Its Been Awhile

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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

It's been a while

G5 Dadd9 Am

Since I first saw you

It's been a while

G5 Dadd9 Am

Since I could stand on my own two feet again

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

---------

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

------

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--|

-------------|::
-------------|::
-------------|::
--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

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

It's been a while

Since I said I'm sorry