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Gentle Giant - Why Not?
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
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)

Source: http://www.azchords.com/g/gentlegiant-tabs-28696/whynot-tabs-245745.html

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