Not Great Men Chords & Tabs
"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:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/gang_of_four/not_great_men_tab_ver_2.html ]
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.
