Tabs
Band: Stabbing Westward
Song: Waking Up Beside You
Album: Darkest Days
Tuning: Standard
Transcribed by: Farzan Karimi
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 w/ flanger effectS}
" I've been so alone..."
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E MajorE|-------------------------------------------
|
BB|-------------------------------------------
|
G+G|-------------------------------------------
|
D MajorD|---------------7--------5--7---------------
|
A augmentedA|---------------5--------3--5---------------
|D MajorD|--0------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---------
(Then play this section once)
"world forgotten to my- self"
|E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|BB|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|D MajorD|--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 MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------
|BB|-----------------------------------------------------------
|G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------
|D MajorD|---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 augmentedA|---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 MajorD|---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 MajorE|-------------------------------------------
|BB|-------------------------------------------
|G+G|-------------------------------------------
|D MajorD|---------------7--------5--7---------------
|A augmentedA|---------------5--------3--5---------------
|D MajorD|--0------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---------
Chorus
{Clean}
" I miss.... God, I miss...."
|E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------
|BB|-----------------------------------------------------------
|G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------
|D MajorD|---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 augmentedA|---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 MajorD|---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 MajorE|---------------------------
|BB|---------------------------
|G+G|---------------------------
|D MajorD|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|A augmentedA|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|D MajorD|---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 MajorE|--------------------------------------------------
|BB|--3--10--10--10-10--8--8--8-8--6--8--8-8--5--6--5-
|G+G|--------------------------------------------------
|D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------
|A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------
|D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------
|E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------
|BB|--3--8--8--8-8--6--6--6-6--5--6--6-6--5--6--5-----
|G+G|--------------------------------------------------
|D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------
|A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------
|D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------
*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 MajorD chord.
