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2000 Light Years From Home Tab by The Rolling Stones

2000 Light Years From Home tab by The Rolling Stones

Guitar Tab

2000 LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME

As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1967 Album THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST)


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-|


                        A
  Q.   E +E  Q  E       Q.   E +E  Q  E
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------2-(2)-0-----|
|------1-(1)-1--------|------2-(2)-0-----|
|------2-(2)-0--------|---------------0--|
|---------------------|-0----------------|
|-0-------------3b3.5-|------------------|


                                                                Chorus
                    E7                                           G5
  Q.   E +E  Q  E   Q.   E +E  Q  E       Q.   E +E  Q  E        E 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--|


                 A5              B5               E7
  E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  E E Q    E E Q  E E Q     Q.   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
                          E7
  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-|


                        A
  Q.   E +E  Q  E       Q.   E +E  Q  E
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------2-(2)-0-----|
|------1-(1)-1--------|------2-(2)-0-----|
|------2-(2)-0--------|---------------2--|
|---------------------|-0----------------|
|-0-------------3b3.5-|------------------|


                                                                Chorus
                    E7                                           G5
  Q.   E +E  Q  E   Q.   E +E  Q  E       Q.   E +E  Q  E        E 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--|


                 A5              B5               E7
  E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  E E Q    E E Q  E E Q     Q.   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
                         E7
  Q.   E +E  Q  E        E. 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
  G5                            A5              B5
  E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  E E Q    E 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--|---------------|---------------||


  E7
  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--||


 Chorus
  G5                            A5              B5
  E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  E E Q    E 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
  E7
  W          Wx3          W
|-0--------|------------|-------||
|-3--------|------------|-------||
|-1--------|------------|-------||
|-2--------|------------|-------||
|-2--------|------------|-------||
|-0--------|------------|-------||


 Chorus
  &
  G5                            A5              B5
  E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  E E Q    E 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
  E7          N.C.
  W           Wx6
|-0--------||--------|
|-3--------||--------|
|-1--------||--------|
|-2--------||--------|
|-2--------||--------|
|-0--------||--------|


                             H.=H
  E5
  Q  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
---------------
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
----------------
 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
-----------
 |  - 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

Last updated: August 6, 2020

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