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Author/Artist: Staind
Title: It's Been Awhile
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-----0-0--------------|-----------------------
-|-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-----0-0--------------|-----------------------
-|-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--7-7--5-54-4/5-54-|-------------------
-|-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--5-5--3-32-2/3-32-|-------------------
-|------3-3--3-3--5-5--5-5-|------3-3---------------------|-------------------
  Guitar 1 Chorus           Guitar 2 Chorus                                   

-|-----------|------------------|---------------------------------------------
-|-----------|------------------|---------------------------------------------
-|------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)