Gentle Giant - Why Not?
tabbed by Lorenzo Fattori - L_fattori@libero.it
VERSE
1st verse intro 2nd verse intro
e |--------------| |----------|
B |--------------| |----------|
G |-----------3--| |----------|
D |--------------| |-------3--|
A |-------3-5----| |---3-5----|
E |---3-6--------| |----------|
main riff
e |----------------------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------------3--|
D |-5--3-5--3-5-3-5-5-3--------3-5--3-5--3-5-----|
A |---------------------3b-----------------------|
E |------------------------6---------------------|
CHORUS ...Dead before playing
A#A# F F
e |--------------------|-6-6----------1-1--|
B |--------------------|-6-6----------1-1--|
G |-5--3-5--3-5-3------|-7-7----------2-2--|
D |---------------5-3--|-8-8----------3-3--|
A |--------------------|-8-6----------3-3--|
E |--------------------|-6-6----------1-1--|
on the last chorus, after this part just play:
"...Dead before playing"
A# A# D D
PRE-SOLO 1
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/gentle_giant/why_not_tab.html ]
e |------------4-4--|--------------12-12--|-13-13--12-10--------|
B |------6-5-3------|------11-10-8--------|--------------10-10--|
G |-4-4-------------|-9-9-----------------|---------------------|
D |-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A |-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E |-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-10-13-11-11--14-14-15--|-13-15--13-15-13-15--13-15--13-15--13-15--|
|------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------------------|
PRE-SOLO 2
e |------------------------|
B |------------------------|
G |----------------17b-15--|
D |-15-17-15-17-15---------|
A |------------------------|
E |------------------------|
this is the whole song:
A] (keyboard intro)
G5(on fret 12)/slide to fret 3
B] INTRO AND VERSE 1
main riff 4 times
chorus 2 times
C] VERSE 2
main riff 4 times
chorus 2 times
D] BRIDGE
pre-solo1
E] SOLO 1
(this solo is just an improvisation on the minor G pentathonic scale,
and the rhythm part is same as the verse 2)
F] VERSE 3
main riff 4 times
chorus 2 times
G] SOLO 2
pre-solo2 5 times
solo 2
(same as the first solo, this is an improvisation on the minor G scale)
