From: http://www.musiceffect.com
It's Been A While
Electric Guitars
Tuning down to Ab Db Ab Db Gb Bb
Acoustic Guitar
Tune down half step Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Intro Guitar 1 electric
Riff 1 clean
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--------------------0--------------0---0------------7p5------
---12---14p12-----9-----10p9-----4---4---4-------5------5----
--------------0---10---------10\-5---------5---7---7------7--
-14---14--------0-10--10---------5-----------0---------------
-0----0------------------------------------------------------
Guitar 2 acoustic comes in second time around
Riff 2
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------3-------------3------------3-----------3-----------
--2------2---0---0----0-0-0--------0---0----0---2--0-----
----2------2-0----------0-0--0-------0---0------------0--
-0-------------3---3---------x---------------------------
-----------------------------3--3------------------------
Verse
Guitar 1 plays riff 1 four times
Guitar 2 plays riff 2 four times simile
This is also part of the verse(another elec. played
over riff 1)
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-9---11h12------11h12----11h12--11h12p11--11h12p11/9---
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Chorus
Guitar 3 elec. distortion
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-9---9/12---\5----5--/7---7---x-5-5\4--4/5--5/---------
-x---x------\x----x--/x---x---x-x-x-x--x/x--x/---------
-7---7/10---\3----3--/5---5---x-3-3\2--2/3--3/---------
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Guitar 1 distortion
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------------------------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-------
Guitar 2 accoustic
Am C G5 D
-0---0--0-0--0---0--0-0--3---3-3--3-3--x-2--2---2-2-2-2-
-1---1--1-1--1---1--1-1--3---3-3--3-3--x-3--3---3-3-3-3-
-2---2--2-2--0---0--0-0--0---0-0--0-0--x-2--2---2-2-2-2-
-2---2--2-2--2---2--2-2--0---0-0--0-0--x-0--0---0-0-0-0-
-0---0--0-0--3---3--3-3--x---x-x--x-x--x----------------
-------------------------3---3-3--3-3--x----------------
On the Second Chorus it Leads into the bridge like this
Guitar 3
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-7------7---------5--5\-4--4/-5---5---------------------
-x------x---------x--x-----x------x---------------------
-5------5---------3--3\-2--2/-3---3---------------------
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Guitar 1
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-5-------5----------x-0--0-----0-------0----------------
-5-------5----------x-0--0-----0-------0----------------
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Guitar 2
G5 D
-3----3---3---3----3-2--2-2--2-2-2-2---------------------
-3-------------------3--3-3--3-3-3-3---------------------
-0-------------------2--2-2--2-2-2-2---------------------
-0-------------------0--0-0--0-0-0-0---------------------
-x-------------------------------------------------------
-3-------------------------------------------------------
Bridge
Guitar 1
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-12---9/12-12\-9--7----7/9-9\-7--5----(2)---------------
-x----x-x--x---x--x----x---x-----x----(x)---------------
-10---7-10-10--7--5----5/7-7\-5--3----(0)---------------
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Guitar 3
-------------------------------------0------0-------------
---------------------------------------5------5--0--------
--------7--------------2-----------------7---------4------
-5---5--5----0--0----0-0------7---7-----------------------
-5---5--5----0--0----0-0---0--7---7-----------------------
-------------0-------------0--0---0-----------------------
Guitar 2
G5 D Am
-3-3-3-3--3-3-2-2--2--2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-------
-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-------
-0-0-0-0--0-0-2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-------
-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-------
-x-x-x-x--x-x-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-------
-3-3-3-3--3-3----------------------------------------------
On the fourth time after you finsih the last part u
play this
Guitar 1
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5\2--
x-x--
3\0--
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Guitar 3
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7----
7----
0----
Guitar 2
0-----
1-----
2-----
2-----
0-----
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Outro
Guitar 1
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--------------------0--------------0---0------------7p5------
---12---14p12-----9-----10p9------4---4---4-------5------5----
--------------0---10---------10---5---------5---7---7------7--
-14---14--------0-10--10-------10-5-----------0---------------
-0----0------------------------------------------------------
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--------------------0---------------------------------------
---12---14p12-----9-----10p9-----4------------------------
--------------0---10---------10\--5-----------------------
-14---14--------0-10--10---------5------------------------
-0----0------------------------------------------------------
Guitar 2
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------3-------------3-----------0----------3-------------
--2------2---0---0----0-0-0-------0---0---0--2-0----2-----
----2------2-0----------0-0---0-----0---0--------0----2--
-0-------------3---3-------------------------------0-----
----------------------------3----------------------------
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-3----------------3------3-----------------------------
-----2---0---0------0-0--0--------------------------------
-------2-0------------0--0-----------------------------
-----------3---3---------x------------------------------
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By Nick Sargent (executer78@yahoo.com)
It's Been A WHile
Tune guitar down 1/2 step to
Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb
INTRO / VERSES
A(add9) C(add9) G D(add9)
eb----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
Bb---------0---------------3-------------------------------3p0----------------------
--
Gb-----2-----2---------0-----0---------0---0-----------2-------2--------------------
-- x 6
Db-------2-----2---------2-----2---------0---0-------0---0-------0------------------
--
Ab---0-----------0---3-----------3-------------2------------------------------------
--
Eb-----------------------------------3-----------3----------------------------------
--
VERSES / CHORUS
at 50 sec - strum chords w/ heavy distortion
eb--------0----------------0---------------3----------------0-----------------------
--
Bb--------0----------------3---------------3----------------3-----------------------
--
Gb--------2----------------0---------------0----------------2-----------------------
-- x 5
Db--------2----------------2---------------0----------------0-----------------------
--
Ab--------0----------------3---------------2----------------------------------------
--
Eb-----------------------------------------3----------------------------------------
--
at 1 min 23 sec - pick intro 4 times
at 1 min 56 sec - strum w/ heavy distortion 4 times
at 2 min 28 sec - BRIDGE - strum chords
eb--------3----------------0---------------0----------------------------------------
--
Bb--------3----------------3---------------0----------------------------------------
--
Gb--------0----------------2---------------2----------------------------------------
-- x 4
Db--------0----------------0---------------2----------------------------------------
--
Ab--------2--------------------------------0----------------------------------------
--
Eb--------3-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
at 3 min 00 sec - pick intro 4 times
at 3 min 33 sec - strum chords w/ heavy distortion
OUTRO