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Author/Artist: Staind Title: It's Been Awhile Album: Break The Cycle Tabbed by: Shaun Fitzsummons Email: fitz_the_motoman@hotmail.com Website: www.sunkloto1.cjb.net the website is not being updated anymore Standard tuning dropped Half step as follows: Eb, Ab, Db,Gb, Bb, Eb The verse is a repeating series of arpeggios. The chorus and bridge are 5th chords with a second guitar playing octaves, both with heavy distortion. i have 2 intro's here one is slightly modified i dont know which one sounds right -|---------------------------------------------------------------------| -|-------3-1----------------1--0--------------------------1----3p1-----| -|---2-------0----------0--------0------0----0----------0---0------0---| -|-----2------------------2---------------4----4------2----------------| -|-0------------------3---------------5-----------5--------------------| -|---------------------------------------------------------------------| -|---------------------------------------------------------------------| -|-------3-1----------------1--0------------3-------------1----3p1-----| -|---2-------0----------0--------0------0-----0---------0---0------0---| -|-----2------------------2---------------4-----4-----2----------------| -|-0------------------3---------------5--------------------------------| -|---------------------------------------------------------------------| Here are the chords for the chorus: "..and everything i can't remember..."for acoustic "x" denotes an unplayed, or dead, string Am: eb-0 C: eb-0 G: eb-3 D: eb-2 Bb-1 Bb-1 Bb-0 Bb-3 Gb-2 Gb-0 Gb-0 Gb-2 Db-2 Db-2 Db-0 Db-0 Ab-0 Ab-3 Ab-2 Ab-x Eb-x Eb-x Eb-3 Eb-x The rhythm for this is pretty easy to figure out if you listen to the song... The chords and rhythm for the bridge ("..why must i feel this way...") are the same as the chorus. -|----------------|---------------------| -|----------------|---------------------| -|-2-2--4-4-------|-----7---54-4/5-54-| -|-2-2--4-4--4-4--|---------------------| -|-0-0--2-2--4-4--|-----5---32-2/3-32-| -|------2-2--2-2--|---------------------| Guitar 1 Chorus Guitar 2 Chorus Clean Electric: (Halfway through the 1-3 verses you hear something like this) -|------------------------------------------| (2x for 1-2 verses) -|-7^8~----7^8~----7^8~--7b8r7b8r7b8r7--5~~-| -|------------------------------------------| -|------------------------------------------| (3x for 3rd verse) -|------------------------------------------| -|------------------------------------------| -|-----------|------------------| -|-----------|------------------| -|------7-7--|-----------77--77-| -|-5-5--7-7--|-7-7--5-5--77--77-| -|-5-5--5-5--|-7-7--5-5--55--55-| -|-3-3--5-5--|-5-5--3-3--55--55-| Turnaround Bridge(At end strike and sustain an A5) The end goes as follows: Play the intro/verse once, and then this: -|---------------------------------------| -|-------3-1----------------1--0---------| -|---2-------0----------0--------0-------| -|-----2------------------2------------4-| -|-0------------------3--------------5---| -|---------------------------------------|