Stay Or Leave Chords & Tabs
Stay or Leave (Live from Millet Hall, Miami University 3/31/03)
Transcribed by C. David Walters
I've seen some tabs with capos, but when I saw Dave do this live, it didnt look like he used one.
e :---2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2------0-0-0-0-------------------------------------0-0-0-0------------|
B :---3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3------5-5-5-5----0-0-0-0----3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3----0-0-0-0------------|
G :---4-4-4-4----2-2-2-2--4/6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-4----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0------------|
D :---4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4--5/7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-|
A :-2---2-2-2--5---5-5-5------0-0-0-0------------------------5-5-5-5-5-------------4-4-4-4-4-|
E :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(part A)
e :---2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2------0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-|
B :---3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3------5-5-5-5----0-0-0-0----3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G :---4-4-4-4----2-2-2-2--4/6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-4----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D :---4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4--5/7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-|
A :-2---2-2-2--5---5-5-5------0-0-0-0------------------------5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|
E :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Part B)
These two make up the verse pattern. The verse consists of A B A B
e :0--3--2--0-|
B :0--3--3--2-|
G :0--0--2--2-|
D :2--0--0--2-|
A :2--2-----0-| chorus x's 3 Then verse pattern and chorus again.
E :0--3-------|
(chorus)
After second chorus go into bridge 1
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/matthews_dave/stay_or_leave_tab.html ]
e :0----0----0----0-----------0----0--0----0---0-|
B :5----5----5----5-----------5----5--5----5---5-|
G :4----4----4----4-----------4----4--4----4---4-|
D :2----2----0----0----6-----------------6---5---|
A :x-------5----4-----------5----4--4------------|
E :4--3------------------7-----------------------|
(bridge 1)
its important to emphasize the single bass notes in the above. This leads to a sorta verse
e :---2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------0-0-0-0------------|
B :---3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3----0-0-0-0------------|
G :---4-4-4-4----2-2-2-2--4/6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0------------|
D :---4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4--5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---4-4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-|
A :-2---2-2-2--5---5-5-5------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------5-5-5-5-5-------------4-4-4-4-4-|
E :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(part C)
e :---2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2------0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-|
B :---3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
G :---4-4-4-4----2-2-2-2--4/6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
D :---4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4--5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A :-2---2-2-2--5---5-5-5------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| then to "remember..."
E :---------------------------------------------|
(part D)
e :3--------0----0-------------0----3----5----0----0----3----5-|
B :3--------0----3----5--------0----3----5----5----0----3----5-|
G :0--------0----0----4--------0----0----6----4----0----0----6-|
D :0--------2----4----2--------2----0----7----2----2----0----7-|
A :2--------2----5----4--------2----2----7----x----2----2----7-|
E :3--------0------------------0----3----5----4----0----3----5-|
(bridge 2)
The lay of the song is: A B x's 4
chorus x's 3
A B x's 3
chorus x's 3
bridge 1 x's 1
C x's 1
D x's 1
bridge 2 x's 1
bridge 1 x's 1
D x's 1
bridge 2 x's 1
