Its Been A While by Staind This song is in Drop Db. There are two versions presented here. The first one is if you are singing this song an acoustic for accompaniment, the second is how Staind plays it, with multiple guitars. Enjoy! :) If playing with only an acoustic guitar: INTRO/VERSES: (Let ring throughout) G#sus4 B =20 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:=20 G#sus4 B F# Db BRIDGE: F# Db G#sus4 chord fingerings.. G#sus4 - x02030 B - x32010 F# - 320033 Db - xx0232 __________________________________________ Playing with full band: Guitar 1 (Clean Electric) G#sus4 B =20 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 =20 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 =20 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=20 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--------------------------| ----------------------------------| www.TAB6.com