"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|------------
B|------------
G|------4---2-
D|--4---4---2-
A|--4---------
E|------------

---3-3-3--3---
---5-5-3--5---
--------------
--------------
--------------
--------------

------------|
------------|
------------|
------------| 
------------| X4
------------|

Bass

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

--------------
--------------
---7-7-5--7---
--------------

------------|
------------|
------------|
0---0---0---|



Continuing Intro/Chorus Riff
Riff II

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

3--3--3-3--3-3
3-h5-p3h5-p3h5
--------------
--------------
--------------
--------------

--|
-p|
--|
--|
--|
--|

Bass

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

--------------
--------------
--------------
---0----0----0

--|
--|
--|
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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|------------

---|
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Verse Riff (after melodica burst)
Riff III

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

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--------------
--------------
--------------
--------------
--------------

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

--------3-----
--------3-----
-------(3)----
--------------
--------------
--------------

-----3-|---3--
-----3-|---3--
----(3)|--(3)-
-------|------
-------|------
-------|------

---3-----3-3-3
---3--4--5-5-3
--------------
--------------
--------------
--------------

--3
--5
--- 
---
---
---

Bass

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

--------------
--------------
3--5--3--5--3-
--------------

------|-------
------|-------
-5--5-|5-5-3--
------|-------

--------------
--------------
5--3--5--3----
------------5-

-----|
-----|
---3-|
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

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