Stay bass tab by The Four Seasons

Bass tabs

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: Bb

Difficulty: Intermediate

STAY (Bassline)
As recorded by The Four Seasons
(From the 1963 Album BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY & 12 OTHERS)

Words and Music by Maurice Williams
Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Nick Massi - Bass'

 Intro:
 Q=113
 4/4
 Gtr I
  W     +W      W     +E E Q Q Q
G|-3--------|-(3)--------|----------|----------0--2--||
D|----------|------------|-5--------|-(5)---3--------||
A|----------|------------|----------|----------------||
E|----------|------------|----------|----------------||

 Chorus:
   Q E E Q Q  Q E E Q E E  Q E E Q Q  Q E E Q E E
G||--3------------|-----------0-2-|-3------------|-----------0-2--||
D||o------3-5--3--|------5-3------|------3-5--3--|------5-3------o||
A||o--------------|-6-------------|--------------|-6-------------o||
E||---------------|---------------|--------------|----------------||


 Verse:
  Q E E Q Q  Q E E Q E E  Q E E Q Q  Q E E Q E E
G|-3------------|-----------0-2-|-3------------|-----------0-2--|
D|------3-5--3--|------5-3------|------3-5--3--|------5-3-------|
A|--------------|-6-------------|--------------|-6--------------|
E|--------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|


  Q E E Q Q  Q E E Q E E  W     a Q a Q a E E E E
G|-3------------|-----------0-2-|-0--------|-5h7--5h7--5h7-3-----||
D|------3-5--3--|------5-3------|----------|-----------------5-3-||
A|--------------|-6-------------|----------|---------------------||
E|--------------|---------------|----------|---------------------||


 Chorus:
  Q E E Q Q  Q E E Q E E  Q E E Q Q  Q E E Q E E
G|-3------------|-----------0-2-|-3------------|-----------0-2--|
D|------3-5--3--|------5-3------|------3-5--3--|------5-3-------|
A|--------------|-6-------------|--------------|-6--------------|
E|--------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|

  Q E E Q Q  Q E E Q E E  Q E E Q Q  Q E E E E E E
G|-3------------|-----------0-2-|-3------------|-3------3-3------||
D|------3-5--3--|------5-3------|-----------5--|------3----------||
A|--------------|-6-------------|------5-6-----|------------1-1--||
E|--------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------||


 Bridge:
  Q.  E Q E E  Q.  E Q E E  E Q Q.  Q  E Q E +E E E E
G|--------7--7---|--------7----7-|--------------|-------------------|
D|-0----7------7-|------7--------|-5----5-------|-5----5-(5)--------|
A|---------------|-5---------5---|--------------|--------------0-1--|
E|---------------|---------------|--------------|------------3------|


  Q.  E Q Q  Q.  E Q Q  E E E E H   Q Q E E E E
G|--------5--5--|--------5--5--|--------------|-----------0-2--||
D|------5-------|------5-------|-3---3--------|-3--3--3-3------||
A|-3------------|-3------------|--------------|----------------||
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||


 Chorus:
   Q E E Q Q  Q E E Q E E  Q E E Q Q  Q E E Q E E
G||--3------------|-----------0-2-|-3------------|-----------0-2--||
D||o------3-5--3--|------5-3------|------3-5--3--|------5-3------o||
A||o--------------|-6-------------|--------------|-6-------------o||
E||---------------|---------------|--------------|----------------||


 Outro:
   Q E E Q Q  Q E E Q E E  Q E E Q Q  Q E E Q E E
G||--3------------|-----------0-2-|-3------------|-----------0-2--||
D||o------3-5--3--|------5-3------|------3-5--3--|------5-3------o||
A||o--------------|-6-------------|--------------|-6-------------o||
E||---------------|---------------|--------------|----------------||

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Duration 🏷Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

| (n) - note tied to previous
|  h  - hammer-on
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