Closer   Nine Inch Nails

 
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 Note that this may not be totally correct, as I'm trying to adapt a


 synth line to guitar-note the tuning...this song is played best with an


 envelope filter, but for those who don't have one, a wah sounds ok...


 Tuning (low to high):C,G,D,G,B,E


 Main "riff"


 

 
 E|-----------------------|
 B|-----------------------|
 G|-----------------------|
 D|-----------------------|
 G|------5-----3----------|
 C|--0------------5--3--0-|

 


 


 I know that there's lots more to it, but I haven't figured it out


 yet,and I've got a lot of other things to tab out...E-Mail me if there's


 anything


 you want posted, and I'll see about tabbing it...


 


 


 P.S. Guitar For The Practicing Musician printed music for "March of the


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 Nine Inch Nails -- "Closer"


 


 This thing's loaded with layers of guitar. The song starts out sparse,


 adding parts as it goes; the first big line is the main keyboard riff,


 some more lines, transcribed as best I could.


 


 [at 1:04] 


 "I want to f**k you like an animal," etc.


 This line repeats. Use an octaver to get real low pitches, or use the


 tuning suggested earlier.


 


 

 
 E-----------------------E
 B-----------------------B
 G-----------------------G
 D------------------1----D
 A----3--3----1--3-------A
 E-----------------------E

 


 


 [at 3:45] 


 Here, like cianyde said about the main riff, you'll want to use an envelope


 filter (preferred) or a wah. Something's going on here with two C notes


 being played an octave apart, but I know there's more to it than this:


 


 

 
 E-------------------------------------------------------------------------E
 B-------------------------------------------------------------------------B
 G-----5-----5-----5--------5-----5-----5-----5-----5----------------------G
 D-------------------------------------------------------------------------D
 A--------3-----3-----3--3-----------3-----3-----3-----3-------------------A
 E-------------------------------------------------------------------------E

 


 


 [at 4:47] 


 Pretty easy, a 'typical' rock pattern:


 


 

 
 E-------------------------------------------------------------------------E
 B-------------------------------------------------------------------------B
 G-------------------------------------------------------------------------G
 D----------------------------------------------1--------------------------D
 A---3-----1-----3-----1--1---3-----1-----3--------------------------------A
 E-------------------------------------------------------------------------E

 


 These lines are simple -- but again, you have to get the rhythm down.


 Think Prince; at its heart, this is very much a black tune. Real black


 funk is where, I think, Reznor gets many of his rhythms.


 


 [at 5:09] 


 Here's another funk/blues riff that you can hear in the background.


 Bend the D# to _almost_ an E, then hit the low C.


 


 

 
 E-----------------------E
 B-----------------------B
 G----8(9)---------------G
 D-----------------------D
 A----------10-----------A
 E-----------------------E

 


 


 [at 5:51] 


 This is the riff at the end of the song, but note that it's also played


 quietly in the background for a while before (I first hear it at 5:30,


 but knowing Reznor, its probably layered in there somewhere before that,


 even). If you have a whammy bar, you can try playing it by plucking the


 string with your thumb while pulling down on the whammy and letting go


 right away; doing this with each note makes for a cool effect (different


 Oh -- you'll want to play this line with as clean a tone as you can muster.


 


 

 
 E-------------------------------------------------------------------------E
 B---20---18-----18---17-----16---15-----11--11--10--13--------------------B
 G-------------------------------------------------------------------------G
 D--------------------------------------------------------10---------------D
 A-------------------------------------------------------------------------A
 E-------------------------------------------------------------------------E
 E-------------------------------------------------------------------------E
 B---20---18-----18---17-----16---15-----11--11--10--13--------------------B
 G-------------------------------------------------------------------------G
 D-------------------------------------------------------------------------D
 A-------------------------------------------------------------------------A
 E-------------------------------------------------------------------------E