Staind - Its Been A While Chords & Tabs

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Author/Artist: Staind
Title: It's been awhile
Album: Break The Cycle
Transcribed by: Matt Hritz
Email: epiphany1212@yahoo.com

Tuning: from low to high
Ab Db Ab Db Gb Bb

This is 100% correct tab, if you don't believe me, email me and I'll prove it

A. Intro

------------------------------------------------------------------------7h5---
-----------------------------0---------------------0---0h0--------------------
----12-----14h14h12-------9--------10h10h9-------4---4-----4--------5---------
---------------------0----10----------------10\--5-----------5----7---7-------
-14----14--------------0--10----10---------------5--------------0-------------
-0-----0----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                              

--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------
-5------|---------------------------------------------------------------------
---7---*|---------------------------------------------------------------------
-------*|---------------------------------------------------------------------
--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------
--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------
 B. Verses                    pm.|--------|  dist.                            

----10h10------------8\----8h8-------------|----------------------------------
----------12\----9h9-----------9-----------|-11h12p12-11h12p12-11h12----------
-12-----------10--------77----------9-7-7-9|----------------------------------
---------------------------------10--------|----------------------------------
-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------
-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------
                                                                              

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-11h12h11-11h12h11\9----------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------4-5-5-------7-7h7-7-7-9-------------------------
----------------------7h7-5-7-------5-5/7-------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 C. Chorus (Heavy Dist)                                                       

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-9--9/12\5--5h5/7--7-x-5-5\4-4/5--5/------------------------------------------
-x--x----x--x---x--x-x-x-x---x----x-------------------------------------------
-7--7/10\3--3-3/5--5-x-3-3\2-2/3--3/---------------5-5-0-0-0-12-12-0----------
-------------------------------------14-14\0-5-5-0-5-5-0-0-0-12-12-0----------
-------------------------------------12-12\0-3-3-0-----------------0----------
                                                                              

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-9-9/12\5-5-5/7-7-x-5-5\4-4/5-5/9--9h/12\5--5hp5/-----------------------------
-x-x----x-x---x-x-x-x-x---x---x-x--x-----x--x---------------------------------
-7-7/10\3-3-3/5-5-x-3-3\2-2\3-3/7--7/10\-3--3hp3/-----------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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   (3:46)                                                                     
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-7--7hp7--7hp7--5-5\4-4/5--5/-------------------------------------------------
-x--x-----x-----x-x-x-x----x--------------------------------------------------
-5--5hp5--5hp5--4-4\2-2/3--3/---5--/hp-/--/hp--/-0--/--/--/--12-12-0----------
--------------------------------5----------------0-----------12-12-0----------
-------------------------------------------------------------------0----------
                                                                              

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-7-7-x-5-5h\4-4/5--5/9--9/12\5--5--5hp5/--------------------------------------
-x-x-x-x-x----x-x--x-x--x----x--x--x------------------------------------------
-5-5-x-3-3-2--2/3--3/7--7/10\3--3--3hp3/--------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                              

---------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------
-7-7-x-5\4-4/5--5\2-*|-7-7-5-5\4--4/5-5--------------*|-----------------------
-x-x-x-x---x----x----|-x-x-x-x----x---x---------------|-----------------------
-5-5-x-3\2-2/3--3\0--|-5-5-3-3\2--2/3-3--5-5--0-0hp0--|-5-5-x-0-/-/-/---------
--------------------*|-------------------5-5--0-0hp0-*|-5-5-x-0---------------
---------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------
 D. Bridge                                                                    

--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
-12--9h/12--12\9--7-7/5--9h\7--5--2--*|-5h\2hp--------------------------------
--x--x-------x----x-x----x-----x--x---|-x--x----------------------------------
-10--7/10---10\7--5-5-7--7\5---3--0---|-3h\0hp--------------------------------
-------------------------------------*|---------------------------------------
--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
              let ring   |------------|                                       

--------------------------0-----0--------|------------------------------------
----------------------------5-----5-0---*|------------------------------------
-----7-------2----------------7-------4--|------------------------------------
-5-5-5-0-0-0-0---7-7hp7------------------|-7----------------------------------
-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-7-7hp7-----------------*|-7----------------------------------
-------0-------0-0-0hp0------------------|-0----------------------------------
 E. Outro                                                                     

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-7-7hp7-7-7hp7--5-5h\4--4h/5--5h\2--2hp---------------------------------------
-x-x----x-x-----x-x--x--x--x--x-----x-----------------------------------------
-5-5hp5-5-5hp5--3-3h\2--2h/3--3h\0--0hp---5--/hp/---//hp/-0--/-/-/-/-/-/------
------------------------------------------5---------------0-------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                              

----|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-2--|---0---0hp0-------------7hp5-----------------------------0---------------
----|-4---4------4-------5--------5-----12----14h14h12------9------10h10h9----
-0--|-5------------5---7---7--------7------------------0---10-----------------
----|-5--------------0----------------14---14------------0-10---10------------
----|----------------------------------0----0---------------------------------
                                                                              

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-----0------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----4------------------------------------------------------------------------
-10\-5------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----5------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 That's it, that's the entire song.