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Waking Up Beside You

Stabbing Westward
Tab
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Song

Band: Stabbing Westward

Song: Waking Up Beside You

Album: Darkest Days

Tuning: Standard

Transcribed by: Farzan Karimi

#NOTE#

#This file is the author's own work and represents

their interpretation of the song. You may only use

this file for private study, scholarship, or research

Copyright 2003. Please give credit where it's due. Any questions

please email me at sevendustpsu@aol.com #

This is for the hardcore SW fans... great song with a great solo

... I did my best to tab out the timing and ryhthm, but i suggest

you listen to the song to hear it for yourself.

Intro / Verse (6x)

{Clean}

" I've been so alone..."

|E|-------------------------------------------
|B|-------------------------------------------
|G|-------------------------------------------
|D|---------------7--------5--7---------------
|A|---------------5--------3--5---------------
|D|--0------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---------

(Then play this section once)

"world forgotten to my- self"

|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|B|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|G|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|D|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|A|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|D|--8-8-8-7-7-7-8-8-8-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-8-8-8-7-7-7-8-8-8-7-7-7-8-8-10-10-

*REPEAT INTRO / VERSE AGAIN

Pre-Chorus (2x)

{Clean}

"And I memorized the color of your eyes, as i drifted off be-..."

|E|-----------------------------------------------------------
|B|-----------------------------------------------------------
|G|-----------------------------------------------------------
|D|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|A|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|D|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-

"...-side you"

|E|-------------------------------------------
|B|-------------------------------------------
|G|-------------------------------------------
|D|---------------7--------5--7---------------
|A|---------------5--------3--5---------------
|D|--0------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---------
|E|-------------------------------------------
|B|-------------------------------------------
|G|-------------------------------------------
|D|---------------7--------5--7---------------
|A|---------------5--------3--5---------------
|D|--0------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---------

Chorus

{Clean}

" I miss.... God, I miss...."

|E|-----------------------------------------------------------
|B|-----------------------------------------------------------
|G|-----------------------------------------------------------
|D|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|A|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|D|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-

"... Waking Up Beside you"

|E|---------------------------
|B|---------------------------
|G|---------------------------
|D|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|A|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|D|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-

Solo / Outro (2x for solo after Verse 1, Then 4 times for Outro)

{Clean}

|E|--------------------------------------------------
|B|--3-/10--10--10-10--8--8--8-8--6--8--8-8--5--6--5-
|G|--------------------------------------------------
|D|--------------------------------------------------
|A|--------------------------------------------------
|D|--------------------------------------------------
|E|--------------------------------------------------
|B|--3-/8--8--8-8--6--6--6-6--5--6--6-6--5--6--5-----
|G|--------------------------------------------------
|D|--------------------------------------------------
|A|--------------------------------------------------
|D|--------------------------------------------------

*Kick in distortion for Verse 2 and keep it on throughout the rest of

the song

This Outline should help:

Intro/Verse (Clean)

Pre-Chorus (Clean)

Chorus (Clean)

Solo (Clean)

Intro/Verse (Distortion)

Pre-Chorus (Distortion)

Chorus (Distortion)

Outro (Distortion)--> after playing this segment 4 times, end

the song with the D chord.

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