The Rolling Stones - 2000 light years from home
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2000 LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME
As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1967 Album THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST)
Words and Music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Keith Richards - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Brian Jones - Mellotron'
Intro 1
Q=116
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4
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0:40 Intro 2 & Interlude
$
Em
4/4
PM------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E S E S S S E E E E E S E S S S E E E E E S E S S S E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-----5-------4-------|-----2-------4-------|-----5-------4--------|
|---2---2---2-----2---|---2---2---2-----2---|---2---2---2-----2----|
|-0-------0---------0-|-0-------0---------0-|-0-------0---------0--|
1st & 2nd Verses
E7
PM----------------|
E E E E S E S S S E W W Q. E +E Q E
|---------------------|-^3--------|----------||----------------------|
|---------------------|-^0--------|----------||----------------------|
|---------------------|-^0--------|----------||------1-(1)-1---------|
|-----2-------4-------|-^2--------|----------||------2-(2)-0---------|
|---2---2---2-----2---|-^2--------|----------||----------------------|
|-0-------0---------0-|-^0--------|----------||-0-------------3b3.5--|
Q. E +E Q E Q. E +E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|------1-(1)-1--------|------1-(1)-1--------|
|------2-(2)-0--------|------2-(2)-0--------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-------------3b3.5-|-0-------------3b3.5-|
Q. E +E Q E Q. E +E Q E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|------1-(1)-1--------|------1-(1)-1---------|
|------2-(2)-0--------|------2-(2)-0---------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-0-------------3b3.5-|-0-------------3b3.5--|
Q. E +E Q E Q. E +E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|------1-(1)-1--------|------1-(1)-1--------|
|------2-(2)-0--------|------2-(2)-0--------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-------------3b3.5-|-0-------------3b3.5-|
Q. E +E Q E AQ. E +E Q E
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------2-(2)-0-----|
|------1-(1)-1--------|------2-(2)-0-----|
|------2-(2)-0--------|---------------0--|
|---------------------|-0----------------|
|-0-------------3b3.5-|------------------|
Chorus
Q. E +E Q E E7Q. E +E Q E Q. E +E Q E G5E E Q Q Q
|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------||--------------|
|------2-(2)-0----|---------------------|---------------------||--------------|
|------2-(2)-0----|------1-(1)-1--------|------1-(1)-1--------||--------------|
|---------------0-|------2-(2)-0--------|------2-(2)-0--------||-5-5-5--5--5--|
|-0---------------|---------------------|---------------------||-5-5-5--5--5--|
|-----------------|-0-------------3b3.5-|-0-------------3b3.5-||-3-3-3--3--3--|
E E Q Q Q A5E E Q E E Q B5E E Q E E Q E7Q. E +E Q E
|--------------|---------------|---------------||---------------------|
|--------------|---------------|---------------||---------------------|
|--------------|-2-2-2--2-2-2--|-4-4-4--4-4-4--||------1-(1)-1--------|
|-5-5-5--5--5--|-2-2-2--2-2-2--|-4-4-4--4-4-4--||------2-(2)-0--------|
|-5-5-5--5--5--|-0-0-0--0-0-0--|-2-2-2--2-2-2--||---------------------|
|-3-3-3--3--3--|---------------|---------------||-0-------------3b3.5-|
Q. E +E Q E Q. E +E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|------1-(1)-1--------|------1-(1)-1--------|
|------2-(2)-0--------|------2-(2)-0--------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-------------3b3.5-|-0-------------3b3.5-|
Bridge
To Coda
Q. E +E Q E E7Q. E +E Q E
|----------------------||---------------------|
|----------------------||---------------------|
|------1-(1)-1---------||------1-(1)-1--------|
|------2-(2)-0---------||------2-(2)-0--------|
|----------------------||---------------------|
|-0-------------3b3.5--||-0-------------3b3.5-|
Q. E +E Q E Q. E +E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|------1-(1)-1--------|------1-(1)-1--------|
|------2-(2)-0--------|------2-(2)-0--------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-------------3b3.5-|-0-------------3b3.5-|
Q. E +E Q E AQ. E +E Q E
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------2-(2)-0-----|
|------1-(1)-1--------|------2-(2)-0-----|
|------2-(2)-0--------|---------------2--|
|---------------------|-0----------------|
|-0-------------3b3.5-|------------------|
Chorus
Q. E +E Q E E7Q. E +E Q E Q. E +E Q E G5E E Q Q Q
|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------||--------------|
|------2-(2)-0----|---------------------|---------------------||--------------|
|------2-(2)-0----|------1-(1)-1--------|------1-(1)-1--------||--------------|
|---------------2-|------2-(2)-0--------|------2-(2)-0--------||-5-5-5--5--5--|
|-0---------------|---------------------|---------------------||-5-5-5--5--5--|
|-----------------|-0-------------3b3.5-|-0-------------3b3.5-||-3-3-3--3--3--|
E E Q Q Q A5E E Q E E Q B5E E Q E E Q E7Q. E +E Q E
|--------------|---------------|---------------||---------------------|
|--------------|---------------|---------------||---------------------|
|--------------|-2-2-2--2-2-2--|-4-4-4--4-4-4--||------1-(1)-1--------|
|-5-5-5--5--5--|-2-2-2--2-2-2--|-4-4-4--4-4-4--||------2-(2)-0--------|
|-5-5-5--5--5--|-0-0-0--0-0-0--|-2-2-2--2-2-2--||---------------------|
|-3-3-3--3--3--|---------------|---------------||-0-------------3b3.5-|
Q. E +E Q E Q. E +E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|------1-(1)-1--------|------1-(1)-1--------|
|------2-(2)-0--------|------2-(2)-0--------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-------------3b3.5-|-0-------------3b3.5-|
Interlude
Q. E +E Q E E7E. S E E Q S S S S
|---------------------||----------------------|
|---------------------||-------------3-3-3-3--|
|------1-(1)-1--------||-------------1-1-1-1--|
|------2-(2)-0--------||-------------2-2-2-2--|
|---------------------||-2--2-2------2-2-2-2--|
|-0-------------3b3.5-||-0--0-0---------------|
E. S E E E S S E E E. S E E Q S S S S E. S E E E S S E E
|--------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
|------------3-3-3---|-------------3-3-3-3-|------------3-3-3---|
|------------1-1-1---|-------------1-1-1-1-|------------1-1-1---|
|------------2-2-2---|-------------2-2-2-2-|------------2-2-2---|
|-2--2-2-----2-2-2---|-2--2-2------2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-----2-2-2---|
|-0--0-0-------------|-0--0-0--------------|-0--0-0-------------|
E. S E E E S S S S S S E. S E E E S S S S S S
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------3-3-3-3-3-3-|------------3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|------------1-1-1-1-1-1-|------------1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|------------2-2-2-2-2-2-|------------2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-2--2-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0--0-0-----------------|-0--0-0-----------------|
E. S E E E S S S S S S E. S E S S S S S S E E
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------3-3-3-3-3-3-|------------------------||
|------------1-1-1-1-1-1-|------------------------||
|------------2-2-2-2-2-2-|------------------------||
|-2--2-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|-0--0-0-----------------|-0--0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
Chorus
G5E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q A5E E Q E E Q B5E E Q E E Q
|--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------||
|--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------||
|--------------|--------------|-2-2-2--2-2-2--|-4-4-4--4-4-4--||
|-5-5-5--5--5--|-5-5-5--5--5--|-2-2-2--2-2-2--|-4-4-4--4-4-4--||
|-5-5-5--5--5--|-5-5-5--5--5--|-0-0-0--0-0-0--|-2-2-2--2-2-2--||
|-3-3-3--3--3--|-3-3-3--3--3--|---------------|---------------||
E7Q. E +E Q E Q. E +E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|------1-(1)-1--------|------1-(1)-1--------|
|------2-(2)-0--------|------2-(2)-0--------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-------------3b3.5-|-0-------------3b3.5-|
Q. E +E Q E Q. E +E Q E
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|------1-(1)-1--------|------1-(1)-1---------||
|------2-(2)-0--------|------2-(2)-0---------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|-0-------------3b3.5-|-0-------------3b3.5--||
Chorus
G5E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q A5E E Q E E Q B5E E Q E E Q
|--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------||
|--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------||
|--------------|--------------|-2-2-2--2-2-2--|-4-4-4--4-4-4--||
|-5-5-5--5--5--|-5-5-5--5--5--|-2-2-2--2-2-2--|-4-4-4--4-4-4--||
|-5-5-5--5--5--|-5-5-5--5--5--|-0-0-0--0-0-0--|-2-2-2--2-2-2--||
|-3-3-3--3--3--|-3-3-3--3--3--|---------------|---------------||
D.S. al Coda
E7W Wx3 W
|-0--------|------------|-------||
|-3--------|------------|-------||
|-1--------|------------|-------||
|-2--------|------------|-------||
|-2--------|------------|-------||
|-0--------|------------|-------||
Chorus
&
G5E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q A5E E Q E E Q B5E E Q E E Q
|--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|-2-2-2--2-2-2--|-4-4-4--4-4-4--|
|-5-5-5--5--5--|-5-5-5--5--5--|-2-2-2--2-2-2--|-4-4-4--4-4-4--|
|-5-5-5--5--5--|-5-5-5--5--5--|-0-0-0--0-0-0--|-2-2-2--2-2-2--|
|-3-3-3--3--3--|-3-3-3--3--3--|---------------|---------------|
Outro
E7W
H.=H
N.C.
Wx6 |-0--------||--------| |-3--------||--------| |-1--------||--------| |-2--------||--------| |-2--------||--------| |-0--------||--------| E5Q Q Q Q +W W
|-------------|------------|------|
|-------------|------------|------|
|-------------|------------|------|
|-2--2--2--2--|-(2)--------|------|
|-2--2--2--2--|-(2)--------|------|
|-0--0--0--0--|-(0)--------|------|
Q Q H +W +W +W +W
|------------|------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------*|
|------------|------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------*|
|------------|------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------*|
|-2--2--2----|-(2)--------|-(2)----------|-(2)------------|-(2)-------------*|
|-2--2--2----|-(2)--------|-(2)----------|-(2)------------|-(2)-------------*|
|-0--0--0----|-(0)--------|-(0)----------|-(0)------------|-(0)-------------*|
|
| Gtr II
| W W H Q Q E E H Q E E H Q
|------------|------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------*|
|------------|------------|-----------9--|--7--9-10----9--|--7--9-10----9---*|
|------------|------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------*|
|------------|------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------*|
|------------|------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------*|
|------------|------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths