2000 LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME (Bassline)
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) - 'Bill Wyman - Bass'
Intro
Q=116
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4
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Intro 2 & Interlude
$
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-(4)-----|-----2-------4-(4)-----|-----5-------4-(4)-----|
|---2---2---2-------2---|---2---2---2-------2---|---2---2---2-------2---|
|-0-------0-----------0-|-0-------0-----------0-|-0-------0-----------0-|
1st Verse
E E E E S E S +S S E W W E E Q E Q E
|-----------------------|----------|----------||----------------|
|-----2-------4-(4)-----|----------|----------||-------------5--|
|---2---2---2-------2---|-7--------|----------||-7---7--7-7-----|
|-0-------0-----------0-|-0--------|----------||---7------------|
E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E S S +S S E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|-------------5-|-------------5-|-------------5-|-----------------------|
|-7---7--7-7----|-7---7--7-7----|-7---7--7-7----|-7---7--7---7-(7)---7--|
|---7-----------|---7-----------|---7-----------|---7------7-------7----|
E E Q E Q E E E Q E S S +S S E E E Q E Q E
|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|-------------5-|----------------------|-------------5-|
|-7---7--7-7----|-7---7--7---7-(7)---7-|-7---7--7-7----|
|---7-----------|---7------7-------7---|---7-----------|
E E Q E Q E E E Q E S S +S S E E E Q E Q E
|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|-7---7--7-7--7-|-7---7--7---7-(7)---7-|-------------5-|
|---7-----------|---7------7-------7---|-7---7--7-7----|
|---------------|----------------------|---7-----------|
Chorus
E E Q E S S +S S E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|----------------------||----------------|------------------|
|----------------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5----|-5-5-5-4-5-4-5-6--|
|-7---7--7---7-(7)---7-||-------------5--|------------------|
|---7------7-------7---||----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E Q E
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-9-9-9-9-9-9-----||-------------5-|
|-------------7-7-|-------------9-9-||-7---7--7-7----|
|-----------------|-----------------||---7-----------|
To Coda
E E Q E S S +S S E E E Q E Q E E E Q E S S +S S E
|----------------------|---------------|------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------5-|------------------------||
|-7---7--7---7-(7)---7-|-7---7--7-7----|-7---7--7---7-(7)---7---||
|---7------7-------7---|---7-----------|---7------7-------7-----||
Bridge
E E Q E Q E E E Q E S S +S S E E E Q E Q E
|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|-------------5-|----------------------|-------------5-|
|-7---7--7-7----|-7---7--7---7-(7)---7-|-7---7--7-7----|
|---7-----------|---7------7-------7---|---7-----------|
E E Q E S S +S S E E E Q E Q E E E Q E S S +S S E
|----------------------|---------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-7---7--7-7--7-|-7---7--7---7-(7)---7-|
|-7---7--7---7-(7)---7-|---7-----------|---7------7-------7---|
|---7------7-------7---|---------------|----------------------|
Chorus
E E Q E Q E E E Q E S S +S S E E E E E E E Q
|---------------|----------------------||-----------------|
|-------------5-|----------------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|
|-7---7--7-7----|-7---7--7---7-(7)---7-||-------------5---|
|---7-----------|---7------7-------7---||-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-5-5-5-4-5-4-5-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-9-9-9-9-9-9-----||
|-----------------|-------------7-7-|-------------9-9-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
E E Q E Q E E E Q E S S +S S E
|---------------|----------------------|
|-------------5-|----------------------|
|-7---7--7-7----|-7---7--7---7-(7)---7-|
|---7-----------|---7------7-------7---|
E E Q E Q E E E Q E S S +S S E
|---------------|-----------------------||
|-------------5-|-----------------------||
|-7---7--7-7----|-7---7--7---7-(7)---7--||
|---7-----------|---7------7-------7----||
Interlude
E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-7---7--7-7-7---|-7---7--7-7-7---|-7---7--7-7-7---|-7---7--7-7-7----|
|---7----------7-|---7----------7-|---7----------7-|---7----------7--|
E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-7---7--7-7-7---|-7---7--7-7-7---|-7---7--7-7-7---|-7---7--7-7-7----||
|---7----------7-|---7----------7-|---7----------7-|---7----------7--||
Chorus
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5----|-5-5-5-4-5-4-5-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-9-9-9-9-9-9-----||
|-------------5--|-----------------|-------------7-7-|-------------9-9-||
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
E E Q E Q E E E Q E S S +S S E
|---------------|----------------------|
|-------------5-|----------------------|
|-7---7--7-7----|-7---7--7---7-(7)---7-|
|---7-----------|---7------7-------7---|
E E Q E Q E E E Q E S S +S S E
|---------------|-----------------------||
|-------------5-|-----------------------||
|-7---7--7-7----|-7---7--7---7-(7)---7--||
|---7-----------|---7------7-------7----||
Chorus
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5----|-5-5-5-4-5-4-5-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-9-9-9-9-9-9-----||
|-------------5--|-----------------|-------------7-7-|-------------9-9-||
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D.S. al Coda
W Wx3 W
|----------|------------|-------||
|----------|------------|-------||
|-7--------|------------|-------||
|----------|------------|-------||
Chorus
&
E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----5--3-3----|---5-5-3-3---3-5-|-7-7-7-7-5-5-----|-9-9-9-7-(7)---7-9-|
|-5-5--------5--|-----------5-----|-------------7-7-|-------------9-----|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
Outro
W +W +W +W
|----------||------------|------------|--------|
|----------||------------|------------|--------|
|-7--------||-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)----|
|----------||------------|------------|--------|
+W +W +W Q Q Q Q +W
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|--------|
|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|-0--0--0--0--|-(0)----|
H.=H
W Q Q H +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|-0--0--0----|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|
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
