Gentle Giant - Why Not?
tabbed by Lorenzo Fattori - L_fattori@libero.it
VERSE
1st verse intro 2nd verse introe |--------------| |----------|B |--------------| |----------|G |-----------3--| |----------|D |--------------| |-------3--|A |-------3-5----| |---3-5----|E |---3-6--------| |----------|
main riffe |----------------------------------------------|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 Fe |--------------------|-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)
