Chords for Pretenders- "2000 Miles" and interview on Countdown 1983

[N] _ [Abm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ He's
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ gone, _ _ _ _ _ he [C] doesn't _ _ [D]
matter.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
He's very fond _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of the [C] snow that's falling down.
[G] _ _ _
[C] It gets colder [D] day by [G] _
day.
_ _ _ I miss him.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ The [D] children will sing.
_ [C] _ He'll be [D] back at [G] Christmas _ time. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ In these frozen and silent _ months.
_ _ Sometimes [D] in a [G]
dream.
_ _ _ You appear _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ outside under [D] the purple _ [G] sky. _ _ _
[D] Diamonds in the [G] snow _ _ _ _ sparkle. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
Our [D] hearts were singing.
_ [C] _ _
It [D] felt like [G] Christmas time.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Two thousand miles _ _ _ _ is very far through the snow.
_ _ _ I think of you _ _ _ wherever you [C] go. _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ He's _ gone, _ _ _ _ _ two thousand _ [D] miles.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ It's very far, _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ the _ [C] snow's falling [G] down. _
_ _ [C] It gets colder [G] day by day.
_ _ _ I [D] miss you.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ I can [D] hear people singing.
_ [C] _ _ It [D] must be [G] Christmas. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
I hear people [D] singing.
_ [C] _
_ It must [D] be Christmas [G]
time.
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ Jack, please [C] tell your_
[G] Hello, Chrissy.
I'm sorry.
How are you?
_ [D] Welcome to the [Eb] show.
Can you explain to our viewers [B] what's the song about, two [A] thousand miles? _
[G] _ _ _ _ No.
I'll try.
_ _ [Gb] _ It's really about Father Christmas.
_ _ [Eb] _ No, it's not.
_ [B]
No?
_ _ [Am] What's it about?
_ [G] I _ _ _ _ wish you hadn't [A] asked me that.
It's really just about someone who's _ _ gone, [Gm] really.
And let's just say [G] it's Father Christmas.
[Eb] Okay.
The brief answers had a difficult year [Gb] and a half.
What happened?
_ _ _ [C] _ _
[Gb] _ [D] Well, Martin, you want to help me out on this?
Sure.
After [Gbm] we finished an eight-month world tour, _ [A]
we took a couple months off.
And [G] then _ we _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ fired our bass player, Pete.
And then two [D] days after that, [Db] our guitar player died.
[A] _
So we _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ went into the studio with some friends of ours as session players
and made the Chang Gang single.
_ _ _ [Fm] And then_ _ _
[Em] We did the Chang Gang single, [B] actually.
We did that in September [Cm] last year.
So it's over a year ago we did [A] Chang Gang.
And then [B] _ _
approaching Christmas, then, we [A] _ auditioned _ [Gm] _
_ guitarists, basically.
[A] And fortunately, Jimmy had found somebody who _ _ [Gb] he [Cm] thought was really good.
_ [Bb] It was Robbie McIntosh, who we have in the band now.
So we auditioned, [B] and Robbie was the [Cm] first person.
He was the starting point on [Ab] auditioning [Bb] guitarists.
[A] So [C] it seemed the right thing to do.
[B] Maybe because Jimmy had put his stamp on that person and [Ab] said,
[Bb] this is the [A] person I wanted to be [F] on the road with.
We still [Gb] needed a bass player, so [D] he [F] brought a mate of his [D] along.
He's our bass player now.
[G] _ _ And then _ _ _
[Ab] _ Pete [Gb] died.
And _ _ [Gm] that's it.
We were actually recording [A] the album at the time.
[Bb] We'd been in the [A] studio recording before Christmas.
It [Bb] was [A] March this year [Gb] that Pete died.
So it was during [A] the recording of the album, [G] actually.
Chrissie, will 1984 be a better year for The Pretenders?
What do you expect?
Unless Martin dies, it should be, yeah. _
And if not?
_ _ No.
_ _ [Eb] _
_ In a way, we're sort of getting paid for what [Cm] we've done, in my opinion.
Because we're going out on the road in 1984.
[B] _
And we haven't done that _ _ properly [Bb] since the beginning of 82.
[C] So it's been a long layoff.
And we're going on the road and we'll be over [A] in Holland, hopefully.
It's hot to trot [Eb] now, and we really want to get back on the road. _
_ We're very [Gb] grateful that we've [G] got a band together and [Eb] we can go back out, really.
[Gb] That we've been able to hold this thing together.
_ _ _ _ I hope it will be a better year for you.
Thank you very much for coming to the studio.
Cheers. _
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