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Staind - It's Been Awhile
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Album: Break The Cycle
Transcribed by: J Reese
Email: jreese@charter.net
Standard tuning dropped 1/2 step as follows: Eb, Ab, Db,Gb, Bb, Eb
The verse is a repeating series of arpeggios. The chorus and bridge
are 5th chords with a second guitar playing octaves, both with heavy
distortion.
Let ring
-|-------0-----------0--------------------------2------|-----------------------
-|---1-----1-----1-----1---------0----------3-----3----|-----------------------
-|-----2-----2-----2-----2---0-----0------2---2-----2--|-----------------------
-|-----------------------------0-----0-00--------------|-----------------------
-|-0-----------3---------------------------------------|-----------------------
-|-------------------------3---------------------------|-----------------------
Arpeggio sequence for Intro, verse 3 and outro verse(Amin,C,G,D)
-|-------0---3-------0---3----------------------2------|-----------------------
-|---1-----1-----1-----1---------0----------3-----3----|-----------------------
-|-----2-----------2---------0-----0------2---2-----2--|-----------------------
-|-----------------------------0-----0-00--------------|-----------------------
-|-0-----------3-----------3---------------------------|-----------------------
-|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------
Arpeggio sequence for verse 1 and 2(Amin7,C,G,D)
-|-------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------
-|-------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------
-|-2-2--5-5-------7-7--7-7-|-2-2--5-5--77-7--5-5\4-4/5-5\4-|-------------------
-|-2-2--5-5--5-5--7-7--7-7-|-2-2--5-5----------------------|-------------------
-|-0-0--3-3--5-5--5-5--5-5-|-0-0--3-3--55-5--3-3\2-2/3-3\2-|-------------------
-|------3-3--3-3--5-5--5-5-|------3-3----------------------|-------------------
Guitar 1 Chorus Guitar 2 Chorus
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-|-----------|------------------|----------------------------------------------
-|------7-7--|-----------77--77-|----------------------------------------------
-|-5-5--7-7--|-7-7--5-5--77--77-|----------------------------------------------
-|-5-5--5-5--|-7-7--5-5--55--55-|----------------------------------------------
-|-3-3--5-5--|-5-5--3-3--55--55-|----------------------------------------------
Turnaround Bridge(At end strike and sustain an A5)
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