Tabs
Joy Division- Leaders of Men Guitar Tab
By Octarange([email protected])
Song by Curtis/Hook/Sumner/Morris
/= slide
p= pull off h=hammer on
x= mute strings slightly
Introduction;
The song begins with this riff. The riffs change but its easy to find out which bits
to place which riff at by listening to the song.
E MajorE 77777 //// 55555
BB 88888 //// 66666
G+G xxxxx //// xxxxx
D MajorD xxxxx //// xxxxx
A augmentedA 99999 //// 77777
E MajorE 77777 //// 55555
The above riff is repeated a few times and then switches to;
2nd Riff during Verse;
E-----12 12 12 ///-9
B-----13 13 13 ///-10
G-----0--0 0 ///-0
D-----0--0- 0 ///-0
A-----14-14-14 ///-11
E-----12-12-12 ///-9
The above is the main riff. Basically the whole song revolves around this riff, which is
sometimes played more abrupt and angularly as shown above, or in the lower frets each
chord is strummed.
0:37- "when your times on the door..."
E MajorE -------------------------------------
BB -------------------------------------
G+G 55555--7-77777--55555-11-1111111111-6
D MajorD 44444--6-66666--44444-10-1010101010-5
A augmentedA 33333--5-55555--33333-9 -9 9 9 9 9 -4
E MajorE -------------------------------------
E MajorE --------------33333///12
BB --------------44444///13
G+G 55555 7 7777--xxxxx///x
D MajorD 44444 6 6666--xxxxx///x
A augmentedA 33333 5 5555--55555///14
E MajorE --------------33333///12
after the slide is indicated the as shown above the riff becomes like the first part again.
The end bit of the song when bernard sumner plays a bunch of notes until the final chord;
E--- --------4--3-----2-2-2--2
B---2h3p2---------2- 3-3-3
This is repeated i think 3 times
then it ends with an FF chord struck a nine times.
E MajorE 1
BB 1
G+G 2
D MajorD 3
A augmentedA 3
E MajorE 1
Listen to the song to get the right timings. This is done from the substance version
of the song, not the warsaw one.