Jackson Browne – Stay (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Jackson Browne (From the 1977 Album RUNNING ON EMPTY) Words by Maurice Williams / Jackson Browne Music by Maurice Williams Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Leland Sklar - Bass'
   Intro
    Q=108
   4/4
    Gtr I
    Q  +E  e Q  +E  e   e Q  e Q  +E  e
||--------------------|-----------------|
||o-5--(5)-5----------|-----------------|
||o----------7--(7)-7-|--------5--(5)-5-|
||--------------------|-8-8--8----------|

  Q  +E  e Q  +E  e   e Q  e Q  +E  e   3x
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-5--(5)-5----------|------------------o||
|----------7--(7)-7-|--------5--(5)-5--o||
|-------------------|-8-8--8------------||

                          Chorus
                        $
  W          +W            Q  +E  e Q  +E  e   e Q  e Q  +E  e
|----------|------------||-------------------|-----------------|
|----------|------------||-5--(5)-5----------|-----------------|
|-7--------|-(7)--------||----------7--(7)-7-|--------5--(5)-5-|
|----------|------------||-------------------|-8-8--8----------|

                                                                     To Coda
  Q  +E  e Q  +E  e   e Q  e Q  +E  e   Q  +E  e Q  +E  e   e Q  e Q  +E  e
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-5--(5)-5----------|-----------------|-5--(5)-5----------|------------------|
|----------7--(7)-7-|--------5--(5)-5-|----------7--(7)-7-|--------5--(5)-5--|
|-------------------|-8-8--8----------|-------------------|-8-8--8-----------|

                                Guitar Solo
  Q  H.        +H     E e e e    Q  +E  e H
|------------|----------------||---------------|
|------------|----------------||---------------|
|-7--7-------|-(7)------7-7-7-||---------------|
|------------|----------------||-7--(7)-7-7----|

  Q  +E  e H      Q  +E  e Q  +E  e   Q  +E  e Q  +E  e
|---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-7--(7)-7-7--(7)-7-|-7--(7)-7-7--(7)-7-|
|-7--(7)-7-7----|-------------------|-------------------|

                                                 D.S. al Coda
  Q  +E  e Q  +E  e   Q  +E  e Q  +E  e   Q  +E  e Q  Q    W
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|-7-----||
|-7--(7)-7-7--(7)-7-|-7--(7)-7-7--(7)-7-|-------------7--|-------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-5--(5)-5-5-----|-------||
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|-------||

    &
    Q  +E  e Q  +E  e   e Q  e Q  +E  e
||--------------------|-----------------|
||o-5--(5)-5----------|-----------------|
||o----------7--(7)-7-|--------5--(5)-5-|
||--------------------|-8-8--8----------|

  Q  +E  e Q  +E  e   e Q  e Q  +E  e
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-5--(5)-5----------|------------------o||
|----------7--(7)-7-|--------5--(5)-5--o||
|-------------------|-8-8--8------------||

                             Outro Keyboard Solo
  Q  H.        +W             Q  +E  e Q  +E  e
|------------|------------||--------------------|
|------------|------------||o-5--(5)-5----------|
|-7--7-------|-(7)--------||o----------7--(7)-7-|
|------------|------------||--------------------|

  e Q  e Q  +E  e   Q  +E  e Q  +E  e   e Q  e Q  +E  e  8x
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-5--(5)-5----------|-----------------o||
|--------5--(5)-5-|----------7--(7)-7-|--------5--(5)-5-o||
|-8-8--8----------|-------------------|-8-8--8-----------||
Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths