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TERRIBLE LIE
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 1989 Album PRETTY HATE MACHINE)
Transcribed by scott666
Words and Music by Trent Reznor
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Lead 1'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Lead 2'
Intro
Q=90
N.C. B5
4/4
Gtr I
Wx7 H. S S E
|------------|---------------|||------------|---------------|||------------|---------4-4---|||------------|---------4-4---|||------------|---------2-2---|||------------|---------------||
Verse $ C#5 B5 q H. W W H. S S E 4x||-------------|----------|----------|-----------------||||o------------|----------|----------|----------------o||||--6----------|----------|----------|---------4-4-----||||--6----------|----------|----------|---------4-4-----||||o-4----------|----------|----------|---------2-2----o||||-------------|----------|----------|-----------------||
Chorus C#5 q H. W||------------------------------------|--------------------------|||o-----------------------------------|--------------------------|||---6--------------------------------|--------------------------|||---6--------------------------------|--------------------------|||o--4--------------------------------|--------------------------|||------------------------------------|--------------------------|
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| Gtr II| S S S S e S e S e e e e S S S S S e e S e e||------------------------------12-12-|--------------------------|||o-----------------------------------|--------------------------|||------------------------------------|--------------------------|||--11----11----11--11-14-14-12-------|-14-----------------14-14-|||o----14----14-----------------------|----7---7---7-9-7---------|||------------------------------------|------9---9-------9-------|
D.S. B5 W H. S S E|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|||-----------------------------|-------------------------------o|||-----------------------------|------------------------4-4-----|||-----------------------------|------------------------4-4-----|||-----------------------------|------------------------2-2----o|||-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
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| S S S S S S S e S e e e e S S S S S e S e Q|------------------------9----|--------------------------------|||--------------------------12-|-------------------------------o|||-----------------------------|--------------------------------|||---------------14-14-12------|-14------------14-12-14---------|||-7---7---7---7---------------|-----7---7---7-----------------o|||---9---9---9-----------------|-------9---9--------------------||
Bridge N.C. B5 Gtr I Wx15 H. S S E|-------------|---------------|||-------------|---------------|||-------------|---------4-4---|||-------------|---------4-4---|||-------------|---------2-2---|||-------------|---------------||
Verse C#5 B5 q H. W W H. S S E 4x||-------------|----------|----------|-----------------||||o------------|----------|----------|----------------o||||--6----------|----------|----------|---------4-4-----||||--6----------|----------|----------|---------4-4-----||||o-4----------|----------|----------|---------2-2----o||||-------------|----------|----------|-----------------||
Chorus C#5 q H. W||------------------------------------|--------------------------|||o-----------------------------------|--------------------------|||---6--------------------------------|--------------------------|||---6--------------------------------|--------------------------|||o--4--------------------------------|--------------------------|||------------------------------------|--------------------------|
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| Gtr II| S S S S e S e S e e e e S S S S S e e S e e||------------------------------12-12-|--------------------------|||o-----------------------------------|--------------------------|||------------------------------------|--------------------------|||--11----11----11--11-14-14-12-------|-14-----------------14-14-|||o----14----14-----------------------|----7---7---7-9-7---------|||------------------------------------|------9---9-------9-------|
B5 W H. S S E 4x|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|||-----------------------------|------------------------------o|||-----------------------------|------------------------4-4----|||-----------------------------|------------------------4-4----|||-----------------------------|------------------------2-2---o|||-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
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| S S S S S S S e S e e e e S S S S S e S e Q 4x|------------------------9----|-------------------------------|||--------------------------12-|------------------------------o|||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|||---------------14-14-12------|-14------------14-12-14--------|||-7---7---7---7---------------|-----7---7---7----------------o|||---9---9---9-----------------|-------9---9-------------------||
Outro C#5 B5 W +H. S S E||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|||o-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|||---6----------------------------------|-(6)---------------------4-4----|||---6----------------------------------|-(6)---------------------4-4----|||o--4----------------------------------|-(4)---------------------2-2----|||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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| Gtr II| S S S S e S e S e e e e S S S S S e e S e e||--------------------------------12-12-|--------------------------------|||o-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|||--11----11----11---11-14-14-12--------|-14---------------------14---14-|||o----14----14-------------------------|------7---7---7-9-7-------------|||--------------------------------------|--------9---9---------9---------|
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| Gtr III| S S S E S S e S Q. S S S E S S e S E Q||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|||o-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|||---------4-------6--------------------|------4-----6-------------------|||--------------------------4-----------|------------------4-------------|||o--2h=4----------------0-----4--------|--2h4-----------0---4----4------|||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C#5 q H. W|-------------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------------|----------------------------||-6-----------------------------|----------------------------||-6-----------------------------|----------------------------||-4-----------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------------|----------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S e S e e e e S S S S S e S e Q|--------------------------9----|----------------------------||----------------------------12-|----------------------------||-------------------------------|----------------------------||----------------14-14-12-------|-14-------------14-12-14----||-7---7---7----7----------------|------7---7---7-------------||---9---9----9------------------|--------9---9---------------|
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| S S S E S S e S Q. S S S E S S e S E Q|-------------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------------|----------------------------||-----4------7------------------|------4-----6---------------||--------------------4----------|--------------------4-------||-2h4-------------0-----4-------|--2h4------------0-----4-4--||-------------------------------|----------------------------|
B5 W +H. S S E|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------------|--------------------------------||--6----------------------------------|-(6)---------------------4-4----||--6----------------------------------|-(6)---------------------4-4----||--4----------------------------------|-(4)---------------------2-2----||-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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| S S S S e S e S e e e e S S S S S e e S e e|-------------------------------12-12-|--------------------------------||-------------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------------|--------------------------------||-11----11----11---11-14-14-12--------|-14---------------------14---14-||----14----14-------------------------|------7---7---7-9-7-------------||-------------------------------------|--------9---9---------9---------|
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| S S S E S S e S Q. S S S E S S e S E Q|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------------|--------------------------------||--------4-------6--------------------|------4-----6-------------------||-------------------------4-----------|------------------4-------------||--2h=4----------------0-----4--------|--2h4-----------0---4----4------||-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C#5 q H. W 4x|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|||-------------------------------|----------------------------o|||-6-----------------------------|-----------------------------|||-6-----------------------------|-----------------------------|||-4-----------------------------|----------------------------o|||-------------------------------|-----------------------------||
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| S S S S S S S e S e e e e S S S S S e S e Q 4x|--------------------------9----|-----------------------------|||----------------------------12-|----------------------------o|||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|||----------------14-14-12-------|-14-------------14-12-14-----|||-7---7---7----7----------------|------7---7---7-------------o|||---9---9----9------------------|--------9---9----------------||
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| S S S E S S e S Q. S S S E S S e S E Q 4x|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|||-------------------------------|----------------------------o|||-----4------6------------------|------4-----6----------------|||--------------------4----------|--------------------4--------|||-2h4-------------0-----4-------|--2h4------------0-----4-4--o|||-------------------------------|-----------------------------||
Wx4|--------*||--------*||--------*||--------*||--------*||--------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
