The Fragile Nine Inch Nails
THE FRAGILE (Bassline)
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 1999 Album THE FRAGILE)
Transcribed by unregistered
Gtr I (C G C F) - 'Picked Bass 1'
Gtr II (C G C F) - 'Picked Bass 2'
Gtr III (C G C F A D) - 'Synth'
Verse
Q=75
[A] [G] [G] [D] [C#A]
[4/4] Gtr I
W Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
|----------|---------------|------------------| |----------|-7----5-5----5-|-5----5-----------| |----------|---------------|--------5-5-4-(0)-| |----------|-7-----------5-|-5----5-----------|
[A]Q E [G]E Q E E [G]Q E E [A]Q Q
|---------------|-----------------| |-7----5-5----5-|-5----5-7\-------| |---------------|-----------------| |-7-----------5-|-5----5-7\-------|
[A]Q E E Q E E [G]Q E E E [D]E E E [A]Q E E Q E [G]E Q E E [A]Q Q
|---------------|------------------|---------------|---------------| |-7----5-5----5-|-5----5-----------|-7----5-5----5-|-5----5-7\-----| |---------------|--------5-5-4-(0)-|---------------|---------------| |-7-----------5-|-5----5-----------|-7-----------5-|-5----5-7\-----|
[A]Q E E Q E E [G]Q E E E E E E [A]Q E E Q E E [G]Q E E Q Q
|---------------|------------------|---------------|---------------| |-7----5-5----5-|-5----5-----------|-7----5-5----5-|-5----5-7\-----| |---------------|--------5-5-4-(0)-|---------------|---------------| |-7-----------5-|-5----5-----------|-7-----------5-|-5----5-7\-----|
[A]Q E E Q E E [G]Q E E E E E E [A]Q E E Q E E [G]Q E E Q Q
|---------------|------------------|---------------|---------------| |-7----5-5----5-|-5----5-----------|-7----5-5----5-|-5----5-7\-----| |---------------|--------5-5-4-(0)-|---------------|---------------| |-7-----------5-|-5----5-----------|-7-----------5-|-5----5-7\-----|
Chorus
N.C.
[3/4]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------| |-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-0-0--|
[4/4] [2/4]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------| |-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-|
Verse
[A] [G]
[4/4] Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------| |--7--------5--5--------5-|--5--------5--------------| |-------------------------|--------------5--5--4-(0)-| |--7--------------------5-|--5--------5--------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-12----12----12----12----|-12----12----12----12-----| |----10----10----10----10-|----10----10----10----10--| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------|
[A] Q E E Q E E [G] Q E E Q Q
|-------------------------|---------------------------| |--7--------5--5--------5-|--5--------5--7\-----------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |--7--------------------5-|--5--------5--7\-----------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-12----12----12----12----|-12----12----12-----12-----| |----10----10----10----10-|----10----10-----10----10--| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------|
[A] Q E E Q E E [G] Q E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------| |--7--------5--5--------5-|--5--------5--------------| |-------------------------|--------------5--5--4-(0)-| |--7--------------------5-|--5--------5--------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-12----12----12----12----|-12----12----12----12-----| |----10----10----10----10-|----10----10----10----10--| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------|
[A] [G]
Q E E Q E E [2/4] Q E E
|-------------------------|-------------| |--7--------5--5--------5-|--5--------5-| |-------------------------|-------------| |--7--------------------5-|--5--------5-|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-12----12----12----12----|-12----12----| |----10----10----10----10-|----10----10-| |-------------------------|-------------| |-------------------------|-------------|
Chorus
N.C.
[4/4]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0--|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|
Bridge
Wx2
|--------| |--------| |--------| |--------|
N.C.
W W
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E
|-13-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
W W
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
| s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----| |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
W W
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E
|-13-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
W W
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
| s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----| |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
[F] W [C] W
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--8----------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-10----------------------------------|
|
| s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E
|-13-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
[Eb] W +W
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |--6----------------------------------|-(6)-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13--15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----| |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
[F] W [C] W
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--8----------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-10----------------------------------|
|
| s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E
|-13-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
[Eb] W +W
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |--6----------------------------------|-(6)-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E s s E
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13--15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----| |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
Bridge Continued
N.C.
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5---------|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5---------| |-----------------|---------0-0-0-0-|-----------------|---------0-0-0-0-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5---------|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5---------| |-----------------|---------0-0-0-0-|-----------------|---------0-0-0-0-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5---------|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5---------| |-----------------|---------0-0-0-0-|-----------------|---------0-0-0-0-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5---------|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5---------| |-----------------|---------0-0-0-0-|-----------------|---------0-0-0-0-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Out-Chorus
N.C.
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*| |-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-*|
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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