Tablature i stay away - Alice in Chains

          



 

  "I Stay Away" by Alice In Chains

  From the album Jar of Flies

  

  Tab transcription by Mark van 't Zet (tmvtzet@cs.vu.nl)

  

  

  

  After finding the time and the capo I finally got to work on this

  song. It looks like there's 3 guitars in this song:

  

  Guitar 1 - a clean electric with a capo on the 5th fret

  Guitar 2 - a distorted electric with dropped-D tuning (DADGBE)

  Guitar 3 - just your average distorted guitar

  

  It's possible to play the solo with the dropped D (just raise fretnumbers 

  on low E-string by 2) and the verse-chords with a finger-barre, but I can't 

  advise that.. Here goes..

  

  Notation

  

  XhY     - hammer on

  XpY     - pull off

  XbY     - bend at fret X to pitch of fret Y

  XrY     - release bent note at pitch of fret X to pitch of fret Y

  X~~     - vibrato 

  (X)     - ghost note

  X/Y XY - slides from X up/down to Y

  (...)   - hold previous note

  

  

  

  INTRO/VERSE - Guitar 1, positions relative to capo on 5th fret

  

  

      D              D7sus4  Gsus4  G      D

    ------0----------3-----------------------------------------------

    --0h2---0-----0--3-----------3------3----------------------------

    --2-----2-----2--2---------2------2----------2--------2----------

    --2--------2-----2-------5------4------0h(2)----0h(2)------------

    --0--------0---------------------------------------------5p4--0--

    -----------------------------------------------------------------

  

  

  

  PRE-CHORUS - Guitar 2, chord notes implied by vocals & bass

  

  

    Why you act crazy

    Not an act maybe

    etc.

  

          D                             F 

    ----------------------------------------------------------

    ----------------------------------------------------------

    ----------------------------------------------------------

    ------5h6p5p3---------------------------------------------

    ---------------5h6p5p3------------------------------------

    ------------------------5h6p5p3(...)b5(...)r3~~-----------

    Count 1        &        2           3      4

  

          E                             D#

    ----------------------------------------------------------

    ----------------------------------------------------------

    ----------------------------------------------------------

    ------5h6p5p3---------------------------------------------

    ---------------5h6p5p3------------------------------------

    ------------------------5h6p5p3(...)b5(...)r3~~-----------

          1        &        2           3      4

  

  

  

  CHORUS/OUTRO - Guitar 2

  

  

    I stay away

  

    ----------------------------------------------------------

    --3-------------------------------------------------------

    --2-------------------------------------------------------

    --0--------8--------8---10---12---------------------------

    --0--------8--------8---10---12---------------------------

    --0--------8--------8---10---12---------------------------

  

  

  

  SOLO - Guitar 3, enters with short ascending run on the end of

         chorus

  

    ----------------------------------------------------------

    ----------------------------------------------------------

    -----------------------------5---5----7b9~~----r7--5---5--

    -----------2--3--5---5/7~~-----7---------------------7----

    --1--3--5-------------------------------------------------

    ----------------------------------------------------------

  

  

    ----------------------------------------------------------

    ----------------------------------------------------------

    --5-------------------------------------------------------

    -----7--6--5--5--5b6----5---------------------------------

    ---------------------------8--5---3h5p3h5p3h5p3h5---x-x---

    ----------------------------------------------------------

      _____________P.H.____________

  

    ----------------------------------------------------------

    ----------------------------------------------------------

    ----------------------------------------------------------

    ---/5--3p0h3---------------------5b6---r5-----------------

    --------------5p3p0---------------------------------------

    ---------------------5p3h5---3~---------------------------

  

  

    ----------------------------------------------------------

    ----------------------------------------------------------

    ----------------------------------------5--7--------------

    ---5--5--5--5--3----------------3--5/7--------------------

    ------------------5----5--3--5----------------------------

    ----------------------------------------------------------

       ______P.H.______

  

    ----------------------------------------------------------

    ----------------------------------------------------------

    --------10----------10-----12b14--12b14r12--10----10------

    ---/12-----12-12-12----12----------------------12----12--

    ----------------------------------------------------------

    ----------------------------------------------------------

  

  

  

  Date: Sat, 4 Nov 95 10:04:24 MST

  From: al457@rgfn.epcc.Edu (Al G. Bendorf)

  Subject: i stay away by Aics

  

  

      this is i stay away THE RIGHT WAY by alice in chains.  You start off 

  with a D chord, C,then into this riff,1:

  1:             3

  2:

  3:    0     0

  4:  0     0    0                     X?

  5:3     2      2                   

  6:             3  3  3 3 2 0

      The post chorus is 4 power chords D, F, E, and D#

  Chorus is

  1:0  0  0

  2:3  3  3

  3:2  2  2    

  4:              8   8  10  12

  5:              8   8  10  12

  6:              6   6  8   10

  Sorry, i'm still working on the solo

  

  

      this home-made tab is by ADAM BENDORF alias THE DUDE on compuserve 

  alias SEYMOUR BUTTS alias KICK-HAPPY.

  

  

  

  Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 23:16:15 -0700

  From: "Denis L. Davis" <davis@interpath.com>

  Subject: TAB:  "I STAY AWAY" BY ALICE IN CHAINS

  

  

  How to play I Stay Away the right way.  First tune your guitar down (Db, 

  Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb)

  

  ()=hammer-on or pull-off

  b=bend

  e-------2--0-------0----------]-----------------------------------]

  b-3-----3--3-------3----------]-----------------------------------]

  g-0-(2)-2--2-0-----0----------]------0------0---------------------]

  d-0-------------0--2----------]----0------0-------0-----0---------]

  a-0----------------3----------]--3------2-------0-----0-----------]

  e-0---------------------------]---------------5-----5-----5-4-0---]

  

  

  Pre-Chorus:

  

  e-------------------------------------------------------------

  b-------------------------------------------------------------

  g-------------------------------------------------------------

  d-5b-5-3-(5)-(3)-(0)---0-----------------------5b--5(3)-------

  a--------------------3---3-(0)---------------------------

  e------------------------------5-3b----3b-3------------------

  

  e--------------------------]

  b--------------------------]

  g--------------------------]

  d--------------------------]

  a-0-(3)-(5)--3-(0)---------]

  e------------------3b---3--]

  

  

  

   


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 I stay away, de Alice in chains 

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