Chords for Staind - It's Been Awhile - Acoustic Guitar Lesson

_ [G#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [D#m] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _
_ _ [G#] Okay, I'm going to show you the chord you need to be familiar with to play the intro
_ First one's going to be an Asus4
open A
second fret [D#] D
second fret G
[C#] third fret B
open E
_ [G#] _ _
[B] C add 9
third fret A string
[C#] second fret D [D#] string
[F#] open G
_ third fret B [C#] string
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
G
[F#] and all you're going to need out of this chord is the
third fret on the low E
_ open D [C#] and G
and third fret on the B
and then a Dsus2 open D
_ second [G#] fret G
_ third fret B _
[D#] open high E
So _ _ we're going to refer to the strings as
6th string low E
[G#] 5th string A _
[C#] 4th string D
_ [F#m] 3rd string G _
2nd string B
[A#] _ [D#] 1st string high E _
It's a 7 note pattern
all the way through to keep everything nice [G#] and even
So for the first pattern on the
Asus4 chord, you're going to go
5th
_ 3rd
_ _ [D#] 4th
[C#] 2nd
_ and then 3 4 [G#] 3 _ _
_ _ _ _ slowly that would be _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Next you're going to move to the C add 9
which is going to be the same exact picking pattern
_ [B] _ _ [B] _ 5
3 [D#m] 4 2
_ 3 4 3
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Next you want to move to the G shape pattern
_ So the only thing changing is
you're going to start off on the 6th string
[F#] instead of the 5th
So it's going to be 6
_ 3 4 2 _ _ _
3 4 3
_ Then you're going to move to [C#] this Dsus2 shape
It's going to be 4
2 3 1
[G#] _ _ _ 2 [C#] 3 2 _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [F#] _ [G#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[D] Ok so I'm going to get you [F] familiar
with the four chords you need to know
to play [F#] the chorus part
Am, [G#m] open A
_ 2nd fret on the D [D#] and G
_ [G#] _ 1st fret on the [B] B
[D#m] open high E _
_ _ _ _ [F#] C major, 3rd fret [B] A
2nd fret [D#] D
_ [F#] open [F#] G
[B] 1st fret B
_ open high E _
_ _ _ [A] _ [D] G, you're going to play 3rd fret [F#] low E
[D] you're going to mute the A
[C#] with your middle finger
open D and G
_ _ [D]
3rd fret on the B [C#] and E
and _ _ _ D [A] major open D
_ [C#] _ [G#] 2nd fret G
3rd fret [C#] B
2nd [F] fret high E _
[C#] _ _ [D#] It's going to be 6 strums per chord
So for the A minor, it's going to [G#m] be
down, down up
down, down up
[F#] Move to the C major
It's going to be the same exact pattern
_ [B] down, down up
down, down up
Ok, now when you move to this G
same exact pattern again
the only thing is you're going to [Dm] sustain a little bit on the last [G#] upstroke
[F#] _ _
down, down up
down, down up _
down, down up
And [A#] then for the D
When you get to the D you want to start with an [C#] upstroke
So it's going to be up, down
down, up, down, up _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] Ok, and for the bridge
It's going to be three chords
[A#] You use the G, which we use in the [F#] chorus D [D#] major
[C#] and _ [N] then the A minor
_ [F#] So for the bridge
The G chord is going to be
down, down up
down, down up
Go to the D, you want to start with an upstroke
It's going to [C#] be
up, down, down up, down up
_ [F] For the A minor
It's going to [G#m] be
down, down up, down
down, up, up, down
down, up, down, up
down, down, up, down, up
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _