Pretenders — 2000 Miles 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