Hurt Nine Inch Nails
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 1994 Album THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL)
Transcribed by new_noise
Words and Music by Trent Reznor
[A]5 x 7 x x x
[Bm7]7 x 7 x x x
[Gsus2]3 x 7 x x x
[D5]x 5 7 x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic Gtr I'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Clean Gtr'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic Gtr II'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Piano'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Distorted Gtr I'
Gtr VI (E A D G B E) - 'Octave Effect'
Intro Verse I
Slowly & Freely Q=78
[Bb5] [Dsus2] [E7]
[4/4] Gtr I
Wx4 E E H. E E E E E E E E
|------------||--------------|---------------10-| |------------||--------------|-------5----------| |------------||-----10-------|-----7-------7----| |------------||-----(9)------|---7-------9------| |------------||---9----------|-5-------7--------| |------------||-7------------|------------------|
[Bb5]E E Q. E +Q [Dsus2]E E E E [E7]E E +E E
|------------------|--------------------| |------------------|-------5------------| |-----10-----------|-----7-----------7--| |------9----9-(9)--|---7-------9-(9)----| |---9--------------|-5-------7----------| |-7----------------|--------------------|
[Bb5]E E Q. E +Q [Dsus2]E E E E [E7]E E +E E [Bb5]E E H. [Dsus2]E E E E [E7]E E +E E
|------------------|-----------------10-|--------------|--------------------| |------------------|-------5------------|--------------|-------5------------| |-----10-----------|-----7--------------|-----10-------|-----7-----------7--| |------9----9-(9)--|---7-------9-(9)----|------9-------|---7-------9-(9)----| |---9--------------|-5-------7----------|---9----------|-5-------7----------| |-7----------------|--------------------|-7------------|--------------------|
[Bb5]E E Q. E +Q [Dsus2]E E E E [E7]E E +E E
|------------------|-----------------10-| |------------------|-------5------------| |-----10-----------|-----7--------------| |------9-----------|---7-------9-(9)----| |---9-------9-(9)--|-5-------7----------| |-7----------------|--------------------|
[Bb5]E E Q. E +Q [Dsus2]E E E E [E7]E E +E E
|------------------|--------------------| |------------------|-------5------------| |-----10-----------|-----7-----------7--| |------9----9-(9)--|---7-------9-(9)----| |---9--------------|-5-------7----------| |-7----------------|--------------------|
[Bb5]E E Q. E +Q [Dsus2]E E E E [E7]E E E E [Bb5]E E Q. E +Q [Dsus2]E E E E [E7]E E Q
|------------------|---------------10-|------------------|-----------------|| |------------------|-------5----------|------------------|-------5---------|| |-----10-----------|-----7-------7----|-----10-----------|-----7-------7---|| |------9----9-(9)--|---7-------9------|------9----9-(9)--|---7-------9-----|| |---9--------------|-5-------7--------|---9--------------|-5-------7-------|| |-7----------------|------------------|-7----------------|-----------------||
Chorus I
[A]Gtrs I, II[Bm7] [Gsus2] [D5]
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|| ||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o|| ||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|| ||--7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7---|| ||o-x--x--x--x--|-x--x--x--x--|-x--x--x--x--|-5--5--5--5--o|| ||--5--5--5--5--|-7--7--7--7--|-3--3--3--3--|--------------||
[A]Gtrs I, II[Bm7] [Gsus2] [D5]
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
Gtr III
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-^3--^3--^3--^3--o|| ||--^2--^2--^2--^2--|-^4--^4--^4--^4--|-----------------|-^2--^2--^2--^2---|| ||--^2--^2--^2--^2--|-^4--^4--^4--^4--|-^5--^5--^5--^5--|-^0--^0--^0--^0---|| ||o-^0--^0--^0--^0--|-^2--^2--^2--^2--|-^5--^5--^5--^5--|-----------------o|| ||------------------|-----------------|-^3--^3--^3--^3--|------------------||
[A]Gtr I[Bm7]
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
Gtr IV
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
||--12-12-12-12-12----------|-------------------------| ||o----------------15-14-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-14-12-14-| ||--------------------------|-------------------------| ||--------------------------|-------------------------| ||o-------------------------|-------------------------| ||--------------------------|-------------------------|
1. 2.
[Gsus2] Q Q Q Q [D5] Q Q Q Q [D5] Q Q Q Q
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[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [B]
|-------------------------|-------------------9-10--||---------------------|| |-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-10-10-12------o||-12-12-12-10-10------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|| |-------------------------|------------------------o||---------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------||
Verse II
[Bb5]Gtr I[Dsus2] [E7]
E E Q. E +Q E E E E E E +E E
|------------------|-----------------10-| |------------------|-------5------------| |-----10-----------|-----7--------------| |------9-----------|---7-------9-(9)----| |---9-------9-(9)--|-5-------7----------| |-7----------------|--------------------|
[Bb5]E E Q. E +Q [Dsus2]E E E E [E7]E E +E E
|------------------|--------------------| |------------------|-------5------------| |-----10-----------|-----7-----------7--| |------9----9-(9)--|---7-------9-(9)----| |---9--------------|-5-------7----------| |-7----------------|--------------------|
[Bb5]E E Q. E +Q [Dsus2]E E E E [E7]E E E E [Bb5]E E Q. E +Q [Dsus2]E E E E [E7]E E +E E
|------------------|---------------10-|------------------|--------------------| |------------------|-------5----------|------------------|-------5------------| |-----10-----------|-----7-------7----|-----10-----------|-----7-----------7--| |------9-----------|---7-------9------|------9----9-(9)--|---7-------9-(9)----| |---9-------9-(9)--|-5-------7--------|---9--------------|-5-------7----------| |-7----------------|------------------|-7----------------|--------------------|
[Bb5]E E Q. E +Q [Dsus2]E E E E [E7]E E +E E
|------------------|-----------------10-| |------------------|-------5------------| |-----10-----------|-----7--------------| |------9-----------|---7-------9-(9)----| |---9-------9-(9)--|-5-------7----------| |-7----------------|--------------------|
[Bb5]E E Q. E +Q [Dsus2]E E E E [E7]E E +E E
|------------------|--------------------| |------------------|-------5------------| |-----10-----------|-----7-----------7--| |------9----9-(9)--|---7-------9-(9)----| |---9--------------|-5-------7----------| |-7----------------|--------------------|
[Bb5]E E Q. E +Q [Dsus2]E E E E [E7]E E E E [Bb5]E E H. [Dsus2]E E E E [E7]E E +E E
|------------------|---------------10-|--------------|--------------------| |------------------|-------5----------|--------------|-------5------------| |-----10-----------|-----7-------7----|-----10-------|-----7-----------7--| |------9-----------|---7-------9------|------9-------|---7-------9-(9)----| |---9-------9-(9)--|-5-------7--------|---9----------|-5-------7----------| |-7----------------|------------------|-7------------|--------------------|
[Bb5] [Dsus2] [E7]
[E] [E] [B] [+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [+E] [E]
|------------------|-----------------10-| |------------------|-------5------------| |-----10----(10)---|-----7--------------| |------9-----(9)---|---7-------9-(9)----| |---9------------9-|-5-------7----------| |-7----------------|--------------------|
[Bb5]E E +Q. E +Q [Dsus2]E E E E [E7]E E +Q
|------------------|-------------------|| |------------------|-------5-----------|| |------------------|-----7-------------|| |-----------9-(9)--|---7-------9-(9)---|| |---9-(9)----------|-5-------7---------|| |-7----------------|-------------------||
Chorus II
[A]Gtrs I, II[Bm7] [Gsus2] [D5]
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
Gtr III
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|| ||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o|| ||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|| ||--7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7---|| ||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o|| ||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
[A]Gtr I[Bm7]
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
Gtr IV
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
||--12-----12--12-----12--12--------------------|---------------------------------------------| ||o------------------------------15--14-----15--|-15-----15--15-----15--15-----14--12-----14--| ||----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
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| Gtrs V, VI
| ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
| E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E
||----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------| ||---7b7.5r(7)--7b7.5r(7)--7b7.5r(7)--7b7.5r(7)-|--7b7.5r(7)--7b7.5r(7)--7b7.5r(7)--7b7.5r(7)-| ||o---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
[Gsus2] Q Q Q Q [D5] Q Q Q Q
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[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------9-----10---|| |-14-----14--14-----14--14-----12--12-----12--|-12-----12--12-----10--10-----12------------o|| |---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|
| ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
| E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|| |--7b7.5r(7)--7b7.5r(7)--7b7.5r(7)--7b7.5r(7)-|--7b7.5r(7)--7b7.5r(7)--7b7.5r(7)-7b7.5r(7)--|| |---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
[A]Q Q Q Q [Bm7]Q Q Q Q
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[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
Gtrs V, VI
~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
[E] [+E] [E] [+E] [E] [+E] [E] [+E] [E] [+E] [E] [+E] [E] [+E] [E] [+E]
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-|-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-|
[Gsus2]Q Q Q Q [D5]Q Q Q Q
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[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
> <
~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
[E] [+E] [E] [+E] [E] [+E] [E] [+E] [E] [+E] [E] [+E] [E] [+E] [E] [+E]
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-|-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)--|
[A]Q Q Q Q [Bm7]Q Q Q Q
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[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
Gtrs V, VI
~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
[E] [+E] [E] [+E] [E] [+E] [E] [+E] [E] [+E] [E] [+E] [E] [+E] [E] [+E]
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-|-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-|
[Gsus2]Q Q Q Q [A]W [E] [B]W
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[/] [/] [/] [/]
~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
E +E E +E E +E E +E Q. E +E. +S +Q W
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------|------*| |-----------------------------------------|------------------------|------*| |-----------------------------------------|------------------------|------*| |-----------------------------------------|-7----2-(2)b3==(2)r(2)--|------*| |-----------------------------------------|------------------------|-2----*| |-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-|------------------------|------*|
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
- 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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