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HELP ME I AM IN HELL
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 1992 EP BROKEN)
Transcribed by Matthew Ford
Music by Trent Reznor
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr.1 (2 guitars arranged for 1, w/delay)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr.2 (w/delay)'
Moderately Slow Q=76
(E5)
4/4
Gtr I
PM------------------------------------------------------
E E E E E E E E
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| Gtr II| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)-||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
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E E E E +H|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||----------------------18-----(18)------------------------||-17-----15-----17-----17-----(17)------------------------||--0------0------0------0------(0)------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)---x--(x)-x-(x)-x-(x)-x-(x)--||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
PM------------------------------------------------------ E E E E E E E E|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||-14-----14-----14-----15-----15-----15-----15-----15-----||--0------0------0------0------0------0------0------0-----|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)-||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
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E E E E +E Q.|----------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------12------------------||-12-----12-----12-----11-----(11)-----11------------------||--0------0------0------0------(0)-------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------||--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)---x--(x)--x--(x)-x-(x)-x-(x)-||----------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------|
PM--------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||-14-----14-----14-----15-----15-----15-----15-----15-----||--0------0------0------0------0------0------0------0-----|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)-||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
PM----------------------------------------------|
E E E E +Q. E|--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||----------------------18-----(18)-----------------------||-17-----15-----17-----17-----(17)-----------------------||--0------0------0------0------(0)-----------------0-----|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)---x--(x)-x-(x)-x-(x)-x-(x)-||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------|
PM------------------------------------------------------ E E E E E E E E|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||-14-----14-----14-----15-----15-----15-----15-----15-----||--0------0------0------0------0------0------0------0-----|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)-||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
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Q. E +E E E E|--------------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------------|||-12------------------11-----(11)-----------11-----------|||--0-------------------0------(0)-----0------0-----0-----||
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|--------------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------------|||--x--(x)-x-(x)-x-(x)--x-(x)---x--(x)-x-(x)--x-(x)-x-(x)-|||--------------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------------||
(G5) PM----------------------------------------------- E E E E E E E E|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||-14-----14-----14-----15-----15-----15-----15-----15-----||--0------0------0------0------0------0------0------0-----|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)-||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
(D5)
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E E E E +Q Q|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||----------------------18-----(18)-----------18-----------||-17-----15-----17-----17-----(17)------------------------||--0------0------0------0------(0)------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)---x--(x)-x-(x)--x-(x)-x-(x)-||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
(E5) PM----------------------------------------------- E E E E E E E E|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||-14-----14-----14-----15-----15-----15-----15-----15S====||--0------0------0------0------0------0------0------0-----|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)-||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
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E E E E +E Q E|--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------12-----------x-----||-12-----12-----------11-----(11)-----11-----------------||--0------0-----0------0------(0)------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--x-(x)--x-(x)-x-(x)--x-(x)---x--(x)--x-(x)-x-(x)-x-(x)-||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------|
(G5) PM------------------------------------------------------ E E E E E E E E|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||-14-----14-----14-----15-----15-----15-----15-----15-----||--0------0------0------0------0------0------0------0-----|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)-||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
(D5)
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E E E E +H|--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||----------------------18-----(18)-----------------------||-17-----15-----17-----17-----(17)-----------------------||--0------0------0------0------(0)-----------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)---x--(x)-x-(x)-x-(x)-x-(x)-||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------|
(E5) PM------------------------------------------------------ E E E E E E E E|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||-14-----14-----14-----15-----15-----15-----15-----15-----||--0------0------0------0------0------0------0------0-----|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)-||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
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E E E E +E E Q|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------12-----------------||-12-----12-----12-----11-----(11)-----11-----------------||--0------0------0------0------(0)------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)---x--(x)--x-(x)-x-(x)-x-(x)-||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
(G5) PM-------------------------- E E E E E E E E|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||-14-----14-----14-----15-----15-----15-----15-----15-----||--0------0------0------0------0------0------0------0-----|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)-||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
(D5)
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E E E E +Q. E|--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||----------------------18-----(18)-----------------------||-17-----15-----17-----17-----(17)-----------------------||--0------0------0------0------(0)-----------------0-----|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)---x--(x)-x-(x)-x-(x)-x-(x)-||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------|
(E5) PM------------------------------------------------- E E E E E E E E|----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||-14-----------------15-----------15-----------x-----||--0-----0-----0------0-----0------0-----0-----0-----|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||--x-(x)-x-(x)-x-(x)--x-(x)-x-(x)--x-(x)-x-(x)-x-(x)-||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|
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E E E E E E E E|--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------12--------------------||-12-----------12-----11------------------11-----(0)-----||--0-----0------0------0-----0--------------------0------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--x-(x)-x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)-x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x--(x)-||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------|
(G5)
PM----| PM----|
E E E E E E E E|-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------||-14-----------------15-----15-----15-----15-----15-----||--0-----0-----0------0------0------0------0------0-----|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------||--x-(x)-x-(x)-x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)-||-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------|
(D5)
PM-----------|
E E E E +Q. E|--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||----------------------18-----(18)-----------------------||-17-----15-----17-----17-----(17)-----------------------||--0------0------0------0------(0)-----------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)---x--(x)-x-(x)-x-(x)-x-(x)-||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------|
(E5)
PM---------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E|--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||-14-----14-----14-----15-----------15-----15-----15-----||--0------0------0------0-----0------0------0------0-----|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)-x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)-||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E|---------------------------------------------------------|||---------------------------------------------------------|||---------------------------------------------------------|||-----------------------------------12--------------------|||-12-----12-----12-----11------------------11-----(0)-----|||--0------0------0------0-----0--------------------0------||
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------------------------|||---------------------------------------------------------|||---------------------------------------------------------|||--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)-x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x--(x)-|||---------------------------------------------------------|||---------------------------------------------------------||
(G5)
PM----|
E E E E E E E E|--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||-14-----14-----14-----15-----------15-----15-----15S====||--0------0------0------0-----0------0------0------0-----|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)-x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)-||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------|
(D5) ~~~~~~~~~~~ PM E E E E +E E E E|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||----------------------18-----(18)-----------18-----------||-17-----17-----17----------------------------------------||--0------0------0---------------------0------------0-----|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)---x--(x)-x-(x)--x-(x)-x-(x)-||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
(E5) PM------------------------------------------------------ E E E E E E E E|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||-14-----14-----14-----15-----------15-----15-----15\-----||--0------0------0------0-----0------0------0------0------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)-x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)--x--(x)-||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
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E E E E +E Q. W|---------------------------------------|------*||---------------------------------------|------*||---------------------------------------|------*||---------------------------------12----|------*||-12-----------12-----11-----(11)-------|------*||--0-----0------0------0------(0)-------|------*|
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| S S S S S S S S H W|---------------------------------------|------*||---------------------------------------|------*||---------------------------------------|------*||--x-(x)-x-(x)--x-(x)--x-(x)------------|------*||---------------------------------------|------*||---------------------------------------|------*|
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
