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WISH
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 1992 EP BROKEN)
Transcribed by Andy Aledort
Words and Music by Trent Reznor
D5
x 5 7 7 x x
Eb5
x 6 8 8 x x
F5
x 8 10 10 x x
C5
x 3 5 5 x x
G5
3 5 5 x x x
G#5
4 6 6 x x x
F5I
1 3 3 x x x
D
x 5 7 7 7 x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr.1 - Trent Reznor'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr.2 - Trent Reznor'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr.3 - Trent Reznor'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Synth - Trent Reznor'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Synth (w/echo FX) - Trent Reznor'
Intro Verse
Moderately Fast Rock Q=144
N.C.
4/4
Gtr IV
Wx8 E S S Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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D5 EbD5 EbD5 Gtrs I, II E S S +S S E +S S E E E a E. S +S S E +S S E E E 3x|---------------------------|--------------------------------|||---------------------------|-------------------------------o|||-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\-----|||-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\-----|||-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5\----o|||---------------------------|--------------------------------||
N.C. Gtr IV E S S Q Q Q Q Q Q Q|----------------------|-----------------||----------------------|-----12--12--13--||-14h16p14-12--12--14--|-14--------------||----------------------|-----------------||----------------------|-----------------||----------------------|-----------------|
D5 EbD5 EbD5 Gtrs I, II E S S +S S E +S S E E E a E. S +S S E +S S E E E|---------------------------|-------------------------------||---------------------------|-------------------------------||-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-----||-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-----||-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5-----||---------------------------|-------------------------------|
EbD5 EbD5 E S S +S S E +S S E E E a E. S +S S E +S S E E E|---------------------------|------------------------------|||---------------------------|------------------------------|||-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\---|||-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\---|||-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5\---|||---------------------------|------------------------------||
Chorus $ $$ F5 C5 H Q +Q H. +Q|------------------|---------------||------------------|---------------||-10----10--(10)\--|-5-------(5)\--||-10----10--(10)\--|-5-------(5)\--||--8-----8---(8)\--|-3-------(3)\--||------------------|---------------|
D5 EbD5 EbD5 E S S +S S E +S S E E E a E. S +S S E +S S E E E|---------------------------|------------------------------||---------------------------|------------------------------||-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\---||-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\---||-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5\---||---------------------------|------------------------------|
F5 C5 G5 G#5 D5 EbD5 H. +Q H Q Q E S S +S S E +S S E E E|-----------------|------------|---------------------------||-----------------|------------|---------------------------||-10-------(10)\--|-5----------|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---||-10-------(10)\--|-5----5--6--|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-||--8--------(8)\--|-3----5--6--|-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---||-----------------|------3--4--|---------------------------|
To Coda To Coda EbD5 a E. S +S S E +S S E E E|------------------------------|||------------------------------|||-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\---|||-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\---|||-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5\---|||------------------------------||
Verse N.C. Gtr IV H Q Q Q Q Q Q||----------------|---------13s=8--|||o---------------|----------------|||------------10--|----------------|||--12----12------|-10--10---------|||o---------------|----------------|||----------------|----------------|
D5 EbD5 EbD5 Gtrs I, II E S S +S S E +S S E E E a E. S +S S E +S S E E E|---------------------------|---------------------------------|||---------------------------|--------------------------------o|||-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\------|||-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\------|||-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5\-----o|||---------------------------|---------------------------------||
N.C. Gtr IV H Q Q Q Q Q Q|---------------|------------8--||---------------|---------------||-----------10--|---------------||-12----12------|-10--10--------||---------------|---------------||---------------|---------------|
D5 EbD5 EbD5 Gtrs I, II E S S +S S E +S S E E E a E. S +S S E +S S E E E|---------------------------|------------------------------||---------------------------|------------------------------||-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\---||-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\---||-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5\---||---------------------------|------------------------------|
N.C. Gtr IV H Q Q Q Q Q Q|---------------|---------13s=8--||---------------|----------------||-----------10--|----------------||-12----12------|-10--10---------||---------------|----------------||---------------|----------------|
D.S. al Coda D5 EbD5 EbD5 Gtrs I, II E S S +S S E +S S E E E a E. S +S S E +S S E E E||----------------------------|-------------------------------||||o---------------------------|------------------------------o||||--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\----||||--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\----||||o-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5\---o||||----------------------------|-------------------------------||
Interlude
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D5 C5 G#5 F5
Gtrs III, V
< < < <
W H. E E W W 4x
||-----------|-------------|----------|-------||||o----------|-------------|----------|------o||||--7--------|-5-----------|----------|-------||||--7--------|-5-----------|-6--------|-3-----||||o-5--------|-3-----------|-6--------|-3----o||||-----------|---------4s3-|-4--------|-1-----||
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda D5 EbD5 EbD5 Gtrs I, II E S S +S S E +S S E E E a E. S +S S E +S S E E E 4x||----------------------------|-------------------------------||||o---------------------------|------------------------------o||||--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\----||||--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\----||||o-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5\---o||||----------------------------|-------------------------------||
Chorus && F5 C5 H Q +Q H. +Q|------------------|---------------||------------------|---------------||-10----10--(10)\--|-5-------(5)\--||-10----10--(10)\--|-5-------(5)\--||--8-----8---(8)\--|-3-------(3)\--||------------------|---------------|
D5 EbD5 EbD5 E S S +S S E +S S E E E a E. S +S S E +S S E E E|---------------------------|------------------------------||---------------------------|------------------------------||-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\---||-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\---||-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5\---||---------------------------|------------------------------|
F5 C5 G5 G#5 D5 EbD5 H. +Q H Q Q E S S +E E +S S E E E|-----------------|------------|-------------------------||-----------------|------------|-------------------------||-10-------(10)\--|-5----------|-7-7-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-8-7---||-10-------(10)\--|-5----5--6--|-7-7-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-||--8--------(8)\--|-3----5--6--|-5-5-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-6-5---||-----------------|------3--4--|-------------------------|
EbD5 a E. S +S S E +S S E E E|-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\----||-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\----||-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5\----||-------------------------------|
Out-Chorus 1.,2. 3. D5 EbD5 EbD5 C5 G#5 F5I E S S +S S E +S S E E E a E. S +S S E +S S E E E 3x Q Q Q Q||----------------------------|-------------------------------||--------------||||o---------------------------|------------------------------o||--------------||||--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\----||-7--5---------||||--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\----||-7--5--6\--3--||||o-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5\---o||-5--3--6\--3--||||----------------------------|-------------------------------||-------4\--1--||
Outro D5 Eb5 D D5 Eb5 D Q. E +E E S S S S Q. E +E E S S S S||-----------------------|----------------------|||o----------------7-----|----------------7-----|||--7----7-(7)-8-x-7-----|-7----7-(7)-8-x-7-----|||--7----7-(7)-8-x-7-----|-7----7-(7)-8-x-7-----|||o-5----5-(5)-6-x-5-0-0-|-5----5-(5)-6-x-5-0-0-|||-----------------------|----------------------|
D5 Eb5 D D5 C5 G#5 F5I Q. E +E E S S S S Q Q Q Q|----------------------|-----------------|||----------------7-----|----------------o|||-7----7-(7)-8-x-7-----|-7--5------------|||-7----7-(7)-8-x-7-----|-7--5--6\--3-----|||-5----5-(5)-6-x-5-0-0-|-5--3--6\--3----o|||----------------------|-------4\--1-----||
D5 Eb5 D D5 Eb5 D Q. E +E E S S S S Q. E +E E S S S S|----------------------------|----------------------------||----------------------7-----|----------------------7-----||-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----||-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----||-5--------5-(5)-6---x-5-0-0-|-5--------5-(5)-6---x-5-0-0-||----------------------------|----------------------------|
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| Gtr III| S S E E E E S S E E S S E E E E S S E E|----------------------------|----------------------------||----------------------------|----------------------------||----------------------------|----------------------------||-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x---------|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x---------||-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x-3---5---|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x-3---5---||-x--x-3-1-3--4--x-x---------|-x--x-3-1-3--4--x-x---------|
D5 Eb5 D D5 C5 G#5 F5I Q. E +E E S S S S Q Q Q Q|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------||----------------------7-----|-------------------------------------------------------||-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|--7-----------5----------------------------------------||-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|--7-----------5-----------6\-------------3-------------||-5--------5-(5)-6---x-5-0-0-|--5-----------3-----------6\-------------3-------------||----------------------------|--------------------------4\-------------1-------------|
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| PM---------------------------------------------|
| S S E E E E S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------||-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x---------|-------------------------------------------------------||-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x-3---5---|-------------------------------------------------------||-x--x-3-1-3--4--x-x---------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13b17-13-13-13-13-13-13-13----|
D5 Eb5 D D5 Eb5 D Q. E +E E S S S S Q. E +E E S S S S|----------------------------|----------------------------||----------------------7-----|----------------------7-----||-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----||-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----||-5--------5-(5)-6---x-5-0-0-|-5--------5-(5)-6---x-5-0-0-||----------------------------|----------------------------|
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| S S E E E E S S E E S S E E E E S S E E|----------------------------|----------------------------||----------------------------|----------------------------||----------------------------|----------------------------||-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x---------|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x---------||-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x-3---5---|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x-3---5---||-x--x-3-1-3--4--x-x---------|-x--x-3-1-3--4--x-x---------|
D5 Eb5 D D5 C5 G#5 F5 Q. E +E E S S S S Q Q Q Q|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------*||----------------------7-----|------------------------------------------------------*||-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|--7-----------5---------------------------------------*||-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|--7-----------5-----------6\-------------3------------*||-5--------5-(5)-6---x-5-0-0-|--5-----------3-----------6\-------------3------------*||----------------------------|--------------------------4\-------------1------------*|
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| PM------------------------------------------|
| S S E E E E S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------*||----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------*||----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------*||-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x---------|------------------------------------------------------*||-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x-3---5---|------------------------------------------------------*||-x--x-3-1-3--4--x-x---------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13b16-13-13-13-13-13-13------*|
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
