Not Great Men Tab

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"Not Great Men"
by Gang of Four
from Entertainment

tabbed by: bennyshambles78
email: bennyshambles@gmail.com

Tuning: Standard


Andy Gill has a very specific, choppy style of playing, 
which you have to keep in mind when playing along. 
Hey also has a very brittle, barely overdriven tone.
Although you may be tempted to employ a tremelo bar, 
he does not use one.


Intro Riff (staccato)
Riff I
            
E|---------------3-3-3--3---------------|
B|---------------5-5-3--5---------------|
G|------4---2---------------------------|
D|--4---4---2---------------------------| 
A|--4-----------------------------------| X4
E|--------------------------------------|

Bass

G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|---------------7-7-5--7---------------|
E|--2---2---2---------------0---0---0---|



Continuing Intro/Chorus Riff
Riff II

E|--3-3-3--3--3--3--3-3--3-3--|
B|--5-5p3-h5-p3-h5-p3h5-p3h5-p|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|

Bass

G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|--7-7-5--7------------------|
E|---------------0----0----0--|

He also occasionally ends this riff with a little fill. Here it is:

E|--3------------|
B|-p3------------|
G|----5-5-4-3~---|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|



Verse Riff (after melodica burst)
Riff III

E|---------3------------------|
B|---------3------------------|
G|----------------------------| 
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|12\------------------------12\

Bass

G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|--7-7-5--7------------------|
E|---------------0----0----0--|

Transition to CHORUS                on 7th time it leads
Riff IV                             back to Riff II

E|---------3----------3----------3-|---3-----3-----3-3-3--3
B|---------3----------3----------3-|---3-----3--4--5-5-3--5
G|-------------------(3)--------(3)|--(3)------------------ 
D|---------------------------------|-----------------------
A|---------------------------------|-----------------------
E|12\------------------------------|-----------------------

Bass

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
A|--5-5-3--5--3--5--3--5--3--5--5-|5-5-3--5--3--5--3-------3-|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------5-5----|


There's also a short Bass-only bridge more than halfway through 
that's just a full step up to F#

G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|--2-2-0--2-----2----2----2--|


That's pretty much it, just piece those riffs together.