V V WV V V V VV V `P f V V k P gV k V gV V
V V V W gV W
u
2 2 0 3 4 0 7 5 3 4 0 0
T 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0
A 2 (2) 2 3 4
2 2 2 2
B 0 0 0 3 4
0 0 P 0 sl. 4 H sl.

cj c c cj
V V V gW V V gV j
30
I gVV j eV j W Ve VV V V V gV} V W gV e V gV gVV VV VV
gV W V V V gV gV V
u u
M
1/4

3 0 2 2 2 4 0 0 0
T 0 2 0 2
A 3 2 2 2 4 3 3 2 3
1 x 4 4 4
B 2 2
2 sl. 0 4 2 2

c c
V V gV V V gV V j V V k gV
e V gVV V
V
k j
VV
V
V V gVV V V gVV
I V V
V V eV V
34

V V gV V gV V V eV

3 2 0 0 0 3 2
T 0 1 2 2 0 2 2 0 1 2
A 0 0 3 3 3 0 0
2 2 4 4 2 2
B 0 1 2 3 4 0 1
sl. 3 2 2 sl.
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W
c
V V k c V gVc V c
V gVV V gV V V j c cj j
38
I eV gV eV V j gV e V gV gVV VV VV
V V gV V gV V gV gV V
V
0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 0
T 0 2 0 2
A 3 2 4 3 3 2 3
4 1 4 4 4
B 2 3 4 2
3 2 sl. 0 P 4 2 2

c c
V gV W V V k e V gV gVV VV
k V
V V gVV V V gV
I V V gVV V V V VVV
eV V
42

V eV V V gV V gV V V

3 2 0 0 0 3 2
T 0 1 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 2
A 0 3 3 3 0
2 2 4 4 2 0
B 0 1 2 3 4 0 1
sl. 3 2 2 sl.

c c c c
V V V V Vc c
V V V VV VV VV gkV
c V e V f V VV VV
46
I gVV V VV V V V V V WV V gV
V V V V u V

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (0)
T 0 0 0 4 1 (1)
A 1 2 (2) 2 1 0 0 0 0
2 2 3 3 2 2
B 3 3 2 3 4
0 0 3 3 3

j j k c c cV V k
V eV fV V W V V VV V V V V V V V
V V V V }}
I V gV V V V
V V V
50

V gV V V V V
0 0 0 0 0 3
T 4 3 0 0
A 2 2 2 0 2 2 0 (0) 2 x
4 0 0 0 3 3 3 x
B 5 2
5 2 1 1 3 3

j c c k
W VV V V V V V 3
V eV fV V W V V Vc
I WV V Vj V V eV V V V V
3
54
VV V V VV VV V VV V
V 3
3 V V
3 3 0 0 0
T 1 0 6 3 0 4 1 (1)
A 0 2 4 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 7 3 0 2 2 2 2
B 3 7 3 3
3 sl. 3 3 sl.

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j j k c c cV c
V eV V V V V V V V V
V
58
I V gV V W V V V VV V V V VV V VVV
V V gV V V V V
0 0 0 0
T 4 3 3 0 0
A 2 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 2
4 0 0 0 3 3 3 3
B 5 2
5 sl. 2 1 1 3 3

c c c cj
c k gV gV V j
62
I VV VV
V
V V VV
V V V e V VV V V V V gVj V V gVV
V
e V gV gVV V VV
V V gV V gV gV V
2 4 0 0 0
T 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
A 0 0 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 2 3
2 2 1 1 4 4 4
B 3 2
3 P 2 sl. 0 P 4 2 2

c c
V V gV V gV W V V k gV
e V gVV V
V
k
VVV V
V V gVV V V gVV
I V V
V V eV V
66

V V gV V gV V V eV

3 2 0 0 0 3 2
T 0 1 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 2
A 0 0 3 3 3 0 0
2 2 4 4 2 2
B 0 1 2 3 4 0 1
sl. 3 2 2 sl.

c c V gV c c cj
W V V k c k V gV V
eV gV gV f VV V e VV V V gVj V V V
e V gV gVV V
j
70
I
V V gV V V gVV VV
gV V gV gV V
0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 0
T 0 2 0 2 0 0 2
A 3 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 2 3
4 1 4 4 4
B 2 3 4 2
3 2 sl. 0 P 4 2 2

V gV V e VV VV f V VV V V k Vc V WW
I V V gV V V gV V V gVV V gV VV V
V V eV V V V V
74

V eV gV
V V V
3 2 0 0 3 0 0 0
T 0 1 2 4 3 0 1 2 0
A 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1
2 2 0 0 2 2 2 3
B 0 1 0 1 4
sl. 0 0 sl. 0
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c c c c c
VV V V g V V V V V Vc VV Vc
3
V gV V V V V V gV V
I egVV gV Ve V gV gV V VV V gV
V V VV
V V V V
78

gV V V V V V
0 2 0 (0) 0 1 1 2 2 0 0
T 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 0 0
A 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 (2) 2 0
4 1 2 2 2 2 2 0
B 2 0 0
2 0 0 0 0

c
gV V V V Vc W V V VV gV V ggVV V VV V gV V V gV
82
I V V V V V gVV VV V
V V V V V V V V
2 2 0 0 3 4 0
T 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 2
A 2 (2) 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
B 0 0 2
0 0 P 0 0 0

c c c c c c c c
I
V V
gVV
V eV
VV V V V gV VV k VV kV VV ggVV V
VV V V Vc W
cV
V VV V
V V V k V
86

V V V V V V u V V
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0
T 4 3 (3) 3 3 1 2 2 0
A 1 1 1 1 2 2 (2) 0
0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0
B 0 0
0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0

c c j R R V V PR gV V c
gV V V V P gV V V
90
I V V V V W V V V VV V `P f V V k P gV k V gV V
V V V V W gV W
u
2 2 0 3 4 0 7 5 3 4 0 0
T 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0
A 2 (2) 2 3 4
2 2 2 2
B 0 0 0 3 4
0 0 P 0 sl. 4 H

cj c c cj
V V V gW V V gV j
94
I gVV j eV j W Ve VV V V V gV} V W gV e V gV gVV VV VV
gV W V V V gV gV V
u u
M
1/4

3 0 2 2 2 4 0 0 0
T 0 2 0 2
A 3 2 2 2 4 3 3 2 3
1 x 4 4 4
B 2 2
2 sl. 0 4 2 2
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c c
V V gV V V gV W V V k e V gV gVV VV
k
VVV V V k
V V gVV V V V
I V
V V eV V
98

V V gV V gV V V eV

3 2 0 0 0 3 3
T 0 1 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 2
A 0 3 3 3 0 0
2 2 4 4 2 2
B 0 1 2 3 4 0 1
sl. 3 2 2 sl.

c
W V V k eV V gVV VV c V V V V V e V V gVV VV
c
102
I V gV V eV V gV V gV f V eV V
V gV V V gV V

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T 0 0
A 3 2 0 1 3 2 0
4 1 4 1
B 3 4 2 3 4 3 2
0 3 2 H 0 2 H

VV V gV c j
106
I gV V gV V f VV V V gVV V e V V V V gV V V f VV V V V V
gV V e V V V gV V
V gV f V
V gV V V V gV f V gV U V eV

0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T 0 2
A 1 2 2 0 (0) 0 1 2 0 1 4 3 2
4 1 3
B 3 4 3 2 2 4 3 2 0 1
0 2 0 H sl.4 3 2 1

V V gV V gV V V
I V V V V e V V gV V V V
V e V V V gV V
111

U U
5 5 2 3 4
T 3 5
A 4 4 3 2 2 0
0 2 4 4
B 2 1 0
3 4 0 (0) sl. sl. P P H
sl.

114
I gV V V V V
V V V V gV V U
T
A 1
2 0 2 2
B 2 0 2 0
P 4 0 (0)

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