It's Been Awhile Staind
Staind - It's Been Awhile
Tunings:
Possibly three guitars for this song, all in different tunings!
Baritone - Ab Db Ab Db Gb Bb - main riff and chorus chords
Drop Db - Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb - electric for fills
Standard Eb - Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb - (the acoustic)
Baritone tab:
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Verse: (intro and verses for the baritone)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----7----9--7--------------------------------0---0----------------7p5----------| |--------------7------9--------10p9-----\---4---4---4----------5-------5--------| |----------------0---10-10----------10--\---5---------5------7---7-------7------| |--------------------10----10-----------\---5------------0----------------------| |--0---0------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus: (just power chords, so no strumming shown)
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---7--7----------5--5--5---0--0--0--------------------------------------------| |---7--7---3--3---5--5--5---0--0--0--------------------------------------------| |---7--7---5--5---5--5--5---0--0--0--------------------------------------------| |----------3--3----------------------------------------------------------------|
Interlude:
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---5--5----0---0----7--7--7--7------------------------------------------------| |---5--5----0---0----7--7--7--7------------------------------------------------| |---5--5----0---0----7--7--7--7------------------------------------------------| |--------------------0--0--0--0------------------------------------------------|
Db tuned Electric:
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Verse: (the verse fill parts)
|--------5-------------------3--------3-----------3----------------------------| |----5---5---8----------3----3--------3---5-------3---5------------------------| |----7p5-----7------5---5--5------5p4-4-------5p4-4----------------------------| |--7-------7----------5-----------5-----5-----0-----0--------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
For the Db tuned electric during the chorus and the acoustic guitar stuff, see
the tab below, it has these parts tabbed out well.
tabbed by zipztabs.com
Enjoy!
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Version 2 from OLGA.net
Artist: Staind
Song: It's been awhile
Tabbed by: Justin Holton (method36man@hotmail.com)
***This is the updated version of this song***
For the electric part the guitar is in Dropped Db, but=20
the acoustic is in Standard Eb tuning. (NOTE: Since we
tune down I'll refer to a chord by its tonality. This=20
means while you'll be fingering a "C" chord, it will=20
actually sound out as "B".) I have two different sections;
Section 1 is for someone who wants to an acoustic version,
Section 2 is for a band who plans on playing the electric
version.
**SECTION 1**
(standard Eb tuning, strum the chorus and bridge)=20
INTRO/VERSES: (Let ring throughout)
G#sus4 B =20
eb|-------0--------------------------| Bb|---3------3-------------1--0------| Gb|------------(2)----0----------0---| Db|-2---2----------------------------| Ab|-0---0----------3-----3-----------| Eb|----------------------------------|
F#5M? G#7sus4 (Db?)
----------------------------------|| --------------------------3p1-----|| ---0----0-------------0-------0---|| -----4-----4--0-----2---2-------2-|| -----------------0----------------|| -3--------------------------------||
CHORUS:=20
[G#sus4] [B] [F#] [Db]
BRIDGE:
[F#] [Db] [G#sus4]
chord fingerings..
G#sus4 - x02030
B - x32010
F# - 320033
Db - xx0232
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**SECTION 2**
Part I - INTRO/VERSES: (Let ring throughout)
Guitar 1 (Clean Electric)
G#sus4 B =20
eb|-------0--------------------------| Bb|---3------3-------------1--0------| Gb|------------(2)----0----------0---| Db|-2---2----------------------------| Ab|-0---0----------3-----3-----------| Db|----------------------------------|
F#5M? G#7sus4 (Db?)
----------------------------------|| --------------------------3p1-----|| ---0----0-------------0-------0---|| -----4-----4--0-----2---2-------2-|| -----------------0----------------|| -5--------------------------------||
Guitar 2 (Acoustic Let Ring)
[G#sus4] [B]
eb|-------0---------------0----------| Bb|-------3---------------1----------| Gb|---2-------2------0--------0----0-| Db|---2-------2----------------------| Ab|-0---0---0---0--3---3---------3---| Eb|----------------------------------|
[F#] [D]
---------3----------------0-------| ---------3----------------3-------| --0---0----0---0------2------2----| ----0--------0-----0----0------0--| ----------------------------------| ----------------------------------|
Part II - CHORUS
* On this part the acoustic strums
G#sus4 B F# Db *
Guitar 3 (Overdriven Electric)
G#5 B5 =20
eb|----------------------------------| Bb|----------------------------------| Gb|----------------------------------| Db|-7-----7---7--0-10------10---10-0-| Ab|-7-----7---7--0-10------10---10-0-| Db|-7-----7---7--0-10------10---10-0-|
F#5 G# (Db fill)
----------------------------------| ----------------------------------| ------------------7--7/5-5/4--4-4-| -5-----5----5-7---0--0-0-0-0--0-0-| -5-----5----5-7---5--5/3-3/2--2-2-| -5-----5----5-7---0--0---0----0-0-|
At the end of the chorus play this instead
F#5 G# (Db fill)
----------------------------------| ----------------------------------| ------------------7--7/5-5/4--4---| -5-----5----5-7---0--0-0-0-0--0---| -5-----5----5-7---5--5/3-3/2--2---| -5-----5----5-7---0--0---0----0---|
Part III - Bridge
F#5 Db5 =20
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-|
[G#5]
----------------------------------| ----------------------------------| ----------------------------------| -7------7-------7-----7--7--------| -7------7-------7-----7--7--------| -7------7-------7-----7--7--------|
Guitar 4 - Solo/repeated fill during=20
the bridge (whatever you want to call it)
eb|----------------------------------| Bb|----------------------------------| Gb|-12~--9/12\9\7---7-------7/9\7\5--| Db|----------------------------------| Ab|-10~--7/10\7\5---5-------5/7\5\3--| Db|----------------------------------| ------------0--------0------------| ---------------3---------3--------| -5-----5----------0----------0----| --------------------------------2-| -3-----3--------------------------| ----------------------------------|
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