So Far Away (ver8) Tab - Staind






Staind - So Far Away

standard tuning

intro
GUITAR 1

e[-6-----------6-|-7----------7-|-9----------9------
b[-----7----7----|----7----7----|----7----7-----9---
g[-------8-------|------8-------|------8------------
d[---------------|--------------|-------------------
a[---------------|--------------|-------------------
e[---------------|--------------|-------------------

GUITAR 2 i'm not too sure about this one though

e[-------2--2----|---2--2--------|----2--2----------0h2-----
b[---------------|------------1--|-1---------0--0-----------
g[-2--2---------3|3--------------|--------------------------
d[---------------|---------------|--------------------------
a[---------------|---------------|--------------------------
e[---------------|---------------|--------------------------

i've put the "|" lines just to have a pattern you can turn to, and see how the 2
guitars are coordinated... in other words, it was made for me not to get confused

verse
G2 plays the intro
G1 changes a little:

play intro x1, then it goes like this: 
e[-6-----------6-|-7----------7-|-9----------7*------|
b[-----7----7----|----7----7----|----7----7--7*------|
g[-------8-------|------8-------|------8-----7*------|
d[---------------|--------------|--------------------|
a[---------------|--------------|--------------------|
e[---------------|--------------|--------------------|

*natural harmonic

prechorus
the "i must be sleeping..." part
GUITAR 1
e[-6-----------6---6----------6--6----------6--6----------6-
b[-----7----7---------7----7---------7----7--------7----7---
g[-------8--------------8-------------8--------------8------
d[----------------------------------------------------------
a[----------------------------------------------------------
e[----------------------------------------------------------

CHORUS
you'll have to figure the strumming


               now that we're here, it's so far away .... 
G1
e|--------------------------------------------------------
b|--------------------------------------------------------
g|-11--------------------------10-----------------8-------
d|-11--------------------------10-----------------8-------
a|--9---------------------------8-----------------6-------
e|--------------------------------------------------------

G2
e|--------------------------------------------------------
b|--------------------------------------------------------
g|-----------------------------6------------------8-------
d|-4---------------------------6------------------8-------
a|-4---------------------------4------------------6-------
e|-2------------------------------------------------------

      all the struggle we thought was in vain.... 

G1 and G2
e---------------------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------------------
g---------------------------------------------------------
d-------------9-------------------------------------------
a-------------9-------------------------------------------
e-------------7-------------------------------------------

the chord pattern flows in the same way for the entire chorus

bridge 
    i'm so afraid of waking please don't shake me
G1
e-----------------|
b-----------------|
g-------11--10----|     play 4 times and in the last time you add g|-13--13
d--------------11-|
a-----------------|
e-----------------|

G2  as before, you figure the strumming pattern
e|-------------------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------------------|
g|------11---------10-------------8-------6--|
d|------11---------10-------------8-------6--|
a|-------9----------9-------------6-------4--|
e|-------------------------------------------|


outro

play the B5 chord as your ear tells you

e|-------|        |-----------|
b|-------|        |-----------|
g|--4----|     or |-----------|
d|--4----|        |--9--------|
a|--2----|        |--9--------|
e|-------|        |--7--------|

song structure
intro
verse
prechours
chorus
verse
prechorus
chorus
bridge
chorus 
outro

that's it, a really incredible song... hope it does sound right to you, it did to me