From: [email protected] (Zet van t TM)
Subject: TAB: «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 ([email protected])
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—
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PRE-CHORUS — Guitar 2, chord notes implied by vocals & bass
Why you act crazy
Not an act maybe
Etc.
D F
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——5h6p5p3———————————————
—————5h6p5p3————————————
————————5h6p5p3(…)b5(…)r3~~————
Count 1 & 2 3 4
E D#
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——5h6p5p3———————————————
—————5h6p5p3————————————
————————5h6p5p3(…)b5(…)r3~~————
1 & 2 3 4
CHORUS/OUTRO — Guitar 2
I stay away
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—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
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——————————5—5—-7b9~~—-r7—5—5—
————2—3—5—5/7~~——7———————7—-
—1—3—5————————————————-
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—5——————————————————-
——7—6—5—5—5b6—-5———————————
—————————8—5—3h5p3h5p3h5p3h5—x-x—
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_____________P.H.____________
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—/5—3p0h3———————5b6—r5——————
—————5p3p0—————————————
———————5p3h5—3~—————————