Bass tabs
Tuning: Drop D (D A D G)
Words by Trent Reznor Music by Nine Inch Nails
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Synth'
Gtr II (D A D G) - 'Bass I (Clean)'
Gtr III (D A D G) - 'Bass II (Dist.)'
Intro
Q=136
4/4
Gtr I
Wx12
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Verse I
Wx8
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Q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
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|----3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|----3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|
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Q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
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|----3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|----3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--||
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Interlude
E E q q q q q q q E E q q q q q q q
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|-----3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-----3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|
|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|
|---0----------|-------------|---0----------|-------------|
|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|
|-0------------|-------------|-0------------|-------------|
E E q q q q q q q E E q q q q q q q
|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------||
|-----3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-----3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--||
|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------||
|---0----------|-------------|---0----------|-------------||
|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------||
|-0------------|-------------|-0------------|-------------||
Chorus
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W W
|------------------|-----------------|----------|------|
|------------------|-----------------|----------|------|
|------------------|-----------------|----------|------|
|-/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------|------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W W
|------------------|-----------------|----------|------|
|------------------|-----------------|----------|------|
|------------------|-----------------|----------|------|
|-/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------|------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H. E E E E E E E E Q
|------------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------|
|-/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------0-0-|---0-0---0---0--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|-----------------||
|-/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
Pre-Verse
Wx4
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Verse II
Wx8
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Gtr I
W W
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|-----------------------|-----------------------|
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| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-10-12-10-12-12\-0-0-0-|-15-17-10-12-12\-0-0-0-|
W q q q q
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|--3-----3-----3----3---|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
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|-10-12-10-12-12\-0-0-0-|-15-17-10-12-12\-0-0-0-|
Q q q q q q q q
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--------3-----3----3---|--3-----3-----3----3---|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-10-12-10-12-12\-0-0-0-|-15-17-10-12-12\-0-0-0-|
E E q q q q q q q
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|--------3-----3----3---|--3-----3-----3----3---||
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-----0-----------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|--0--------------------|-----------------------||
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
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|-10-12-10-12-12\-0-0-0-|-15-17-10-12-12\-0-0-0-||
Chorus
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W W
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||o------------------|-----------------|----------|------o||
||o------------------|-----------------|----------|------o||
||--/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------|-------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H. E E E E E E E E Q
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|------------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------|
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|-/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------0-0-|---0-0---0---0--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W W
||-------------------|-----------------|----------|-------||
||o------------------|-----------------|----------|------o||
||o------------------|-----------------|----------|------o||
||--/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------|-------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|-/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
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|-10-12-10-12-12\-0-0-0-|-15-17-10-12-12\-0-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W E E E E E E Q
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|------------------|-----------------|----------|----------------|
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|-/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------|---0-0---0---0--|
E E E E E E E E q H. W
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|------------------|------------|------||
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|-/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3----------|------||
Outro
Gtr III
H E E +E. S q Q. E +E. S q Q. E +E E q H. 4x
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||o------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------o||
||o------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------o||
||---------10-(10)s6-|-3-------10-(10)s6-|-3-------10-(10)S9S|=5---------||
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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||o-----------------------------|------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|------------------------------|
||--10-12-10-12-12\--0---0--0---|-15-17-10--12-12\--0---0--0---|
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| Gtr III
| H E E +E. S q Q. E +E. S
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||o-----------------------------|------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|------------------------------|
||------------------10-(10)s==6-|--3---------------10-(10)s==6-|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------|
|-10-12-10--12-(12)\--0---0--0-|-15-17-10--12-12-0-0-0--|
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| q Q. E +E E q H.
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|------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------|
|--3-----------------10-(10)S9S|==5---------------------|
1.
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-10-12-10-12-(12)\--0---0--0---|-15-17-10--12-12\--0---0--0---|
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| H E E +E. S q Q. E +E. S
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------10-(10)s==6-|--3---------------10-(10)s==6-|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|------------------------------|---------------------------||
|------------------------------|--------------------------o||
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|-10-12-10--12-(12)\--0---0--0-|-15-17-10--12-(12)\-0-0-0--||
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| q Q. E +E E q H.
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|------------------------------|--------------------------o||
|------------------------------|--------------------------o||
|--3-----------------10-(10)S9S|==5------------------------||
2.
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-10-12-10-12-(12)\--0---0--0---|-15-17-10--12-12\--0---0--0---|
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| H E E +E. S q Q. E +E. S
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------10-(10)s==6-|--3---------------10-(10)s==6-|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +Q Q
|------------------------------|-----------------------*|
|------------------------------|-----------------------*|
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|-10-12-10--12-(12)\--0---0--0-|-15-17-10--12-(12)-----*|
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| q Q. E +E E q H.
|------------------------------|-----------------------*|
|------------------------------|-----------------------*|
|------------------------------|-----------------------*|
|--3-----------------10-(10)S9S|==5--------------------*|
Duration 🏷Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature 🏷Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
n: - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\
- tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc 🏷Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
