Staind
               "Its been a while"


I picked this up from watching him on his video , this is how he 
played it



A9  x0223x
C9  x3203x
G9  32003x
D2  x0023x
Am  002210
G   320033
D   000232
D4  000233

you want to pick through the verses the string pregression is
A D G B G D except for when you get to G9 you start at E




Verse 1

A9               C9
Its been a while

             G9             D2     
since i could hold my head up high

A9               C9
its been a while 

            G9         D2
since i first saw you

A9                   C9
and its been a while 

                G9           D2
since i could stand on my own two feet agian

A9                   C9
and its been a while 

               G9        D2
since i could call you



Chorus

Am              C9               G       D D4 D
     And every thing that i can rember

Am              C9              G        D D4 D
     from the past up till the end

Am               C9                    G      D D4 D   
     and the concequences that i've rendered 

Am               C9                G          D D4 D 
     i've stretched my self beyond means



Verse 2

A9                   C9
And its been a while 

               G9         D2          
since i could say that i wasnt addicted

A9               C9
its been a while

               G9          D2 
since i could say that i love my self as well

A9                   C9
and its been a while

             G9                   D2  
since i've gone and fucked things up just like i always do

A9                C9
its been a while

               G9              D2
but all that shit seems to disappear with you



Chorus 2


Am               C9               G     D D4 D
     And every thing that i can rember 

Am               C9                G     D D4 D
     is from the past up till the end

Am               C9                G       D D4 D
     the concequences that i've rendered

Am               C9           G       D D4 D
     gonna fuck things up agian



Well you get the picture and thats pretty much all I know as far as 
Lyrics go. The other verse and chorus are played the same way as the 
first two.I dont know the little middle part but i will figure it out
and post it later.

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