Stay bass tab by The Four Seasons

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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