It's Been A While Tab by Staind

It's Been A While tab by Staind

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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
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 an acoustic version,
Section 2 is for a band who plans on playing the electric
version.

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

**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--------------------------|
----------------------------------|

Last updated: March 18, 2025

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