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Stay Young - Bill Nelsons Red Noise
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Tabbed by: axe victim
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A track from the seminal 'Sound On Sound' album recorded during
Bill Nelson's 'Red Noise' period. Another major-chord frenzy!
Tuning: EADGBe
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
Intro and main riff:
___C_______________F________________Bb______________Eb_____________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------8---------------10-----|---------6---------------8------|
G|---------9---------------10-----|---------7---------------8------|
D|---------10--------------10-----|---------8---------------8------|
A|---------10------8---8---8------|---------8-------6---6---6------|
E|-8---8---8----------------------|-6---6---6----------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
Repeat four times, then:
Verse:
___C_______________F________________Bb______________Eb_____________
" Here comes a message... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------8---------------10-----|---------6---------------8------|
G|---------9---------------10-----|---------7---------------8------|
D|---------10--------------10-----|---------8---------------8------|
A|---------10------8---8---8------|---------8-------6---6---6------|
E|-8---8---8----------------------|-6---6---6----------------------|
___C_______________F________________Bb______________Eb_____________
" It's so important... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------8---------------10-----|---------6---------------8------|
G|---------9---------------10-----|---------7---------------8------|
D|---------10--------------10-----|---------8---------------8------|
A|---------10------8---8---8------|---------8-------6---6---6------|
E|-8---8---8----------------------|-6---6---6----------------------|
___C_______________F________________Bb______________Eb_____________
" here comes the message... it says... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------8---------------10-----|---------6---------------8------|
G|---------9---------------10-----|---------7---------------8------|
D|---------10--------------10-----|---------8---------------8------|
A|---------10------8---8---8------|---------8-------6---6---6------|
E|-8---8---8----------------------|-6---6---6----------------------|
Chorus:
___G#______________F#_______________G#______________B______________
" stay young... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|---------5---------------3------|---------5---------------8------|
D|---------6---------------4------|---------6---------------9------|
A|---------6---------------4------|---------6---------------9------|
E|-4---4---4-------2---2---2------|-4---4---4-------7---7---7------|
___G#______________F#_______________B_______________C#_____________
" stay young... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|---------5---------------3------|-------------4---6--------------|
D|---------6---------------4------|---------4-----------6----------|
A|---------6---------------4------|-----6-------------------8---4--|
E|-4---4---4-------2---2---2------|-7------------------------------|
___G#______________F#_______________G#______________B______________
" stay young... and keep in... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|---------5---------------3------|---------5---------------8------|
D|---------6---------------4------|---------6---------------9------|
A|---------6---------------4------|---------6---------------9------|
E|-4---4---4-------2---2---2------|-4---4---4-------7---7---7------|
___________________________________________________________________
" touch... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------9~~~~~~|
G|---------7---------------6------|---------7-----------6----------|
D|-----8-------8-------8-------8--|-----8-------8------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-6---------------6--------------|-6---------------6--------------|
___________________________________________________________________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|---------7---------------6------|-10--9---8---7------------------|
D|-----8-------8-------8-------8--|-----------------11--10--9---8--|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-6---------------6--------------|--------------------------------|
Repeat verse, until...
___________________________________________________________________
" touch... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------9~~~~~~|
G|---------7---------------6------|---------7-----------6----------|
D|-----8-------8-------8-------8--|-----8-------8------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-6---------------6--------------|-6---------------6--------------|
___________________________________________________________________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|---------7---------------6------|--------------------------------|
D|-----8-------8-------8-------8--|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-6---------------6--------------|-6---5---6---5---6---5---4---3--|
Middle part:
___F#______________C#_______________G#_____________________________
" some people wear youth like a mask... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-----------------6--------------|--------------------------------|
D|-4---------------6--------------|-6------------------------------|
A|-4---------------4--------------|-6---------------1---2---1------|
E|-2------------------------------|-4---------------------------4--|
___F#______________C#_______________G#_____________________________
" some people like you... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-----------------6--------------|--------------------------------|
D|-4---------------6--------------|-6------------------------------|
A|-4---------------4--------------|-6---------------1---2---1------|
E|-2------------------------------|-4---------------------------4--|
___F#______________C#_______________G#_____________________________
" some people don't care about that... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-----------------6--------------|--------------------------------|
D|-4---------------6--------------|-6------------------------------|
A|-4---------------4--------------|-6---------------1---2---1------|
E|-2------------------------------|-4---------------------------4--|
___F#______________C#_______________G#_____________________________
" some people stay cool... "
e|--------------------------------|-----------------x---x---x------|
B|--------------------------------|-----------------x---x---x------|
G|-----------------6--------------|-----------------x---x---x------|
D|-4---------------6--------------|-6---------------x---x---x------|
A|-4---------------4--------------|-6---------------x---x---x------|
E|-2------------------------------|-4---------------x---x---x------|
___F#______________C#______________
" some people like... "
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-----------------6--------------|
D|-4---------------6--------------|
A|-4---------------4--------------|
E|-2------------------------------|
___B___________F#______G___________________________________________
" yo - ou - ou... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-4------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-4-----------4-------5----------|--------------------------------|
A|-2-----------4-------5----------|--------------------------------|
E|-------------2-------3----------|--------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/red_noise/stay_young_tab.html ]
___D___________A_______Bb__________________________________________
" yo - ou - ou... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-7------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-7-----------7-------8----------|--------------------------------|
A|-5-----------7-------8----------|--------------------------------|
E|-------------5-------6----------|--------------------------------|
___C_______________F________________Bb______________Eb_____________
( harmonica solo... )
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------8---------------10-----|---------6---------------8------|
G|---------9---------------10-----|---------7---------------8------|
D|---------10--------------10-----|---------8---------------8------|
A|---------10------8---8---8------|---------8-------6---6---6------|
E|-8---8---8----------------------|-6---6---6----------------------|
Repeat harmonica solo chord sequence three times, then...
___C#______________________________________________________________
( saxophone solo... )
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|
D|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|
A|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___F#______________________________________________________________
( saxophone solo... )
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--|
A|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--|
E|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|
Repeat sax solo chord sequence once more, then...
___C#______________________________________________________________
( lead guitar joins in... )
e|/21~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-21----20----18-----------------|
B|--------------------------------|-----------------21~~~~~-18--19-|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___F#______________________________________________________________
e|---------18---------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-21--21-------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-------------18~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------4---3--------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------6------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
___C#______________________________________________________________
e|--------------------------------|/21----20----18-----------------|
B|--------------------------------|-----------------21~~~~~-18--19-|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|--------------------------------|
___F#______________________________________________________________
e|---------18---------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-21--21-------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-------------18~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------4---3--------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------6------|
Repeat chord sequence and lead guitar parts until...
___B___________G___________________________________________________
( riff... )
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------7--|--------------------------------|
D|-9-----------5-------------6----|-5------------------------------|
A|-9-----------5-----------5------|-------6-----5------------------|
E|-7-----------3------------------|-----------------7-----6-----5--|
___B___________G___________________________________________________
( riff... )
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------7--|--------------------------------|
D|-9-----------5-------------6----|-5------------------------------|
A|-9-----------5-----------5------|-------6-----5------------------|
E|-7-----------3------------------|-----------------7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
___B___________G___________________________________________________
( riff... )
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------7--|--------------------------------|
D|-9-----------5-------------6----|-5------------------------------|
A|-9-----------5-----------5------|-------6-----5------------------|
E|-7-----------3------------------|-----------------7-----6-----5--|
___B___________G___________________________________________________
( riff... )
e|--------------------------------|-----------------------------7--|
B|--------------------------------|-------------7---------6--------|
G|-----------------------------7--|-------6---------5--------------|
D|-9-----------5-------------6----|-5------------------------------|
A|-9-----------5-----------5------|--------------------------------|
E|-7-----------3------------------|--------------------------------|
__________________________________
( riff... )
e|-----------------------------9b/|
B|-------------9---------8--------|
G|-------8---------7--------------|
D|-7------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
Repeat intro, verse and chorus until...
___G#______________F#_______________G#______________B______________
" stay young... and keep in... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|---------5---------------3------|---------5---------------8------|
D|---------6---------------4------|---------6---------------9------|
A|---------6---------------4------|---------6---------------9------|
E|-4---4---4-------2---2---2------|-4---4---4-------7---7---7------|
___Bb_______________________________C#_____________________________
" touch.. "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|
D|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|
A|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--|
E|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|--------------------------------|
Ending: " and keep in... "
___Bb______________C#_______________G_______________B______________
" touch! "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-----------------6---6---6---6--|-----------------4---4---4---4--|
D|-8---8---8---8---6---6---6---6--|-5---5---5---5---4---4---4---4--|
A|-8---8---8---8---4---4---4---4--|-5---5---5---5---2---2---2---2--|
E|-6---6---6---6------------------|-3---3---3---3------------------|
___F________________________________F!_____________________________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-3------------------------------|
A|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-3------------------------------|
E|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1--|-1------------------------------|
Lyrics:
Here is a message...
It's all important...
Here comes the message...
It says,
Stay young, stay young...
Stay young, and keep in touch!
We're growing older...
Time waits for no man...
We must be bolder...
We've got to...
Stay young, stay young...
Stay young, and keep in touch!
Some people wear youth like a mask
Some people like you...
Some people don't care about that
Some people stay cool...
Some people like you...
Here is a warning...
Stop, look and listen...
This is your mission...
You've got to,
Stay young, stay young...
Stay young, and keep in touch!
The styles are changing...
It's so exciting...
And so inviting...
For you to,
Stay young, stay young...
Stay young, and keep in touch!
Words and music by Bill Nelson.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
