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Light Years Away Tab

by Mozella


4 beats per chord
' = 1 beat (chords played on 2 and 4)

INTRO:
      

        

VERSE:
                                             
  It's almost like you had it planned it's like you smiled and shook my
                                    
Hand and said hey  I'm about__ to screw you  over big
                                  
Time and what was I supposed to do I was stuck in between
                                     
You and hard place we won't talk about  the hard place

CHORUS:
*            Aadd4/                          
  But I don't blame you anymore__ that's too much pain to store
'   ' ' '          ' ' ' '          Aadd4
  It left    me half dead   in-____ side my head  and
*  Aadd4/                     
Boy looking back I see I'm not the girl I used to
' ' ' '          ' ' ' '           Aadd4
Be when I  lost my mind   it_____ saved my life

VERSE:
                                      
  It's how you wanted it to be it's like you played a joke on
                  
Me and I lost__ a friend in the end
                                          
  And I think that I cried for days but now that seems light years a-
                                
way and I'm never__ going back  to who I was__

CHORUS:
*            Aadd4/                          
 'Cos I don't blame you anymore__ that's too much pain to store
'   ' ' '          ' ' ' '          Aadd4
  It left    me half dead   in-____ side my head  and
*  Aadd4/                     
Boy looking back I see I'm not the girl I used to
' ' ' '          ' ' ' '           Aadd4
Be when I  lost my mind   it_____ saved my life

INTERLUDE:
  Aadd4  Cadd2  /

  Aadd4  Cadd2  /  /
                  -Bass

     Aadd4  Cadd2  /   /
                       <-Bass on 2 and 4

VERSE-HALF:
                                  
   I think I cried for days but now that seems light years a-
                                  
way and I'm never__ going back  to who I was__     [drum fill]

CHORUS:
*            Aadd4/                          
 'Cos I don't blame you anymore__ that's too much pain to store
'   ' ' '          ' ' ' '          Aadd4
  It left    me half dead   in-____ side my head  and
*  Aadd4/                     
Boy looking back I see I'm not the girl I used to
' ' ' '          ' ' ' '           Aadd4
Be when I  lost my mind   it_____ saved my life

CHORUS-VARIATION:
*  Aadd4/    
         That life  seems like
' ' ' '        ' ' ' '        Aadd4
   Light__ years away   light__ years away
*             Aadd4/      
  And that life  seems like__    light__
' ' ' '        ' ' ' '     (6,maj7,9,13)
__         Years away   light__ years away

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CHORDS:
               *  Aadd4/     /F#   Aadd4 Cadd2  /
E|--7----0---2---0----0-----0----------0----------0-------------0-----0-----0--|
B|--8----0---3---1----3-----0----10----10-----7---7----3---3----5-----8-----8--|
G|--9----7---2---0----0-----0----11----9------7---6----2---4----6-----9-----7--|
D|--10---5---0---2----2-----2----0-----0------0---7----0---0----0-----0-----0--|
A|--0----7-------3----3-----3----------0----------0----------------------------|
E|-------0-----------------------10----9------7--------2---3----5-----8-----7--|

1st and 5th-strings should be muted unless specified as open.

The numerous string-scrapes in the performance suggest that many of the
chords are played in high positions. The low-third in Bm and recurring
D-note is likely the 4th-string being left open. There is a certain
logic to these voicings - more familiar forms may be used if preferred.

       Aadd4          Cadd2  /
E|--0----0-----0----2---2----2----3----0-----0---|
B|--0----3-----2----3---2----3----0----1-----3---|
G|--5----0-----2----4---2----2----0----0-----0---|
D|--5----2-----0----4---2----0----0----0-----0---|
A|--0----2-----0----2---0--------------3-----2---|
E|-------0-------------------2----3--------------|

TAB shows some melodic figures added to the chords and the occasional
missing down-beat. Full strum is not shown.

/ = legato slide
 = hammer-on
p = pull-off
o = open-string occurs incidentally

INTRO/VERSE: (Bars 3-6 repeated twice in verse)
                                                    
   1   2   3   4     1   2   3   4     1   2   3 e + 4 +   1   2   3 + 4
E|-7---------------|---------0-------|-2-------2h3p2-----|-----------------|
B|-8---------------|---------0-------|-3-------------3-o-|-1-------1/3\1---|
G|-9---------------|-7-------7-------|-2-----------------|-0-------0-------|
D|-10--------------|-5-------5-------|-0-----------------|-2-------2/4\2---|
A|-0---------------|-7-------7-------|-------------------|-3-------3/5\3---|
E|-----------------|-0---------------|-------------------|-----------------|

                                                         
   1   2   3   4     1   2   3   4     1   2   3 e + 4 +   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4
E|---------7-------|---------0-------|-2-------2h3p2---o-|-0-------|-0-------|
B|---------8-------|---------0-------|-3-------------3---|-3-------|-0-------|
G|---------9-------|-7-------7-------|-2-----------------|-0-------|-0-------|
D|-----10--10------|-5-------5-------|-0-----------------|-2-------|-2-------|
A|-----0-----------|-7-------7-------|-------------------|-3-------|-3-------|
E|-----------------|-0---------------|-------------------|---------|---------|

CHORUS:
                    Aadd4/                          
   1   2   3   4     1   2   3   4     1   2   3 + 4     1   2   3   4
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|
B|-10--------------|-10--------------|-7-------8p7-----|-7---------------|
G|-11--------------|-9---------------|-7-----------7---|-6---6-------6---|
D|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-7---------------|
A|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
E|-10--------------|-9---------------|-7---------------|-----------------|

                                                Aadd4
   1  2  3  4    1  2  3  4    1  2  3  4    1  2  3  4    1 + 2  3  4
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
B|----3-----3--|-3-----------|----3-----3--|-3-----------|-3/5----------|
G|----2-----4--|-4-----------|----2-----4--|-4-----------|-4/6----------|
D|----0-----0--|-0-----------|----0-----0--|-0-----------|-0------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
E|----2-----3--|-3-----------|----2-----3--|-3-----------|-3/5----------|

Vibes ending can be simulated using harmonics:
(rubato)
    6     9     5     6    maj7   9    13
E|-<12>--------------<12>--------------<5>--|
B|-------------------------<7>--------------|
G|-------------<7>--------------------------|
D|-------<3>---------------------<3>--------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|