It's Been A While tab by Local H

It's Been Awhile

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(Tune down 1/2 step)
 Am Cmaj7 G6 Dsus2 (x2)
       Am
        And it's been awhile
      Cmaj7          G6 Dsus2
        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
                  Am          Cmaj7         G6     Dsus2
                     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

                          G6 Dsus2 Am                     G6 Dsus2
                                     Why must I feel this way?
                                   Am                   G6 Dsus2
                                     Just make this go away
                                   Am                       G6 Dsus2 Am
                                     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:
                  Am Cmaj7 G6 Dsus2
              e |-0---0----0----0--
              B |-1---0----3----3--
              G |-2---0----0----2--
              D |-2---2----0----0--
              A |-0---3----2----0--
              E |----------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 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 tuning, strum the chorus and bridge)

INTRO/VERSES: (Let ring throughout)

   G#sus4          B
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:
 G#sus4 B F# Db

BRIDGE:
 F# Db G#sus4



chord fingerings..
G#sus4 - x02030
B      - x32010
F#     - 320033
Db     - xx0232
__________________________________________


**SECTION 2**


Part I - INTRO/VERSES: (Let ring throughout)
 Guitar 1 (Clean Electric)
   G#sus4          B
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
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
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
   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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