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STAY
As recorded by Savatage
(From the 1998 Album THE WAKE OF MAGELLAN)
Transcribed by Adder_XYU@hotmail.com
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Acoustic'
Intro
Q=108
Emadd2 C/E Dsus4/E C/E Emadd2 C/E Dsus4/E C/E
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|
|-----4-------5---|-----7-------5---|-----4-------5---|-----7-------5---|
|---2-------3-----|---5-------3-----|---2-------3-----|---5-------3-----|
|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
Verse 1
Emadd2 C/E Dsus4/E C/E B
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|------------------|
||--------0-------0-|-------0-------0--||-----------------|---------4-4-4-4--|
||------4-------5---|-----7-------5----||-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
||o---2-------3-----|---5-------3-----o||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
||--0-------0-------|-0-------0--------||-----------------|------------------|
Emadd2 C/E Dsus4/E C/E Emadd2 C/E Dsus4/E C/E
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0---||
||------4-------5---|-----7-------5---|-----4-------5---|-----7-------5-----||
||o---2-------3-----|---5-------3-----|---2-------3-----|---5-------3------o||
||--0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0---------||
Chorus
Am7
Q E E +E E E E +E E +E E E E E E
|-^0--0-0-(0)-----3-|-(3)-3-(3)-3-(3)-0-----|
|-^1--1-------1---1-|-(1)-1-(1)-1-(1)---1---|
|-^0--0---------0---|--------------0------0-|
|-^2--2-------------|-----------------------|
|-^0--0-------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
Q E E +E E E E +E E +E E +E E E E
|-^0--0-0-(0)-----3-|-(3)-3-(3)-3-(3)-0-----|
|-^1--1-------1---1-|-(1)-1-(1)-1-(1)-1-1---|
|-^0--0---------0---|-----------0-(0)-0-0-0-|
|-^2--2---------2---|-----------------2-2-2-|
|-^0--0-------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
(E)
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2---3---5-----2-|---5---3---2-0-0-|-2---3---5-----2-|---5---3---2-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
(E)
PM----------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2---3---5-----2-|---5---3---2-0-0-|-2---3---5-----2-|---5---3---2-0---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Break
Emadd2 C/E Dsus4/E C/E Emadd2 C/E Dsus4/E C/E
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|
|-----4-------5---|-----7-------5---|-----4-------5---|-----7-------5---|
|---2-------3-----|---5-------3-----|---2-------3-----|---5-------3-----|
|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
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Verse 2
Emadd2 C/E Dsus4/E C/E Emadd2 C/E Dsus4/E C/E
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|
|-----4-------5---|-----7-------5---|-----4-------5---|-----7-------5---|
|---2-------3-----|---5-------3-----|---2-------3-----|---5-------3-----|
|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
Emadd2 C/E Dsus4/E C/E B
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------5-5-5-4-4-0-|
|-------0-------0-|-------0---------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-----4-------5---|-----7-------5---|-----------4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|---2-------3-----|---5-------3---3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-----------------|-------------------|
Emadd2 C/E Dsus4/E C/E Emadd2 C/E Dsus4/E C/E
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0---||
||------4-------5---|-----7-------5---|-----4-------5---|-----7-------5-----||
||o---2-------3-----|---5-------3-----|---2-------3-----|---5-------3------o||
||--0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0---------||
Chorus
Am7
Q +E E +E E E E +E E +E E E E E E
|-^0--(0)-0-(0)-----3-|-(3)-3-(3)-3-(3)-0-----|
|-^1--(1)-------1-----|--------------1----1---|
|-^0--(0)---------0---|--------------0------0-|
|-^2--(2)-------------|-----------------------|
|-^0--(0)-------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
Q E E +E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|-^0--0-0-(0)-----3-|-(3)-3-(3)----------|
|-^1--1-------1---1-|-(1)-1-(1)-1-1-1-1--|
|-^0--0---------0---|--------0--0-0-0-0--|
|-^2--2-------------|-----------2-2-2-2--|
|-^0--0-------------|-----------0-0-0-0--|
|-------------------|--------------------|
(E)
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------|
||o-2---3---5-----2-|---5---3---2-0-0-o||-2---3---5-----2-|---5---3---2-0----|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
Outro
Emadd2 C/E Dsus4/E C/E Emadd2 C/E Dsus4/E C/E
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|
|-----4-------5---|-----7-------5---|-----4-------5---|-----7-------5---|
|---2-------3-----|---5-------3-----|---2-------3-----|---5-------3-----|
|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
H.=H Q=80
Emadd2 C/E Dsus4/E C/E
2/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H
|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
|-----------------|---------------0-|-(0)----|
|-------0-------0-|-------0---------|--------|
|-----4-------5---|-----7-------5---|--------|
|---2-------3-----|---5-------3-----|--------|
|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|--------|
Q=108
Emadd2
4/4
S S S S E E +H +W
|--------------------0--(0)----|-(0)----*|
|----------------0--(0)-(0)----|-(0)----*|
|------------0--(0)-(0)-(0)----|-(0)----*|
|--------4--(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)----|-(4)----*|
|----2--(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)----|-(2)----*|
|-0-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)----|-(0)----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
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. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
