The Machman Tab (ver 2) - Gary Numan
The Machman Tab
Band: Gary Numan & Tubeway Army Album: Replicas Song: The Machman Year: 1979 Tuning: Standard Key: G major/E minor This is my attempt at Gary Numan's/Tubeway Army's "The Machman". Intro: E-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B-----------------------------------------------------------------------| G-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D------2------------------------2---------------------------------------| A----------2--4--4------------------2--4--4-----------------------------| E---0---------------2b--0---0----------------2b--0----------------------| At 00:15 Gary plays: 1st Verse/Main: E-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B-----------------------------------------------------------------------| G-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D------2------------------------2--------------------7--6--7--6---------| A----------2--4--4------------------2--4--4----------5--4--5--4---------| E---0---------------2b--0---0----------------2b--0----------------------| Chorus: E-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B-----------------------------------------------------------------------| G-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D--9-x-9-9-x-x---------------5-x-5-5-x----------------------------------| A--7-x-7-7-x-x--9-x-9-9-x-x--7-x-7-7-x--5-x-5-5-x-x---------------------| E---------------7-x-7-7-x-x-------------7-x-7-7-x-x---------------------| Gary hits the last chord (C5) something like 14 times but just play until the Verse/Main riff comes up. E-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B-----------------------------------------------------------------------| G-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D--9-x-9-9-x-x-9-x-9-9-x-x-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-5----------------------------| A--7-x-7-7-x-x-7-x-7-7-x-x-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-3----------------------------| E-----------------------------------------------------------------------| After the Chorus comes the Verse/Main riff. The Chorus then comes again. After the 2nd Chorus, the Verse has a slight twist to it. 2nd Verse: This is played from 1:30-2:02. At 2:02 Gary returns to playing the 1st Verse/Main riff. E-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B-----------------------------------------------------------------------| G-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D------2------------------------2-----7-6-7-6---------------------------| A----------2--4--4-----------------2--5-4-5-4---------------------------| E---0---------------2b--0---0-------------------------------------------| Return to 1st Verse/Main riff: E-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B-----------------------------------------------------------------------| G-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D------2------------------------2---------------------------------------| A----------2--4--4------------------2--4--4-----------------------------| E---0---------------2b--0---0----------------2b--0----------------------| E-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B-----------------------------------------------------------------------| G-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D------2--------------------7--6--7--6----------------------------------| A----------2--4--4----------5--4--5--4----------------------------------| E---0---------------2b--0-----------------------------------------------| The Chorus comes again and then the 1st Verse/Main riff is played until about 2:59. Gary then hits an E5 at 3:00. D--2-----| A--2-----| E--0-----| Gary holds that chord for about 2 seconds and then does a pick scratch. I hope this tab helped whoever wanted to learn this song. Any questions, concerns, comments, corrections, hate mail, racial slurs, and/or sexy selfies can be left at [email protected] P.S. I was kidding about the selfies... Learn to play "Gary Numan" with online video lessons UG plus: remove banner comments We did not receive enough feedback on this tab! Please rate: print report bad tab 1 2 3 4 5 I want to post comment or correction [tab] guest You may want to rate the tab now too: select rating Please do not post tabs as comments. 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