Staind - Its been awhile

Author/Artist: Staind Title: It's Been Awhile Album: Break The Cycle Transcribed by: J Reese Email: jreese@charter.net Standard tuning dropped 1/2 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. Let ring -|-------0-----------0-------------------------2------|----------------------- -|---1-----1-----1-----1---------0---------3-----3----|----------------------- -|-----2-----2-----2-----2---0-----0-----2---2-----2--|----------------------- -|-----------------------------0-----0-0--------------|----------------------- -|-0-----------3--------------------------------------|----------------------- -|-------------------------3--------------------------|----------------------- Arpeggio sequence for Intro, verse 3 and outro verse(Amin,C,G,D) -|-------0---3-------0---3---------------------2------|----------------------- -|---1-----1-----1-----1---------0---------3-----3----|----------------------- -|-----2-----------2---------0-----0-----2---2-----2--|----------------------- -|-----------------------------0-----0-0--------------|----------------------- -|-0-----------3-----------3--------------------------|----------------------- -|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------- Arpeggio sequence for verse 1 and 2(Amin7,C,G,D) -|-------------------------|------------------------------|------------------- -|-------------------------|------------------------------|------------------- -|-2-2--5-5-------7-7--7-7-|-2-2--5-5--7-7--5-5\4-4/5-5\4-|------------------- -|-2-2--5-5--5-5--7-7--7-7-|-2-2--5-5---------------------|------------------- -|-0-0--3-3--5-5--5-5--5-5-|-0-0--3-3--5-5--3-3\2-2/3-3\2-|------------------- -|------3-3--3-3--5-5--5-5-|------3-3---------------------|------------------- Guitar 1 Chorus Guitar 2 Chorus -|-----------|------------------|--------------------------------------------- -|-----------|------------------|--------------------------------------------- -|------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)