BAND: STAIND
SONG: SO FAR AWAY (ACOUSTIC)
ALBUM: 14 Shades of Grey



I wouldn't post a song i wasn't sure was right unless i've played it out.  Its a good song to sing to but 

you will find that the chorus will affect your voice so play it in the middle of your set when your voice 

is warm but not worn out.  Enjoy.

* = Hold note a little longer then the others

INTRO:
   *         *         *        
|--5-------5-6-------6-8-------8-6-5-3--|
|----6---6-----6---6-----6---6----------|
|------7---------7---------7------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|


   /////     ////////  ////////  ////
|--3---------3---------3---------2----2----------|
|--3---------3---------3---------3--------3------|
|--0---------0---------0---------2------2---0----|
|--2---------2---------0-------------------------|
|--2---------3---------2-------------------------|
|----------------------3-------------------------|


VERSE:
(You can figure out the timing from listening to the song its not hard)
|--3---------3---------3---------2--------------|--3-----3-------|
|--3---------3---------3---------3--------------|--3-----3-------|
|--0---------0---------0---------2-----------X2-|--0-----0-------|
|--2---------2---------0------------------------|--2-----2-------|
|--2---------3---------2------------------------|--2-----3-------|
|----------------------3------------------------|----------------|(Strum last two chords before chorus)
                                                (..be sleeping..) then to chorus.


CHORUS:

   ////////// ////////// ////////// ///////// 
|--3----------2----------3----------3-----------|
|--3----------3----------3----------3-----------|
|--0----------2----------0----------0-----------|
|--0---------------------2----------2-----------|
|--0---------------------2----------3-----------|
|--3--------------------------------------------|


BRIDGE:

   ////////  ///////// /////////    /////////////   (Start into chorus now)
|--3---------3---------3---------|--2--------------------------------------------------|
|--3---------3---------3---------|--3--------------------------------------------------|
|--0---------0---------0-------X3|--2--------------------------------------------------|
|--2---------2---------0---------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--2---------3---------2---------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------3---------|-----------------------------------------------------|
 "Afraid of waking......."        (At the end of "Please don't shake me!!", just before you hit the chorus again.)

End strumming:

|-3--|
|-3--|
|-0--|
|-2--|
|-3--|
|----|
"..am today" (You'll figure out the timing.)


LYRICS:

"So Far Away"

this is my life
its not what it was before
all these feelings i've shared
and these are my dreams
that i'd never lived before
somebody shake me
'cause i 
i must be sleeping

chorus:
now that we're here,
it's so far away
all the struggle we thought was in vain
all the mistakes,
one life contained
they all finally start to go away
now that we're here its so far away
and i feel like i can face the day i can forgive
and i'm not ashamed to be the person that i am today

these are my words
that i've never said before
i think i'm doing okay
and this is the smile 
that i've never shown before
somebody shake me 'cause i
i must be sleeping

[chorus]

i'm so afraid of waking
please don't shake me
afraid of waking
please don't shake me

[chorus]