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Baby Stay - The Atudes
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Tabbed by: Branden Oliver (the original songwriter)
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Music & Lyrics are copyrighted
Educational Purposes Only
Tuning: Standard - EADGBE
Key of: E Major (bluesy)
Tempo : Quarter = 160
Intro:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|7---------5---7-------------5---|
E|------5-7-------------5-7-------|
Verse (E9 chord):
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----7-----7---7-----7-----7---7-|
B|----7-----7---7-----7-----7---7-|
G|----7-----7---7-----7-----7---7-|
D|----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-|
A|7---7---7-7---7-----7---7-7---7-|
E|--------------------------------|
Verse (A7 chord):
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--------------------------------|
B|----5-----5---5-----5-----5---5-|
G|----6-----6---6-----6-----6---6-|
D|----5-----5---5-----5-----5---5-|
A|--------------------------------|
E|5---5---5-5---5-----5---5-5---5-|
Verse (B7 chord):
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|
B|----7-----7---7-|
G|----8-----8---8-|
D|----7-----7---7-|
A|----------------|
E|7---7---7-7---7-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/branden_oliver/baby_stay_tab.html ]
Middle 8 (A7 chord):
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|
B|----5-------5---|
G|----6-------6---|
D|----5-------5---|
A|----------------|
E|5-5-5---5-5-5---|
Middle 8 (E9 chord):
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----7-------7---|
B|----7-------7---|
G|----7-------7---|
D|----6-------6---|
A|7-7-7---7-7-7---|
E|----------------|
Middle 8 (B9 and B+9 chords):
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--------------------------------|
B|----7---7---7---8---8---8-8-8-8-|
G|----8---8---8---8---8---8-8-8-8-|
D|----7---7---7---7---7---7-7-7-7-|
A|--------------------------------|
E|7-7-7---7---7---7---7---7-7-7-7-|
Last three chords of song (D9 - D#9 - E9):
e|5-6-7-|
B|5-6-7-|
G|5-6-7-|
D|4-5-6-|
A|5-6-7-|
E|------|
The Verse section stems from 12 bar blues
Song Form is essentially:
Intro ---- (Intro 2 times, Verse E9 chord 2 times)
Verse ---- (Verse: E9 E9 A7 E9 B7 A7*first half only* E9)
Verse ---- (same as before)
Middle 8 - (Middle 8: A7 2 times, E9 2 times, A7 times, B7 and B+7)
Verse ---- (same as before)
Middle 8 - (same as before)
Verse ---- (same as before)
Outro ---- (Verse: B7 A7*first half only* E9, strum B7, strum A7, last three chords)
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| B Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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