Joy Division- Leaders of Men Guitar Tab By Octarange(octarange@yahoo.co.uk) 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 77777 //// 55555 B 88888 //// 66666 G xxxxx //// xxxxx D xxxxx //// xxxxx A 99999 //// 77777 E 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 ------------------------------------- B ------------------------------------- G 55555--7-77777--55555-11-1111111111-6 D 44444--6-66666--44444-10-1010101010-5 A 33333--5-55555--33333-9 -9 9 9 9 9 -4 E ------------------------------------- E --------------33333///12 B --------------44444///13 G 55555 7 7777--xxxxx///x D 44444 6 6666--xxxxx///x A 33333 5 5555--55555///14 E --------------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 F chord struck a nine times. E 1 B 1 G 2 D 3 A 3 E 1 Listen to the song to get the right timings. This is done from the substance version of the song, not the warsaw one.