Gang of Four - 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.