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2000 Miles Tab by The Pretenders

2000 Miles tab by The Pretenders

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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|-------------|-------------|
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
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 ..
>
>             C(add9) Dsus2/A G
                      Dsus4 D
> Two ..
>
> C(add9) Dsus2/A  G C(add9) Dsus2/A

>     Is  ..
>
> The ..
> It's ..
> I ..

> C(add9)  D
  C(add9)1 D			; C(add9)1 = x32030
> The     ..
> C(add9)  D                G    C(add9) Dsus2/A etc.
> He'll ..
>

VERSE 2

> In ..
> Sometimes ..
> You ..
>
> Outside ..
> Diamonds ..
> Sparkle
>
> Our ..
> It ..
>
> (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 ..
>
>         C(add9)         Dsus2 G
> Is ..
>
> C(add9)       Dsus2 G
> I'll ..
>
>     C(add9)  Dsus2 C(add9)  Dsus2
> Wherever ..
>
> e|-------------|
> b|-3p1-0-------|
> G|-------2-0---|
> D|-----------4-|
> A|-------------|
> E|-------------|
>

VERSE 3

> 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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