Its Been A While tab by Local H

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It's Been Awhile

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(Tune down 1/2 step)
 A minorAm Cmaj7Cmaj7 G6G6 Dsus2Dsus2 (x2)
    A minorAm
    And it's been awhile
   Cmaj7Cmaj7     G6G6 Dsus2Dsus2
    Since I could  hold my head up high
    And it's been awhile
    Since I first saw you
    And it's been awhile
    Since I could stand on my own two feet again
    And it's been awhile
    Since I could call you
         A minorAm     Cmaj7Cmaj7     G6G6   Dsus2Dsus2
           And everything I can remember
           Is fucked up as it always seemed
           The consequences that are rendered
           I stretched myself beyond my means

    And it's been awhile
    Since I couldn't say that I wasn't addicted
    And it's been awhile
    Since I couldn't say I loved myself as well
    And it's been awhile
    Since I've gone and fucked things up just like I always do
    And it's been awhile
    But all that shit seems to disappear when I'm with you

           And everything I can remember
           Is fucked up as it always seemed
           The consequences that are rendered
           Gonna fuck things up again, again

             G6G6 Dsus2Dsus2 A minorAm           G6G6 Dsus2Dsus2
                   Why must I feel this way?
                  A minorAm          G6G6 Dsus2Dsus2
                   Just make this go away
                  A minorAm            G6G6 Dsus2Dsus2 A minorAm
                   Just one more peaceful day

    And it's been awhile
    Since I could look at myself straight
    And it's been awhile
    Since I said I'm sorry
    And it's been awhile
    Since I've seen the way the candles light your face
    And it's been awhile
    But I can still remember just the way the you taste

           And everything I can remember
           Is fucked up as it always seemed to me I know this place
           And can I blame this on my father?
           He did the best he could for me

    And it's been awhile
    Since I could hold my head up high
    And it's been awhile
    Since I said I'm sorry...

Copyright 2001
Break The Cycle


   Nothing too difficult here. Tune your guitar down 1/2 step (E=Eb,
   A=Ab, etc...) If you have a distortion pedal, kick it on for the
   chorus and the bridge.

           (Tune down 1/2 step)
      Chords:
         A minorAm Cmaj7Cmaj7 G6G6 Dsus2Dsus2
       e |-0---0----0----0--
       BB |-1---0----3----3--
       G+G |-2---0----0----2--
       D MajorD |-2---2----0----0--
       A augmentedA |-0---3----2----0--
       E MajorE |----------3-------





Song: It's been awhile
Tabbed by: Justin Holton

I've also sent this off to olga.net, so it may look familiar.
For the electric part the guitar is in Dropped Db, but
the acoustic is in Standard Eb MajorEb tuning. (NOTE: Since we
tune down I'll refer to a chord by its tonality. This
means while you'll be fingering a "C" chord, it will
actually sound out as "B".) I have two different sections;
Section 1 is for someone who wants to do an acoustic version,
Section 2 is for a band who plans on playing the electric
version.

**SECTION 1**
 (standard Eb MajorEb tuning, strum the chorus and bridge)

INTRO/VERSES: (Let ring throughout)

  G#sus4G#sus4     BB
eb|-------0--------------------------|
Bb majorBb|---3------3-------------1--0------|
GbGb|------------(2)----0----------0---|
DbDb|-2---2----------------------------|
AbAb|-0---0----------3-----3-----------|
Eb MajorEb|----------------------------------|

 F#5M?      G#7sus4G#7sus4 (Db?)
----------------------------------||
--------------------------3p1-----||
---0----0-------------0-------0---||
-----4-----4--0-----2---2-------2-||
-----------------0----------------||
-3--------------------------------||


CHORUS:
 G#sus4G#sus4 BB F#F# DbDb

BRIDGE:
 F#F# DbDb G#sus4G#sus4


chord fingerings..
G#sus4G#sus4 - x02030
BB   - x32010
F#F#   - 320033
DbDb   - xx0232
__________________________________________


**SECTION 2**


Part I - INTRO/VERSES: (Let ring throughout)
 Guitar 1 (Clean Electric)
  G#sus4G#sus4     BB
eb|-------0--------------------------|
Bb majorBb|---3------3-------------1--0------|
GbGb|------------(2)----0----------0---|
DbDb|-2---2----------------------------|
AbAb|-0---0----------3-----3-----------|
DbDb|----------------------------------|

 F#5M?      G#7sus4G#7sus4 (Db?)
----------------------------------||
--------------------------3p1-----||
---0----0-------------0-------0---||
-----4-----4--0-----2---2-------2-||
-----------------0----------------||
-5--------------------------------||


 Guitar 2 (Acoustic Let Ring)
  G#sus4G#sus4     BB
eb|-------0---------------0----------|
Bb majorBb|-------3---------------1----------|
GbGb|---2-------2------0--------0----0-|
DbDb|---2-------2----------------------|
AbAb|-0---0---0---0--3---3---------3---|
Eb MajorEb|----------------------------------|

 F#F#        D MajorD
---------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#sus4G#sus4 BB F#F# DbDb *

 Guitar 3 (Overdriven Electric)
  G#5G#5      B5B5
eb|----------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|----------------------------------|
GbGb|----------------------------------|
DbDb|-7-----7---7--0-10------10---10-0-|
AbAb|-7-----7---7--0-10------10---10-0-|
DbDb|-7-----7---7--0-10------10---10-0-|

 F#5F#5     G#G# (DbDb 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#5F#5     G#G# (DbDb 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#5F#5       Db5Db5
eb|----------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|----------------------------------|
GbGb|----------------------------------|
DbDb|-5------5----5-5-0------0----0--0-|
AbAb|-5------5----5-5-0------0----0--0-|
DbDb|-5------5----5-5-0------0----0--0-|

 G#5G#5
----------------------------------|
----------------------------------|
----------------------------------|
-7------7-------7-----7--7--------|
-7------7-------7-----7--7--------|
-7------7-------7-----7--7--------|

 Guitar 4 - Solo/repeated fill during
  the bridge (whatever you want to call it)
eb|----------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|----------------------------------|
GbGb|-12~--9/12\9\7---7-------7/9\7\5--|
DbDb|----------------------------------|
AbAb|-10~--7/10\7\5---5-------5/7\5\3--|
DbDb|----------------------------------|

------------0--------0------------|
---------------3---------3--------|
-5-----5----------0----------0----|
--------------------------------2-|
-3-----3--------------------------|
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