The Wretched Nine Inch Nails
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
|---------------|------------|---------------|--------|| |---------------|------------|---------------|--------|| |---------------|------------|---------------|--------|| |---------------|------------|---------------|--------|| |-------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)-------| |-----------------------|---------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------|
|
| 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---||
|
| 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]
Gtr III[2/4]
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]Gtr II[B5C5]I[Db5] [D5] [F5G5] [F5G5] [AbBb5] [B5C5] [Db5] [D5] [F5G5] [F5G5]
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]Gtr [Bb5]V[B5C5] [Db5] [D5] [F5G5] [F5G5] [Ab5] [Bb5] [BCDbD5] [F5G5] [F5G5]
TP TP TP TP
[B] [B] [B] [B]
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-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]E. [B5C5]S +E [Db5] E [D5] [F5]+E [G5] S S [F5G5]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]E. [B5C5]S +E [Db5] E [D5] [F5]+E [G5] S S [F5G5]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]TP [Bb5] [B5C5] [Db5] [D5] [F5G5]TP [F5G5] [Ab5]TP [Bb5] [B5C5] [Db5] [D5] [F5G5]TP[F5G5]
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]S S S [B5C5]S S [Db5] S S [D5] S [F5G5]S S S S [F5]+S [G5]S E [AbBb5]S S S [B5C5]S S [Db5] S S [D5] S [F5G5]S E. [F5G5]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]Gtr II[B5C5]I[Db5] [D5] [F5G5] [F5G5] [AbBb5] [B5C5] [Db5] [D5] [F5G5] [F5G5]
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]
S S S S S S S S S S E S E S [2/4] 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
- 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
Important: The song above is NOT stored on the Chordie server. The original song is hosted at www.guitaretab.com. Chordie works as a search engine and provides on-the-fly formatting. Chordie does not index songs against artists'/composers' will. To remove this song please click here.
