STAY
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
G Em C D
3 x 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 x 3 2 0 1 0 x x 0 2 3 2
B A
x 2 4 4 4 2 x 0 2 2 2 0
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Danny Kortchmar - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Jackson Browne - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Danny Kortchmar - Electric Guitar'
Verse
Q=108
G Em C D G Em C D
4/4
Gtr II
Q Q Q E E +E Q E E E Q Q Q Q E E +E Q E E E Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I
E E E E Q. E +E E E E E E Q E E E E Q. E +E E E E E E Q 3x
||------7---7-------|------------------|-----7---7-------|--------------------||
||o-8---8---8-----5-|-(5)-5---5-----8--|-8---8---8-----5-|-(5)-5---5-----8---o||
||--7---7---9-----5-|-(5)-5---5-7-7-7--|-7---7---9-----5-|-(5)-5---5-7-7-7----||
||--9---9---9-----5-|-(5)-5---5-7-7-7--|-9---9---9-----5-|-(5)-5---5-7-7-7----||
||o-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
Chorus
$
Em G Em C D
W +W Q Q Q E E +E Q E E E Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
W +W E E E E Q. E +E E E E E E Q
|-0--------|-(0)--------||-----7---7-------|------------------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------||-8---8---8-----5-|-(5)-5---5-----8--|
|-0--------|-(0)--------||-7---7---9-----5-|-(5)-5---5-7-7-7--|
|-2--------|-(2)--------||-9---9---9-----5-|-(5)-5---5-7-7-7--|
|-2--------|-(2)--------||-----------------|------------------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------||-----------------|------------------|
To Coda
G Em C D G Em C D
Q Q Q E E +E Q E E E Q Q Q Q E E +E Q E E E Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E E E Q. E +E E E E E E Q E E E E Q. E +E E E E E E Q
|-----7---7-------|------------------|-----7---7-------|------------------|
|-8---8---8-----5-|-(5)-5---5-----8--|-8---8---8-----5-|-(5)-5---5-----8--|
|-7---7---9-----5-|-(5)-5---5-7-7-7--|-7---7---9-----5-|-(5)-5---5-7-7-7--|
|-9---9---9-----5-|-(5)-5---5-7-7-7--|-9---9---9-----5-|-(5)-5---5-7-7-7--|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
Em
Q H. +W
| | |
/ / /
Q H. +W
|-0--0-------|-(0)---------------------------------||
|-0--0-------|-(0)---------------------------------||
|-0--0-------|-(0)---------------------------------||
|-2--2-------|-(2)---------------------------------||
|-2--2-------|-(2)---------------------------------||
|-0--0-------|-(0)---------------------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| W E S S E E S +S E E E
|------------|-----------12-15-15b17r(15)p12-12-12-||
|------------|-----12-15---------------------------||
|------------|-------------------------------------||
|------------|-------------------------------------||
|------------|-------------------------------------||
|------------|-------------------------------------||
Guitar Solo
B
E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
W
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------|
|-15b16---15b16-12-15b16-15b16-12-12--|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
Em
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr III
~~
a E E E E Q S +S S S Q E E E S S S S E
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------12------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-16s14-12-14----14b16====14r(14)-12----|-12---14-----------12----14b16-|
|------------------------------------14-|-------------12-14----14-------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
~~
S +S S S S S S S E E E E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-14b16r(14)-12----14-12-------------12-14\-|
|---------------14-------14-12-12-14--------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
A
E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
E S S E S S E E E E
|----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------17---17---17--|
|---------14-16-14-16b18==(16)-(16)-(16)-|
|---14-16--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
D
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~
E E E E Q Q E S S E E E E E E +W
|-----------------------------|---------12-15-15-15-15-15-|-(15)-----||
|--17---17---------14---------|---12-15-------------------|----------||
|-(16)-(16)r-17-16-14---------|---------------------------|----------||
|-----------------------16\---|---------------------------|----------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|----------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|----------||
&
G Em C D G Em C D
Gtr II
Q Q Q E E +E Q E E E Q Q Q Q E E +E Q E E E Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I
E E E E Q. E +E E E E E E Q E E E E Q. E +E E E E E E Q
||------7---7-------|------------------|-----7---7-------|--------------------||
||o-8---8---8-----5-|-(5)-5---5-----8--|-8---8---8-----5-|-(5)-5---5-----8---o||
||--7---7---9-----5-|-(5)-5---5-7-7-7--|-7---7---9-----5-|-(5)-5---5-7-7-7----||
||--9---9---9-----5-|-(5)-5---5-7-7-7--|-9---9---9-----5-|-(5)-5---5-7-7-7----||
||o-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
Outro Keyboard Solo
Em G Em C
W +W Q Q Q E E
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
Q H. S S E E a E E E Q E E E E Q. E
|------------|-----------------------------||------7---7--------|
|-8--8-------|-----------------------------||o-8---8---8-----5--|
|-9--9-------|-------12-12----12-12-12-12--||--7---7---9-----5--|
|-9--9-------|-------12-12-12s14-12-12-12--||--9---9---9-----5--|
|-7--7-------|-12h14-----------------------||o------------------|
|------------|-----------------------------||-------------------|
D G Em C D
+E Q E E E Q Q Q Q E E +E Q E E E Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
+E E E E E E Q E E E E Q. E +E E E E E E Q 8x
|------------------|-----7---7-------|-------------------||
|-(5)-5---5-----8--|-8---8---8-----5-|-(5)-5---5-----8--o||
|-(5)-5---5-7-7-7--|-7---7---9-----5-|-(5)-5---5-7-7-7---||
|-(5)-5---5-7-7-7--|-9---9---9-----5-|-(5)-5---5-7-7-7---||
|------------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
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
