Tabs
Gave Up by Nine Inch Nails
from the EP "Broken"
words and music by Trent Reznor
tabbed by Tom Mallon
Guitar Riff 1 (appears behind verses)
E MajorE -------------------------------------------------------------------
BB -------------------------------------------------------------------
G+G -------------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD --2---4------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA --2---4------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE --0---2------------------------------------------------------------
Chorus Riff 1 (at "It took you...")
E MajorE |-----------------------------------------|
BB |-----------------------------------------|
G+G |.--9--\---------------5-4-2---------5\4-.|
D MajorD |.--9--\--7--\--4------5-4-2--4------5\4-.|
A augmentedA |---7--\--7--\--4------3-2-0--4------3\2--|
E MajorE |---------5--\--2-------------2-----------|
Chorus Riff 2 (at "Smashed up my sanity...")
E MajorE |-----------------------------------------------|
BB |-----------------------------------------------|
G+G |.--9----11\------------------5-4-2--------5\4-.|
D MajorD |.--9----11\---7----9--\--4---5-4-2--4-----5\4-.|
A augmentedA |---7----9-\---7----9--\--4---3-2-0--4-----3\2--|
E MajorE |--------------5----7--\--2----------2----------|
Synth Solo (1:21) (play twice)
E MajorE ---------------------------------------------------
BB ---------------------------------------------------
G+G ---------------------------------------------------
D MajorD ---------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA -3-3--333--3h4p3p2p0------3-3--333--3h4p3p2p0------
E MajorE ---------------------2------------------------2----
E MajorE ------------------------------
BB ------------------------------
G+G ------------------------------
D MajorD ------------------------------
A augmentedA ----------------------3p2p0---
E MajorE --2--2--2-5--0h2-2-2----------
(Note: This is my best guess. It's a little hard to figure it out because
the notes are a little muddy. This is just a rough estimate.)
There is another synth burst at 2:55. It sounds like one chord being bent
by a pitch shifter, so I just bend the living shit out a chord that is
shaped like x-x-16-18-19-x. It's some sort of F#F# chord.
Outro Synth Line (also appears at 2:55)
E MajorE -------------------------------------------------------------------
BB -------------------------------------------------------------------
G+G --/9------------/9------------/9-------------/9--------------------
D MajorD ------9--7----------9--7----------7--------------7-----------------
A augmentedA ------------9-------------9----------9--7-----------9--7-----------
E MajorE -------------------------------------------------------------------