Its Been Awhile Chords & Tabs
by Staind
[Content]
It's Been a While
(Lewis/Mushok/April/Wysocki)
By Staind
From the album "Break the Cycle"
Tabbed by Halfdan Baadsvik
halfdan@eskobar.nu
Since "It's Been a While" was released as
a single, truckloads of useless transcriptions
has been floating around the internet. So I
decided to hunt down the very few good tabs of
the song and, along with my own tabbing,
submit the whole thing. Though it's possible
that Mike uses a guitar with some sort of
crazy tuning, this is very accurate. And I
doubt you can get a better version from anyone
but Staind themselves.
This is mainly based on Freonite's intro
tab, so give him credit for the electric
fingerpicking parts.
Also, the whole song is played with standard
Eb-tuning except the electric guitar in the
chorus playing Eb-tuning with dropped Db.
Some parts of this tab might not sound so
good the first time you play it, so try to
play while listening to the record and please
don't judge things before you've done that.
And remember, you can't always hold an excact
chord while fingerpicking.
But enough of that, here we go...
p - pull-off
X - mute
~ - vibrato
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
. - repeat line once
: - repeat line twice
C - X32010
Dadd9 - X00230
G5 - 3X0033
Am - 002210
Am/C - X32210
[intro]
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clean
eb|--------0-------------------|
Bb|----3-----3----------1-0----|
Gb|------------2----0-------0--|
Db|--2-------------------------|
Ab|--0---0--------3---3--------|
Eb|----------------------------|
--------------------------------|::
-----------------------3p1------|::
----0---0----------0-------0----|::
------4---4-0----2---2-------2--|::
---------------0----------------|::
--5-----------------------------|::
acoustic
eb|--------0--------------0--------
Bb|--------3--------------1--------
Gb|----2-------2------0-----0---0--
Db|----2-------2-------------------
Ab|--0---0---0---0--3---3-----3----
Eb|--------------------------------
--------3--------------0--------|:
--------3--------------3-1------|:
--0---0---0---0----2-------2----|:
----0-------0----0---0-------0--|:
--------------------------------|:
--------------------------------|:
[verse #1]
--------
clean
Am C
eb|--------3-2--------2-3--|
Bb|----3----------1--------|
Gb|------------------------|
Db
Ab|--0---0------3---3------|
Eb|------------------------|
G5 Dadd9
--------------------------------|::
-----------------------3p1------|::
----0---0----------0-------0----|::
------4---4-0----2---2-------2--|::
---------------0----------------|::
--5-----------------------------|::
acoustic
Am C
eb|--------3-2--------2-3--|
Bb|----3----------1--------|
Gb|----2----------0--------|
Db
Ab|--0---0------3---3------|
Eb|------------------------|
G5 Dadd9
--------3--------------0--------|::
--------3--------------3-1------|::
--0---0---0---0----2-------2----|::
----0-------0----0---0-------0--|::
--------------------------------|::
--------------------------------|::
Am C
It's been a while
G5 Dadd9 Am
Since I could hold my head up high
C
It's been a while
G5 Dadd9 Am
Since I first saw you
C
It's been a while
G5 Dadd9 Am
Since I could stand on my own two feet again
C
It's been a while
G5 Dadd9
Since I could call you
[chorus #1]
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disortion
Am C
eb|-----------------------|
Bb|-----------------------|
Gb
Db|--7-7-7-X--10-10-10-X--|
Ab|--7-7-7-X--10-10-10-X--|
Db|--7-7-7-X--10-10-10-X--|
G5 Dadd9
--------------------------|:.
--------------------------|:.
--------------------------|:.
--5-5-5-X--7-7\5-5\4-4/6--|:.
--5-5-5-X--5-5\3-3\2-2/4--|:.
--5-5-5-X-----------------|:.
Am C
eb|-----------------------
Bb|-----------------------
Gb
Db|--7-7-7-X--10-10-10-X--
Ab|--7-7-7-X--10-10-10-X--
Db|--7-7-7-X--10-10-10-X--
G5 Dadd9
----------------------------|
----------------------------|
----------------------------|
--5-5-5-X--5-5-7-7\3-6\4-4--|
--5-5-5-X--5-5-5-5\3-4\2-2--|
--5-5-5-X--5-5--------------|
Acoustic guitar plays rythm guitar.
Am C G5 Dadd9
And everything I can't remember
Am C G5 Dadd9
As fucked up as it all may seem
Am C G5 Dadd9
The consequences that I've rendered
Am C G5 Dadd9
I've stretched myself beyond my means
[verse #2]
--------
It's been a while
Since I could say that I wasn't addicted
It's been a while
Since I could say I love myself as well and
It's been a while
Since I've gone and fucked things up just like I always do
It's been a while
But all that shit seems to disappear when I'm with you
[chorus #2]
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And everything I can't remember
As fucked up as it all may seem
The consequences that I've rendered
I've gone and fucked things up again
[bridge]
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disortion
G5 Dadd9
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--|
Am
-------------|::
-------------|::
-------------|::
--7-7-7-7-7--|::
--7-7-7-7-7--|::
--7-7-7-7-7--|::
clean
G5 Dadd9
eb|-------------------------|
Bb
Gb|-12~-9/10\9\7-7-7/9\7\5--|
Db|--X--X--------X-X--------|
Ab|-10~-7/10\7\5-5-5/7\5\3--|
Db|-------------------------|
Am/C Am
---------0-----0--------|:.
-----------3-----3------|:.
--5----------0-----0----|:.
--X------------------2--|:.
--3----0----------------|:.
------------------------|:.
G5 Dadd9 Am
eb|------------------------------|
Bb
Gb|-12~-9/10\9\7-7-7/9\7\5--5----|
Db|--X--X--------X-X--------X----|
Ab|-10~-7/10\7\5-5-5/7\5\3--3-0--|
Db|------------------------------|
Acoustic Guitar plays rythm guitar.
G5 Dadd9 Am/C Am
G5 Dadd9 Am/C Am
Why must I feel this way
G5 Dadd9 Am/C
Just make this go away
G5 Dadd9 Am/C
Just one more peaceful day
[verse #3]
--------
It's been a while
Since I could look in myself straight
It's been a while
Since I said I'm sorry
It's been a while
Since I've seen the way the candles light your face
It's been a while
But I can still remember just the way you taste
[chorus #3]
---------
And everything I can't remember
As fucked as it all may seem to be I know it's me
I can not blame this on my father
He did the best he could for me
[ending]
------
clean
Am C
eb|--------3-2--------2-3--|
Bb|----3----------1--------|
Gb|------------------------|
Db
Ab|--0---0------3---3------|
Eb|------------------------|
G5 Dadd9
--------------------------------|
-----------------------3p1------|
----0---0----------0-------0----|
------4---4-0----2---2-------2--|
---------------0----------------|
--5-----------------------------|
Am C G5
eb|--------3-2--------2-3---------|
Bb|----3----------1---------------|
Gb|--------------------------0----|
Db|----------------------------4--|
Ab|--0---0------3---3-------------|
Eb|------------------------5------|
acoustic
Am C
eb|--------3-2--------2-3--|
Bb|----3----------1--------|
Gb|----2----------0--------|
Db
Ab|--0---0------3---3------|
Eb|------------------------|
G5 Dadd9
--------3--------------0--------|
--------3--------------3-1------|
--0---0---0---0----2-------2----|
----0-------0----0---0-------0--|
--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|
Am C
eb|--------3-2--------2-3--|
Bb|----3----------1--------|
Gb|----2----------0--------|
Db
Ab|--0---0------3---3------|
Eb|------------------------|
Am C
It's been a while
G5 Dadd9 Am
Since I could hold my head up high
C
It's been a while
G5
Since I said I'm sorry
