Pretenders - 2000 Miles guitar tab
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
