Nine Inch Nails – Gave Up (Guitar)

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Artist: Nine Inch Nails Song: Gave Up Album: Broken Notes: Played with power chords [Verse]
               F#  E  F#                  E   F#  E
Perfect little dream, the kind that hurts the most

E  F#      E  F#   E F#         E
Forgot how it feels, well almost

F#      E F#   E  F#            E
No one to blame, always the same

        F#  E F#        E    F#           E    F#
Open my eyes,  wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up in flames
[Pre-Chorus]
E              A          F#
It took you to make me realize

             C B F#              C B
It took you to    make me realize

E              A          F#
It took you to make me realize

              C B F#          C   B
It took you to    make me see the light
[Chorus]
E                 F# E
Smashed up my sanity

A                 B  E
Smashed up integrity

F#                C B
Smashed up what I believed in

F#                C B
Smashed up what's left of me

E                  F# E
Smashed up my everything

A                   B  E
Smashed up all that was true

F#                 C  B
Gonna smash myself to pieces

F#                     C B
I don't know what else to do
[Instrumental] E F# E F# E F# E F# E F# E F# E F# E F# [Verse]
        E  F#       E   F#
Covered in hope and Vaseline

          E  F#       E      F#
Still cannot fix this broken machine

         E  F#                E  F#
Watching the hole, it used to be mine

              E  F#                E    F#
Just watching it burn in my steady systematic decline

   E  F#            E F#
Of the trust I will betray

        E  F#          E  F#
Give it to me, I throw it away

E  F#         E F#              E F#          E   F#
     After everything I've done I hate myself for what I've become
[Pre-Chorus]
E              A          F#
It took you to make me realize

              C B F#              C B
It took you to    make me realize

E              A          F#
It took you to make me realize

              C B F#          C   B
It took you to    make me see the light
[Chorus]
E                 F# E
Smashed up my sanity

A                 B  E
Smashed up integrity

F#                C B
Smashed up what I believed in

F#                C B
Smashed up what's left of me

E                  F# E
Smashed up my everything

A                   B  E
Smashed up all that was true

F#                 C  B
Gonna smash myself to pieces

F#                     C B
I don't know what else to do
[Bridge]
E F#
    I tried

E F#  E    F#
    I gave up

       E F#
I tried

  E    F#
I gave up
I tried
E F#  E    F#
    I gave up

       E F#
I tried

  E    F#
I gave up
I tried
E F#  E    F#
    I gave up

       E F#
I tried

  E    F#
I gave up
I tried
E F#  E    F#
    I gave up

       E F#
I tried

  E    F#
I gave up
[Instrumental] E F# E A B E F# C B F# C B E F# E A B E F# C B F# C B [Chorus]
E                 F# E
Smashed up my sanity

A                 B  E
Smashed up integrity

F#                C B
Smashed up what I believed in

F#                C B
Smashed up what's left of me

E                  F# E
Smashed up my everything

A                   B  E
Smashed up all that was true

F#                 C  B
Gonna smash myself to pieces

F#                     C B
I don't know what else to do

E                 F# E
Smashed up my sanity

A                 B  E
Smashed up integrity

F#                C B
Smashed up what I believed in

F#                C B
Smashed up what's left of me

E                  F# E
Smashed up my everything

A                   B  E
Smashed up all that was true

F#                 C  B
Gonna smash myself to pieces

F#                     C B
I don't know what else to do

E                 F# E
Smashed up my sanity

A                 B  E
Smashed up integrity

F#                C B
Smashed up what I believed in

F#                C B
Smashed up what's left of me

E                  F# E
Smashed up my everything

A                   B  E
Smashed up all that was true

F#                 C  B
Gonna smash myself to pieces

F#                     C B
I don't know what else to do

E                 F# E
Smashed up my sanity

A                 B  E
Smashed up integrity

F#                C B
Smashed up what I believed in

F#                C B
Smashed up what's left of me

E                  F# E
Smashed up my everything

A                   B  E
Smashed up all that was true

F#                 C  B
Gonna smash myself to pieces

F#                     C B
I don't know what else to do

E                 F# E
Smashed up my sanity

A                 B  E
Smashed up integrity

F#                C B
Smashed up what I believed in

F#                C B
Smashed up what's left of me
E F# E A B E F# C B F# C B [Outro] N.C. Throw it away