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 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)