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THE FRAGILE
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 1999 Album THE FRAGILE)
Transcribed by unregistered
Gtr I (C G C F A D) - 'Distortion Gtr.'
Gtr II (C G C F A D) - 'Clean Gtr.'
Gtr III (C G C F A D) - 'Synth'
Gtr IV (C G C F A D) - 'Cello'
Verse Q=75 4/4 Gtr I Wx17|---------||---------||---------||---------||---------||---------|
Chorus E F G D E F G D 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--|
E F G D E F G 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 D 4/4 2/4 E E E E H Wx6 H|--------------|------------|------||--------------|------------|------||--------------|------------|------||--------------|------------|------||--------------|------------|------||-0-0-0-0------|------------|------|
Chorus E F G D 4/4 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-|
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| Gtr II| S S E E S S S S E E E S S E E S S S S E E E|-15-13-15-15-15-13-15-13-15-15-15-|-15-13-15-15-15-13-15-13-15-15-15-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E F G D 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---|
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| S S E E S S S S E E E S S E E S S S S E E E|-15-13-15-15-15-13-15-13-15-15-15-|-15-13-15-15-15-13-15-13-15-15-15---||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E F G D 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-|
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| S S E E S S S S E E E S S E E S S S S E E E|-15-13-15-15-15-13-15-13-15-15-15-|-15-13-15-15-15-13-15-13-15-15-15-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E F G D E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------------------------------|--------------------------------||----------------------------------|--------------------------------||----------------------------------|--------------------------------||----------------------------------|--------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------1-0-||--2-----2--2--2-----3-----3--3--5-|--5-----5--5--5-----0-----0-----|
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| S S E E S S S S E E E S S E E S S S S E Q|-15-13-15-15-15-13-15-13-15-15-15-|-15-13-15-15-15-13-15-13-15-----||----------------------------------|--------------------------------||----------------------------------|--------------------------------||----------------------------------|--------------------------------||----------------------------------|--------------------------------||----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bridge N.C. 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-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
F C Gtr IV W W|------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||-8----------------|-------------------||------------------|-10----------------|
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| Gtr II| E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q.|------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||-8-10--8-8-10-----|--8-10--8-8-10-----||------------------|-------------------|
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| Gtr II| E Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q|------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||-5--5--5----5--5--|--5--5--5----5--5--||------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------|
Eb W +W|---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||--6------------------|-(6)------------------||---------------------|----------------------|
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| E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q.|---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||-10-12\----10-12\----|-10--12\----10-12\----||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------|
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| E Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q|---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||--5--5---5-----5--5--|--5---5---5-----5--5--||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------|
F C W W|------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||-8----------------|-------------------||------------------|-10----------------|
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| E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q.|------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||-8-10--8-8-10-----|--8-10--8-8-10-----||------------------|-------------------|
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| E Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q|------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||-5--5--5----5--5--|--5--5--5----5--5--||------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------|
Eb W +W|---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||--6------------------|-(6)------------------||---------------------|----------------------|
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| E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q.|---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||-10-12\----10-12\----|-10--12\----10-12\----||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------|
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| E Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q|---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||--5--5---5-----5--5--|--5---5---5-----5--5--||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------|
F C W W|------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||-8----------------|-------------------||------------------|-10----------------|
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| E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q.|------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||-8-10--8-8-10-----|--8-10--8-8-10-----||------------------|-------------------|
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| E Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q|------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||-5--5--5----5--5--|--5--5--5----5--5--||------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------|
Eb W +W|---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||--6------------------|-(6)------------------||---------------------|----------------------|
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| E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q.|---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||-10-12\----10-12\----|-10--12\----10-12\----||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------|
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| E Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q|---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||--5--5---5-----5--5--|--5---5---5-----5--5--||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------|
F C W W|------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||-8----------------|-------------------||------------------|-10----------------|
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| E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q.|------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||-8-10--8-8-10-----|--8-10--8-8-10-----||------------------|-------------------|
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| E Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q|------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||-5--5--5----5--5--|--5--5--5----5--5--||------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------||------------------|-------------------|
Eb W +W|---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||--6------------------|-(6)------------------||---------------------|----------------------|
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| E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q.|---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||-10-12\----10-12\----|-10--12\----10-12\----||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------|
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| E Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q|---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||--5--5---5-----5--5--|--5---5---5-----5--5--||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------|
Bridge Continued A D C A A E G D C# Gtr I 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|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|---------/9-9-9---|-----------------||-7-7-7-7---------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7--------5-|-5-5-------------||---------5-5-5-3-|-3-3-3-3---------|------------------|-----5-5-4-4-4-4-||-----------------|---------7-7-7-7-|------------------|-----------------|
F# G D C# A D C A 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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-4-4-4-4-5-5-5---|-----------------|-7-7-7-7---------|-----------------||---------------5-|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|---------5-5-5-3-|-3-3-3-3---------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------7-7-7-7-|
F# G C D E G D A E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||-4-4-4-4-5-5-5---|---------2-3-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-------7-|-7-7-7-7----------||---------------3-|-3-3-5-5-----------|---------5-5-5---|---------7-7-7-7--||-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
A E G D C# F# G C A 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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||---------9-9-9---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-7-7-7-7-------5-|-5-5-------------|-4-4-4-4-5-5-5---|-----------------||-----------------|-----5-5-4-4-4-4-|---------------3-|-3-3-3-3---------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------7-7-7-7-|
Out-Chorus E F G D E F G D 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 F G D E F G D 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
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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
