I Stay Away

After finding the time and the capo I finally got to work on this
song. It looks like there's 3 guitars in this song:

Guitar 1 - a clean electric with a capo on the 5th fret
Guitar 2 - a distorted electric with dropped-D tuning (DADGBE)
Guitar 3 - just your average distorted guitar

It's possible to play the solo with the dropped D (just raise fretnumbers
on low E-string by 2) and the verse-chords with a finger-barre, but I can't
advise that.. Here goes..

Notation

XhY     - hammer on
XpY     - pull off
XbY     - bend at fret X to pitch of fret Y
XrY     - release bent note at pitch of fret X to pitch of fret Y
X~~     - vibrato
(X)     - ghost note
X/Y X\Y - slides from X up/down to Y
(...)   - hold previous note



INTRO/VERSE - Guitar 1, positions relative to capo on 5th fret

    D             Csus2/D
e|---5-----5-5-------3---- 
b---5h(7)-5-5-------3----  
g---7-----7-7-------5----  
d---0-----0-0--0-0--0----  
a--------------0-0-------  
D|------------------------ 


  Csus2   G/B    Gsus2         D5
e|-------------------------------- 
b--------------------------------  
g------0----0--------------------  
d----0----0--------0---0---------  
a--3----2--------0---0--------0-0  
D|--------------5---5------5-4-0-0 


PRE-CHORUS - Guitar 2, chord notes implied by vocals & bass


  Why you act crazy
  Not an act maybe
  etc.

        D                             F 
  ---------------------------------------------------------- 
  ---------------------------------------------------------- 
  ---------------------------------------------------------- 
  ------5h6p5p3--------------------------------------------- 
  ---------------5h6p5p3------------------------------------ 
  ------------------------5h6p5p3(...)b5(...)r3~~----------- 

  Count 1        &        2           3      4

        E                             D#
  ---------------------------------------------------------- 
  ---------------------------------------------------------- 
  ---------------------------------------------------------- 
  ------5h6p5p3--------------------------------------------- 
  ---------------5h6p5p3------------------------------------ 
  ------------------------5h6p5p3(...)b5(...)r3~~----------- 

        1        &        2           3      4



CHORUS/OUTRO - Guitar 2


  I stay away
  ---------------------------------------------------------- 
  --3------------------------------------------------------- 
  --2------------------------------------------------------- 
  --0--------8--------8---10---12--------------------------- 
  --0--------8--------8---10---12--------------------------- 
  --0--------8--------8---10---12--------------------------- 



SOLO - Guitar 3, enters with short ascending run on the end of
       chorus
  ---------------------------------------------------------- 
  ---------------------------------------------------------- 
  -----------------------------5---5----7b9~~----r7--5---5-- 
  -----------2--3--5---5/7~~-----7---------------------7---- 
  --1--3--5------------------------------------------------- 
  ---------------------------------------------------------- 

  ---------------------------------------------------------- 
  ---------------------------------------------------------- 
  --5------------------------------------------------------- 
  -----7--6--5--5--5b6----5--------------------------------- 
  ---------------------------8--5---3h5p3h5p3h5p3h5---x-x--- 
  ---------------------------------------------------------- 

    _____________P.H.____________
  ---------------------------------------------------------- 
  ---------------------------------------------------------- 
  ---------------------------------------------------------- 
  ---/5--3p0h3---------------------5b6---r5----------------- 
  --------------5p3p0--------------------------------------- 
  ---------------------5p3h5---3~--------------------------- 

  ---------------------------------------------------------- 
  ---------------------------------------------------------- 
  ----------------------------------------5--7-------------- 
  ---5--5--5--5--3----------------3--5/7-------------------- 
  ------------------5----5--3--5---------------------------- 
  ---------------------------------------------------------- 

     ______P.H.______
  ---------------------------------------------------------- 
  ---------------------------------------------------------- 
  --------10----------10-----12b14--12b14r12--10----10------ 
  ---/12-----12-12-12----12----------------------12----12\-- 
  ---------------------------------------------------------- 
  ---------------------------------------------------------- 



Date: Sat, 4 Nov 95 10:04:24 MST

Subject: i stay away by Aics


    this is i stay away THE RIGHT WAY by alice in chains.  You start off
with a D chord, C,then into this riff,1:
1:             3
2:
3:    0     0
4:  0     0    0                     X?
5:3     2      2
6:             3  3  3 3 2 0
    The post chorus is 4 power chords D, F, E, and D#
Chorus is
1:0  0  0
2:3  3  3
3:2  2  2
4:              8   8  10  12
5:              8   8  10  12
6:              6   6  8   10
Sorry, i'm still working on the solo


    this home-made tab is by ADAM BENDORF alias THE DUDE on compuserve
alias SEYMOUR BUTTS alias KICK-HAPPY.



Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 23:16:15 -0700
From: "Denis L. Davis"
Subject: TAB:  "I STAY AWAY" BY ALICE IN CHAINS


How to play I Stay Away the right way.  First tune your guitar down (Db,
Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb)

()=hammer-on or pull-off
b=bend
e|-------2--0-------0----------]-----------------------------------] 
b-3-----3--3-------3----------]-----------------------------------]  
g-0-(2)-2--2-0-----0----------]------0------0---------------------]  
d-0-------------0--2----------]----0------0-------0-----0---------]  
a-0----------------3----------]--3------2-------0-----0-----------]  
e-0---------------------------]---------------5-----5-----5-4-0---]  


Pre-Chorus:
e|------------------------------------------------------------- 
b-------------------------------------------------------------  
g-------------------------------------------------------------  
d-5b-5-3-(5)-(3)-(0)---0-----------------------5b--5(3)-------  
a--------------------3---3-(0)---------------------------       
e|------------------------------5-3b----3b-3------------------  

e|--------------------------] 
b--------------------------]  
g--------------------------]  
d--------------------------]  
a-0-(3)-(5)--3-(0)---------]  
e|------------------3b---3--]