Alice in Chains

Alice in Chains - I Stay Away guitar tab

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From: tmvtzet@cs.vu.nl (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 (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 X\Y - 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~---------------------------

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

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

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

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______P.H.______

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

---/12-----12-12-12----12----------------------12----12\--

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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"

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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