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Waking Up Beside You Guitar Tablature
Stabbing Westward
"Waking Up Beside You"
From the album Darkest Days
Tab by Joe Costello (joseph.costello@villanova.edu)

In my opinion, the best song that Stabbing Westward made. The other tabs aren't completely wrong,
but they're far enough off that this needed to be done. So on with the tab...

Drop D Tuning: low to high (D A D G B e)

Symbols used:
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* = let note or chord ring

*The song starts with keyboards for the duration of the 1st verse and chorus. Guitar enters at 1:50.

Interlude after 1st Chorus:
Riff 1: 
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----7------5--------2-3-2-3--5--5-----2-3-2--0-----------2-3-2--|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 2: Riff 2:
(with distortion)
e|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
D|--0-0-0-0--12-12-12-12--0-0--10-10-12-12--|--0-0-0-0--12-12-12-12--0-0--10-10-12-12--|
A|--0-0-0-0--12-12-12-12--0-0--10-10-12-12--|--0-0-0-0--12-12-12-12--0-0--10-10-12-12--|
D|--0-0-0-0--12-12-12-12--0-0--10-10-12-12--|--0-0-0-0--12-12-12-12--0-0--10-10-12-12--|

e|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
D|--0-0-0-0--12-12-12-12--0-0--10-10-12-12--|--0-0-0-0--12-12-12-12--0-0--10-10-12-12--|
A|--0-0-0-0--12-12-12-12--0-0--10-10-12-12--|--0-0-0-0--12-12-12-12--0-0--10-10-12-12--|
D|--0-0-0-0--12-12-12-12--0-0--10-10-12-12--|--0-0-0-0--12-12-12-12--0-0--10-10-12-12--|

e|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
D|--8-8-8-8--0-0--8-8-8-8--0-0--8-8--0-0--|--8-8-8-8--0-0--8-8-8-8--0-0--8-8--10-10--|
A|--8-8-8-8--0-0--8-8-8-8--0-0--8-8--0-0--|--8-8-8-8--0-0--8-8-8-8--0-0--8-8--10-10--|
D|--8-8-8-8--0-0--8-8-8-8--0-0--8-8--0-0--|--8-8-8-8--0-0--8-8-8-8--0-0--8-8--10-10--|

e|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
D|--0-0-0-0--12-12-12-12--0-0--10-10-12-12--|--0-0-0-0--12-12-12-12--0-0--10-10-12-12--|
A|--0-0-0-0--12-12-12-12--0-0--10-10-12-12--|--0-0-0-0--12-12-12-12--0-0--10-10-12-12--|
D|--0-0-0-0--12-12-12-12--0-0--10-10-12-12--|--0-0-0-0--12-12-12-12--0-0--10-10-12-12--|
									-end of Riff 2
*Play Riff 2 (2x)

Pre-chorus: Riff 3
				    (2x)
e|--------------------|----------------|
B|--------------------|-------3*-------|
G|--------------------|----2*----------|
D|---5----------------|--0-------------|
A|---5--(strum 32x)---|--0-------------|
D|---5----------------|--0*------------|

Chorus: Riff 4
e|-----------------------------------------|--------|
B|-----------------------------------------|--------|
G|-----------------------------------------|--------|
D|---3----------------5--------------------|---0*---|
A|---3--(strum 32x)---5--(strum 32x)-------|---0*---|
D|---3----------------5--------------------|---0*---|
  "I miss...    god I miss    waking up beside you"

Interlude: Play Riff 1 (4x)
3rd Verse: Play Riff 2 (1x)
Pre-Chorus: Play Riff 3 (2x)

Last Chorus:
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|---3----------------5--------------------|
A|---3--(strum 32x)---5--(strum 32x)-------|
D|---3----------------5--------------------|

e|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
D|--0-0-0-0--12-12-12-12--0-0--10-10-12-12--|--0-0-0-0--12-12-12-12--0-0--10-10-12-12--|
A|--0-0-0-0--12-12-12-12--0-0--10-10-12-12--|--0-0-0-0--12-12-12-12--0-0--10-10-12-12--|
D|--0-0-0-0--12-12-12-12--0-0--10-10-12-12--|--0-0-0-0--12-12-12-12--0-0--10-10-12-12--|

e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|---3----------------5--------------------|
A|---3--(strum 32x)---5--(strum 32x)-------|
D|---3----------------5--------------------|

After that, end by playing Riff 1 (4x)
And that should be it... any questions or comments e-mail me.

-Joe
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