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Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 22:52:24 -0400
From: Justin Holton
Subject: s/staind/its_been_awhile.tab
Artist: Staind
Song: It's been awhile
Tabbed by: Justin Holton (method36man@hotmail.com)
***This is the updated version of this song***
For the electric part the guitar is in Dropped Db, but
the acoustic is in Standard Eb tuning. (NOTE: Since we
tune down I'll refer to a chord by its tonality. This
means while you'll be fingering a "C" chord, it will
actually sound out as "B".) I have two different sections;
Section 1 is for someone who wants to an acoustic version,
Section 2 is for a band who plans on playing the electric
version.
**SECTION 1**
(standard Eb tuning, strum the chorus and bridge)
INTRO/VERSES: (Let ring throughout)
G#sus4 B
eb|-------0--------------------------|
Bb|---3------3-------------1--0------|
Gb|------------(2)----0----------0---|
Db|-2---2----------------------------|
Ab|-0---0----------3-----3-----------|
Eb|----------------------------------|
F#5M? G#7sus4 (Db?)
----------------------------------||
--------------------------3p1-----||
---0----0-------------0-------0---||
-----4-----4--0-----2---2-------2-||
-----------------0----------------||
-3--------------------------------||
CHORUS:
G#sus4 B F# Db
BRIDGE:
F# Db G#sus4
chord fingerings..
G#sus4 - x02030
B - x32010
F# - 320033
Db - xx0232
__________________________________________
**SECTION 2**
Part I - INTRO/VERSES: (Let ring throughout)
Guitar 1 (Clean Electric)
G#sus4 B
eb|-------0--------------------------|
Bb|---3------3-------------1--0------|
Gb|------------(2)----0----------0---|
Db|-2---2----------------------------|
Ab|-0---0----------3-----3-----------|
Db|----------------------------------|
F#5M? G#7sus4 (Db?)
----------------------------------||
--------------------------3p1-----||
---0----0-------------0-------0---||
-----4-----4--0-----2---2-------2-||
-----------------0----------------||
-5--------------------------------||
Guitar 2 (Acoustic Let Ring)
G#sus4 B
eb|-------0---------------0----------|
Bb|-------3---------------1----------|
Gb|---2-------2------0--------0----0-|
Db|---2-------2----------------------|
Ab|-0---0---0---0--3---3---------3---|
Eb|----------------------------------|
F# D
---------3----------------0-------|
---------3----------------3-------|
--0---0----0---0------2------2----|
----0--------0-----0----0------0--|
----------------------------------|
----------------------------------|
Part II - CHORUS
* On this part the acoustic strums
G#sus4 B F# Db *
Guitar 3 (Overdriven Electric)
G#5 B5
eb|----------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------|
Db|-7-----7---7--0-10------10---10-0-|
Ab|-7-----7---7--0-10------10---10-0-|
Db|-7-----7---7--0-10------10---10-0-|
F#5 G# (Db fill)
----------------------------------|
----------------------------------|
------------------7--7/5-5/4--4-4-|
-5-----5----5-7---0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|
-5-----5----5-7---5--5/3-3/2--2-2-|
-5-----5----5-7---0--0---0----0-0-|
At the end of the chorus play this instead
F#5 G# (Db fill)
----------------------------------|
----------------------------------|
------------------7--7/5-5/4--4---|
-5-----5----5-7---0--0-0-0-0--0---|
-5-----5----5-7---5--5/3-3/2--2---|
-5-----5----5-7---0--0---0----0---|
Part III - Bridge
F#5 Db5
eb|----------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------|
Db|-5------5----5-5-0------0----0--0-|
Ab|-5------5----5-5-0------0----0--0-|
Db|-5------5----5-5-0------0----0--0-|
G#5
----------------------------------|
----------------------------------|
----------------------------------|
-7------7-------7-----7--7--------|
-7------7-------7-----7--7--------|
-7------7-------7-----7--7--------|
Guitar 4 - Solo/repeated fill during
the bridge (whatever you want to call it)
eb|----------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|
Gb|-12~--9/12\9\7---7-------7/9\7\5--|
Db|----------------------------------|
Ab|-10~--7/10\7\5---5-------5/7\5\3--|
Db|----------------------------------|
------------0--------0------------|
---------------3---------3--------|
-5-----5----------0----------0----|
--------------------------------2-|
-3-----3--------------------------|
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