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