Nine Inch Nails – The Wretched (Guitar Tab)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# As recorded by Nine Inch Nails (From the 1999 Double Album THE FRAGILE) Transcribed by Zach Kraemer Words and Music by Trent Reznor Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Piano' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'String Synth' Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion I' Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Clean' Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion II' Intro Q=74 N.C. 4/4 Gtr I E E E Q Q. +W E E E Q Q. +W
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|---------------|------------|---------------|--------||
|---------------|------------|---------------|--------||
|-------5-------|------------|-------5-------|--------||
|-1-3-4----4----|-(4)--------|-1-3-4----4----|-(4)----||

 Verse
  N.C.
  E E E Q  Q.     +W           E E E Q  Q.     +W
|---------------|------------|---------------|--------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|--------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|--------|
|---------------|------------|-------3-------|--------|
|-------5-------|------------|----------5----|-(5)----|
|-1-3-4----4----|-(4)--------|-1-3-4---------|--------|

  Gtr II
   <                       <
   E  +E   +H        Q     E   +E   +H     Q
|-12-(12)-(12)----------|-12--(12)-(12)-------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
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| Gtr I
|  E   E    E  Q  Q.      +W
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|--------------5--------|---------------------|
|--1---3----4-----4-----|-(4)-----------------|

   <                       <
   E  +E   +H        Q     E   +E   +H     Q
|-12-(12)-(12)----------|-12--(12)-(12)--------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|
|  E   E    E  Q  Q.      +W
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|--------------3--------|----------------------||
|-----------------5-----|-(5)------------------||
|--1---3----4-----------|----------------------||

   Pre-Chorus
                                1.,2.,3.
    N.C.
    Gtr III
     E   e    e  E   +E  Q.       E   e    e  E   +S  E S S E.
||-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
||---------------3b4-(3)-0-----|--------------3b4-(3)-----------||
||o--3---2----1----------------|--3---2----1-------------------o||
||-----------------------------|----------------------3-1-1h3---||
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|   Gtr II
|    <                            <
|    E  +E   +H             Q     E  +E   +H              Q
||--12-(12)-(12)---------------|-12-(12)-(12)-------------------||
||o----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
||-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------|--------------------------------||

  4.
   E   e    e  E   +S  S S S S E.
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|--------------3b4-(3)-------------||
|--3---2----1----------------------||
|----------------------3-3-1-1h3---||
|
|  <
|  E  +E   +H                Q
|-12-(12)-(12)---------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||

   Chorus
    AbBb5 B5C5 Db5   D5 F5G5  F5G5      AbBb5 B5C5 Db5   D5
                                       2/4
    Gtr III
    S S S S  S  S  S  S S S E S E S  7x S S S S  S  S  S  S
||-----------------------------------||---------------------|
||o---------------------------------o||---------------------|
||-----------------------------------||---------------------|
||-----------------------------------||---------------------|
||o-6s8-8s9-10s11-11s12-3s5-5-3s5-5-o||-6s8-8s9-10s11-11s12-|
||--4s6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-1s3-3-1s3-3--||-4s6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-|
Verse N.C. 4/4 Gtr II < < E +E +H Q E +E +H Q
|-12-(12)-(12)----------|-12--(12)-(12)-------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr I
|  E   E    E  Q  Q.      +W
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|--------------5--------|---------------------|
|--1---3----4-----4-----|-(4)-----------------|

   <                       <
   E  +E   +H        Q     E   +E   +H     Q
|-12-(12)-(12)----------|-12--(12)-(12)--------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|
|  E   E    E  Q  Q.      +W
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------5--------|----------------------|
|--1---3----4-----4-----|-(4)------------------|

     <                       <
     E  +E   +H        Q     E   +E   +H     Q
||--12-(12)-(12)----------|-12--(12)-(12)-------|
||o-----------------------|---------------------|
||------------------------|---------------------|
||------------------------|---------------------|
||o-----------------------|---------------------|
||------------------------|---------------------|
|
|    E   E    E  Q  Q.      +W
||------------------------|---------------------|
||o-----------------------|---------------------|
||------------------------|---------------------|
||------------------------|---------------------|
||o--------------5--------|---------------------|
||---1---3----4-----4-----|-(4)-----------------|

   <                       <
   E  +E   +H        Q     E   +E   +H     Q
|-12-(12)-(12)----------|-12--(12)-(12)--------||
|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|
|  E   E    E  Q  Q.      +W
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|--------------3--------|----------------------||
|-----------------5-----|-(5)-----------------o||
|--1---3----4-----------|----------------------||

 Pre-Chorus
  N.C.
  Gtr IV
    H     H       Q.      E    Q.    +E
|---------------|-------------------------|
|-/15S===13\----|-3----/(17)-/17----(17)\-|
|---------------|-------------------------|
|---------------|-------------------------|
|---------------|-------------------------|
|---------------|-------------------------|

    H     H       Q.      E    Q.    +E
|---------------|--------------------------|
|-/15S===13\----|-3----/(17)-/17----(17)\--|
|---------------|--------------------------|
|---------------|--------------------------|
|---------------|--------------------------|
|---------------|--------------------------|

  F5
    H              H                Q.              E    Q.          +E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-/15S============13\-------------|-3------------/(17)-/17----------(17)\---|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|   S S S S S S E  E  S S +E  S S   S  S S S S S    E    E  S S +E    S   S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-1-(1)-1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1-1----1----1--1-1-(1)---1---1-|

  W                             W
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S E E S S +E  S S   W
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-3-----------------------------||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1---||
                                S S S S S S E E S S +E  S S

   Chorus
    AbBb5 B5C5 Db5   D5 F5G5  F5G5    AbBb5 B5C5 Db5   D5 F5G5  F5G5
    Gtr III
    S S S S  S  S  S  S S S E S E S   S S S S  S  S  S  S S S E S E S   4x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o-6s8-8s9-10s11-11s12-3s5-5-3s5-5-|-6s8-8s9-10s11-11s12-3s5-5-3s5-5--o||
||--4s6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-1s3-3-1s3-3-|-4s6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-1s3-3-1s3-3---||

   Bridge
    N.C.
    Gtr V
    <       <       <              >
    E   +e  E   +e  E   +e   Q    +H     +H
||------------------------------|----------------||
||o-----------------------------|---------------o||
||------------------------------|----------------||
||--2b3r(2)-2b3r(2)-2b3r(2)-/5--|-(5)----(5)-----||
||o-----------------------------|---------------o||
||------------------------------|----------------||
|
|   Gtr III
|   W                              H      H
||------------------------------|----------------||
||o-----------------------------|---------------o||
||------------------------------|---------0------||
||------------------------------|--------/5------||
||o-----------------------------|---------------o||
||------------------------------|----------------||

                      C5            G/B
      <       <       <
      E   +e  E   +e  E   +e   Q    +W      3x
|-||------------------------------|---------||
|-||o-----------------------------|--------o||
|-||------------------------------|---------||
|-||--2b3r(2)-2b3r(2)-2b3r(2)-/5--|-(5)-----||
|-||o-----------------------------|--------o||
|-||------------------------------|---------||
|
|                     <
|     H               E   +Q.        W      3x
|-||------------------------------|---------||
|-||o-----------------------------|--------o||
|-||------------------------------|---------||
|-||------------------5---(5)-----|-(5)-----||
|-||o-----------------3---(3)-----|--2-----o||
|-||------------------------------|---------||
N.C. Gtr IV PM----------------------------------------------------------|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----0-------------------------|-----0--------------------------|
|-2-3-3-3-2-3-2-----------------|-2-3-3-3-2-3-2------------------|
|---------------3---3-1---1-----|---------------3---3-1---1------|
|---------------------------3---|---------------------------3----|
G Gadd4 PM-------------------------------------------------------------|
   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E     S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|------0-------------------------|--------0--------------------------||
|--2-3-3-3-2-3-2-----------------|---2--3-3-3-2-3-2------------------||
|----------------3---3-1---1-----|------------------3---3-1---1------||
|----------------------------3---|------------------------------3----||
|
| Gtr II
|  W                                 W
|--------------------------------|---8-------------------------------||
|-12-----------------------------|-(12)------------------------------||
|-12-----------------------------|-(12)------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||

 Guitar Solo
  Ab5 Bb5 B5C5 Db5   D5 F5G5  F5G5    Ab5 Bb5        BCDbD5 F5G5  F5G5
  Gtr V
  TP                    TP            TP                    TP
  H                     H             H                     H
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-3---------------------------------|-3---------------------------------|
|-5b7-------------------------------|-5b7-------------------------------|
|-----------------------3-----------|-----------------------3-----------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| S   S S S  S  S  S  S S S E S E S   S   S S S  S  S  S  S S S E S E S
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-6s==8-8s9-10s11-11s12-3s5-5-3s5-5-|-6s==8-8s9-10s11-11s12-3s5-5-3s5-5-|
|-4s==6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-1s3-3-1s3-3-|-4s==6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-1s3-3-1s3-3-|

  AbBb5 B5C5 Db5      D5 F5   G5    F5G5
  E.    S +E     E       +E     S S Q
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------5-----|
|-1-----3-(3)----3b4=====(3)r-------------|
|-------------------------------6p3-------|
|
| S S S S  S  S  S     S  S   S E   S E S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-6s8-8s9-10s11-11s===12--3s==5-5---3s5-5-|
|-4s6-6s7--8s=9--9s===10--1s==3-3---1s3-3-|

  AbBb5 B5C5 Db5      D5 F5   G5    F5G5
  E.    S +E     E       +E     S S S E.
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-1-----3-(3)----3b4=====(3)r---------------|
|-------------------------------6p3-6p3-----|
|
| S S S S  S  S  S     S  S   S E   S E  S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-6s8-8s9-10s11-11s===12--3s==5-5---3s5--5--|
|-4s6-6s7--8s=9--9s===10--1s==3-3---1s3--3--|

  Ab5 Bb5 B5C5 Db5   D5 F5G5  F5G5    Ab5 Bb5 B5C5 Db5   D5 F5G5    F5G5
  TP                    TP            TP                    TP
  H                     H             H                     E   S S S E.
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-3---------------------------------|-3------------------------------------|
|-5b7-------------------------------|-5b7----------------------------------|
|-----------------------3-----------|-----------------------3---3p0-3h5----|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
| S   S S S  S  S  S  S S S E S E S   S   S S S  S  S  S  S S S E   S E  S
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-6s==8-8s9-10s11-11s12-3s5-5-3s5-5-|-6s==8-8s9-10s11-11s12-3s5-5---3s5--5-|
|-4s==6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-1s3-3-1s3-3-|-4s==6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-1s3-3---1s3--3-|

  AbBb5 B5C5 Db5   D5 F5G5    F5 G5      AbBb5 B5C5 Db5   D5 F5G5   F5G5
  S S S S  S  S  S  S S S S S +S S E     S S S S  S  S  S  S S E.   S E.
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|---------------------------5-(5)3-5---|----------------------------5p3-----||
|-8s7-7s6--6s=5--5s=3------------------|-8s7-7s6--6s=5--5s=3----------------||
|---------------------6p3-3------------|---------------------6p3------------||
|
| S S S S  S  S  S  S S S E    S E   S   S S S S  S  S  S  S S S  E S E  S
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-6s8-8s9-10s11-11s12-3s5-5----3s5---5-|-6s8-8s9-10s11-11s12-3s5--5-3s5--5--||
|-4s6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-1s3-3----1s3---3-|-4s6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-1s3--3-1s3--3--||

   Out-Chorus
    AbBb5 B5C5 Db5   D5 F5G5  F5G5    AbBb5 B5C5 Db5   D5 F5G5  F5G5
    Gtr III
    S S S S  S  S  S  S S S E S E S   S S S S  S  S  S  S S S E S E S   3x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o-6s8-8s9-10s11-11s12-3s5-5-3s5-5-|-6s8-8s9-10s11-11s12-3s5-5-3s5-5--o||
||--4s6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-1s3-3-1s3-3-|-4s6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-1s3-3-1s3-3---||

  AbBb5 B5C5 Db5   D5 F5G5  F5G5    AbBb5 B5C5 Db5   D5
                                   2/4
  S S S S  S  S  S  S S S E S E S   S S S S  S  S  S  S
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
|-6s8-8s9-10s11-11s12-3s5-5-3s5-5-|-6s8-8s9-10s11-11s12-||
|-4s6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-1s3-3-1s3-3-|-4s6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-||

 Outro
  N.C.
 4/4
  Gtr IV
    H        H          Q.      E    Q.    +E
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|-/15S======13\------|--3----/(17)-/17----(17)\-|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
|   E E E Q     Q.     +W
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|---------5----------|--------------------------|
|---1-3-4-------4----|-(4)----------------------|

    H        H          Q.      E    Q.    +E
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|-/15S======13\------|--3----/(17)-/17----(17)\--|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|
|   E E E Q     Q.     +W
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|---------3----------|---------------------------|
|---------------5----|-(5)-----------------------|
|---1-3-4------------|---------------------------|

  Q.        E    Q.      +E      H        E    Q   +E
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3------/(17)-/17------(17)\-|--3-----/(17)-/17--(17)\-|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| E  E E    Q       Q.          +W
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------5-----------------|-------------------------|
|-1--3-4------------4---------|-(4)---------------------|

                         >
    H        H          +W
|--------------------|---------|
|-/15S======13\------|-(13)----|
|--------------------|---------|
|--------------------|---------|
|--------------------|---------|
|--------------------|---------|
|
|   E E E Q     Q.      +W
|--------------------|---------|
|--------------------|---------|
|--------------------|---------|
|---------3----------|---------|
|---------------5----|--(5)----|
|---1-3-4------------|---------|
Gtr IV PM----------------------------------------------------------|
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||------0-------------------------|-----0--------------------------||
||--2-3-3-3-2-3-2-----------------|-2-3-3-3-2-3-2------------------||
||o---------------3---3-1---1-----|---------------3---3-1---1-----o||
||----------------------------3---|---------------------------3----||
Duration Legend --------------- 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 ---------------- 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 <n> - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - 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 ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths