2000 light years away       (Listen to midi)       (Listen to sample)

 

    G - D (4x)

 

      G     D                              - G                          D

1. I sit alone in my bedroom,        staring at the walls,

             G         D

    I've been up all damn night long,

G                                     - D

    my pulse is speeding,            my love is yearning

 

Em                                   G                          - Em                       D  

    I hold my breath and close my eyes, and        dream about her,

   C                              D                          G             

‘cause she's two thousand light years away . 

Em                              G                     - Em                    D

    She holds my malakite so tight, so          never let go.

    C                              D                          G   - D               G  - D   

cause she's two thousand light years away,       years away.

 

     - G - D        G - D     

 

       G       D                                        - G                                D

2. I sit outside and watch the sunrise,      lookout as far as I can,

       G             D

    I can't see her, but in the distance

G                                     - D

    I hear some laughter,          we laugh together.

 

+ CHORUS             + G - D        G - D       - G ~

 

      G     D                              - G                          D

3. I sit alone in my bedroom,        staring at the walls,

             G         D

    I've been up all damn night long,

G                                     - D

    my pulse is speeding,            my love is yearning

 

+ CHORUS    + G  

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Green Day)