Soundgarden - Been Away Too Long Chords & Tabs

Soundgarden - "Been Away Too Long"
From "King Animal"
Standard Tuning


Good first single from the new Soundgarden. Not quite as polished as 
"Live to Rise" but still a unique song with that Soundgarden sound. Please 
rate/comment. Complete lyrics will be added once I can verify them.



Intro - Freely
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|--------7--5----------5--5----------------|
D|-5/7\5--7--5--7--5/7--5--5-7--5-----------|
A|-5/7\5--5--3--7--5/7--3--3-7--5-----------|
E|-3/5\3--------5--3/5-------5--3-----------|




Main Riff- Guitar 1

e|-----------------|------------------|
B|-----------------|------------------|
G|-----------------|-2----------------|
D|-2-----2-5-5-2-2-|-2---2-2----------|
A|-2-----2-5-5-2-2-|-0---2-2----------|
E|-0-----0-3-3-0-0-|-----0-0----------|
 |
 | Guitar 2 - plays entire chords instead of E5, G5
e|-0-----0-----0-0-|-------0----------|
B|-0-----0-----0-0-|-------0----------|
G|-1-----1-4-4-1-1-|-6-----1----------|
D|-2-----2-5-5-2-2-|-7-----2----------|
A|-2-----2-5-5-2-2-|-7-----2----------|
E|-0-----0-3-3-0-0-|-5---0-0----------|



Verse Singing Part - with fast chorus effect
e|-------------|------------------------|
B|-------------|---------8______b9------|
G|-6----7----9-|---7--------------------|
D|-------------|---------5--------------|
A|-4----5----7-|---5--------------------|
E|-------------|------------------------|

repeat main riff 

e|---------------------|--------------------------|
B|---------------------|-9~~~~--------------------|
G|-6----7----9----7----|--------------------------|
D|---------------------|-6------------------------|
A|-4----5----7----5----|--------------------------|
E|---------------------|--------------------------|

repeat main riff 


**Play entire Verse Part 2x**



Chorus
e|-------------------|-7----------6-|-----------------|
B|-------------------|-7----------6-|-----------------|
G|-------------------|-8----------7-|-----------------|
D|-------------------|-9----------8-|-----------------|
A|-8---6-5-----5-7-8-|-9----------8-|-7-5------5-7-8--|
E|-6---4-3-0---3-5-6-|-7----------6-|-5-3-0----3-5-6--|

                        "Nobody loves me"

e|-7----------6-|-----------------|-7-------5--------|-5------6-------|
B|-7----------6-|-----------------|-7-------5--------|-7------8-------|
G|-8----------7-|-----------------|-8-------6--------|-7------8-------|
D|-9----------8-|-----------------|-9-------7--------|-7------8-------|
A|-9----------8-|-7-5------5-7-8--|-9-------7--------|-5------6-------|
E|-7----------6-|-5-3-0----3-5-6--|-7-------5--------|----------------|

"No one saves me                    No one loves me, hates me"


Guitars Pause

"I've been away for too long"



Play Verse and Chorus Again



Bridge (1:39) play 4x
e|------------------|----------------|
B|------------------|----------------|
G|-/9-9-9-9-7/9-----|----------------|
D|-/9-9-9-9-7/9-----|-5---2-2-2-5----|
A|-/7-7-7-7-5/7-----|-5---2-2-2-5----|
E|--------------0-0-|-3---0-0-0-3----|



Creepy Solo (1:52)

       play this 2x (with main riff):
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/soundgarden/been_away_too_long_tab.html ]
e|-/12~~----10--9---|-10---9h10p9\6~~~-|
B|------------------|------------------|
G|------------------|------------------|  play main Riff again
D|------------------|------------------|  
A|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|



at 2:04 - 2 Guitar parts (top/bottom):

|----0---0-0------|-0---0----------|
|----5---5-5------|-5---0----------|
|-----------------|----------------|  played 4x
|----8---8-8------|-8--------------|
|----7---7-7------|-7---7----------|
|----6---6-6------|-6---0----------|



During Bass part (2:20), 

Guitar 1 plays these short notes 2x with delay pedal on:

|-4-------|-5------|-9------|-7------|
|---------|--------|--------|--------|
|-4-------|-5------|-9------|-7------|
|---------|--------|--------|--------|
|---------|--------|--------|--------|
|---------|--------|--------|--------|


(2:28)  Guitar 1 play 6x
|------------------------|------------------|
|-5p3p0-7p5p0-5p3p0------|-9____p7-0--------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|



(2:42) Guitar 2, with effects on

e|-/12~~----10--9---|-10---9h10p9\6~~~-|
B|------------------|------------------|
G|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|  
A|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|



(2:48) Guitar 2 - play 2x
|-0---------0---------|-0-------0----0---0-----|
|-15--------17-15h17--|-10------12-------12----|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|


(2:52) Guitar 2 - play 2x similarly
|-0--0--0-----0--0-----|-/12---12---------0-----|
|-0--------0--------0--|----------10---10----0--|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|


(3:01) w/ effects
e|-------------|------------------------|
B|-------------|---------8~~~~~---------|
G|-6----7----9-|---7--------------------|
D|-------------|---------5~~~~~---------|
A|-4----5----7-|---5--------------------|
E|-------------|------------------------|
"On    my    way    home"





Repeat Bridge Riff, lyrics:

"But I take, and all they ever wanted a break, I've been away for too long
Though i never really wanted to stay. I've been away for too long."
 


Ending
|-------0---------0----|-6---4-3---3-5/6--------|
|-------0---------0----|-6---4-3---3-5/6--------|
|-4-4---1---6-6---1----|-7---5-4---4-6/7--------|
|-5-5---2---7-7---2----|-8---6-5---5-7/8--------|
|-5-5---2---7-7---2----|-8---6-5---5-7/8--------|
|-3-3---0---5-5---0----|-6---4-3-0-3-5/6--------|



KEY
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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| r  Bend release

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