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Date: Mon, 25 Dec 1995 17:03:56 -0500 (EST)
From: Len Moskowitz
Subject: Re: TAB: 2000 Miles (Pretenders)
> 2000 Miles
> The Pretenders
(1983)
(This whole song should be played on a Rickenbacker 12-string or per
"The Isle of View" on an acoustic 12-string! -- LM)
> The intro lick, that also continues through most of the song,
> goes like this:
>
>
> e|---------2-3-|-0-------2-3-|
> b|-3-----------|---3---------|
> G|---0---------|-----2-------|
> D|-----0-------|-------------|
> A|-------------|-------------|
> E|-------------|-------------|
Try this instead -- let the bass notes ring. Note that the timing is
triplets:
t t t t t t t t t t t t
e|--------2-3-0-------2-3-|
4 b|3-------------3---------|
- G|--0-------------0-------|
4 D|----0-------------------|
A|------------3-----0-----|
E|3-----3-----------------|
> Then right before the first verse:
>
> e|-------------|
> b|-3p1-0-------|
> G|-------2-0---|
> D|-----------4-|
> A|-------------|
> E|-------------|
VERSE 1
>
> G C(add9) Dsus2/A G
Dsus4 D
> He's gone
>
> C(add9) Dsus2/A G
Dsus4 D
> Two thousand miles
>
> C(add9) Dsus2/A G C(add9) Dsus2/A
> Is very far
>
> The snow was falling down
> It's colder day by day
> I miss you
> C(add9) D
C(add9)1 D ; C(add9)1 = x32030
> The children were singing
> C(add9) D G C(add9) Dsus2/A etc.
> He'll be back at Christmas time
>
VERSE 2
> In these frozen silent nights
> Sometimes in a dream
> You appear
>
> Outside under the purple sky
> Diamonds in the snow
> Sparkle
>
> Our hearts were singing
> It felt like Christmas time
>
> (The lick at through this next part goes something like this:)
>
> e|-----3-------|-------------|
> b|---3---------|-----1-----3-|
> G|-0-----------|---0-----2---|
> D|---------4-0-|-2-----4-----|
> A|-------------|-------------|
> E|-------------|-------------|
BRIDGE
> G C(add9) Dsus2 G
> Two thousand miles
>
> C(add9) Dsus2 G
> Is very far through the snow
>
> C(add9) Dsus2 G
> I'll think of you
>
> C(add9) Dsus2 C(add9) Dsus2
> Wherever you go
>
> e|-------------|
> b|-3p1-0-------|
> G|-------2-0---|
> D|-----------4-|
> A|-------------|
> E|-------------|
>
VERSE 3
> He's gone
> Two thousand miles
> Is very far
>
> The snow was falling down
> It's colder day by day
> I miss you
>
> I can hear people singing
> It must be Christmas time
>
> I hear people singing
> It must be Christmas time
>
>
> G: 320033
> C(add9): x32033
> Dsus2/A: x00230
D: x00232
Dsus4: x00233
C(add9)1: x32030
> Suggestions and corrections welcomed as always--
Same here!
> Eric Pohl
> eric@is.net
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