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Somewhat Damaged

Nine Inch Nails

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SOMEWHAT DAMAGED
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 1999 Album THE FRAGILE)

Transcribed by Adam Steele
	

Words and Music by Trent Reznor
Arranged by Trent Reznor

D
0 x 0 x x x
	
Eb
1 x 1 x x x
	
E
2 x 2 x x x
	
F
3 x 3 x x x

D5
0 0 0 x x x
	
Eb5
1 1 1 x x x
	
E5
2 2 2 x x x
	
F5
3 3 3 x x x

Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Acoustic'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Gtr IV (D A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Gtr V (D A D G B E) - 'Synth'
Gtr VI (D A D G B E) - 'Distortion'

 Intro
  Q=110
  N.C.
 3/4
  Gtr I
  E  E E E Q    E  E E E Q    E  E E E Q     E  E  E  E Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-0--1-2-3----|-0--1-2-3----|-0--1-2-3----|--0--1--2--3----|
|
| Gtr II
|                                            PM------|
| H.            H.            H.             E  E  E  E Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-12-12-12-12----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|


  N.C.
  Gtr I
   E  E  E  E Q     E  E  E  E Q     E  E  E  E Q     E  E  E  E Q
   |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |
   o  o  o  o       o  o  o  o       o  o  o  o       o  o  o  o

  Gtr II
   PM---------------------------------------------------------|
   E  E  E  E Q     E  E  E  E Q     E  E  E  E Q     E  E  E  E Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-12-12-12-12----|-13-13-13-13----|-12-12-12-12----|-12-12-12-12-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|


  D  Eb E  F       D  Eb E  F       D  Eb E  F       D  Eb E  F
   E  E  E  E Q     E  E  E  E Q     E  E  E  E Q     E  E  E  E Q
   |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |       |  |  |  |
   /  /  /  /       /  /  /  /       /  /  /  /       /  /  /  /

   PM---------------------------------------------------------|
   E  E  E  E Q     E  E  E  E Q     E  E  E  E Q     E  E  E  E Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-13-13-13-13----|-12-12-12-12----|-12-12-12-12----|-13-13-13-13-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|


    D EbE F       D EbE F       D EbE F
    E E E E Q     E E E E Q     E E E E Q
    | | | |       | | | |       | | | |
    / / / /       / / / /       / / / /

    PM------------------------------------|
    Q   E E E E   Q   E E E E   Q   E E E E  8x
||--------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-----0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-|-----1-1-1-1-o||
||--------------|-------------|--------------||
||--------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||--------------|-------------|--------------||


   Verse
    N.C.
    Gtr I
    E E E E Q    E E E E Q    E E E E Q   4x
||-------------|------------|-------------||
||o------------|------------|------------o||
||-------------|------------|-------------||
||--0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3-----||
||o------------|------------|------------o||
||--0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3-----||


   Breakdown
    N.C.
    E E E E Q    E E E E Q    E E E E Q
||-------------|------------|-------------||
||o------------|------------|------------o||
||-------------|------------|-------------||
||--0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3-----||
||o------------|------------|------------o||
||--0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3-----||


   Verse
    N.C.
    E E E E Q    E E E E Q    E E E E Q   4x
||-------------|------------|-------------||
||o------------|------------|------------o||
||-------------|------------|-------------||
||--0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3-----||
||o------------|------------|------------o||
||--0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3-----||


   Breakdown
    N.C.
    Gtr II
    E   S S E   S S E   S S   E   S S E   S S E   S S   E S S E S S E S S   3x
||--------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------o||
||--------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------||
||------0h1-----0h1-----0h1-|-----0h1-----0h1-----0h1-|---0h1---0h1---0h1---||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------o||
||--------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------||
|
|   Gtr III
|   PM--------------------------------------------------------|
|   S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S   e E   e E   Q       3x
||--------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------o||
||--------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------||
||--------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-----0-------------||


  N.C.                                                   EbE5F5
  E   S S E   S S E   S S   E   S S E   S S E   S S   H.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------||
|-----0h1-----0h1-----0h1-|-----0h1-----0h1-----0h1-|-------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------||
|
| PM----------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S   E  E E E Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|----1-2-3----||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|----1-2-3----||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----1-2-3----||


   Verse
    D5EbE5F5     D5EbE5F5     D5EbE5F5
    Gtr III
    E E E E Q    E E E E Q    E E E E Q   4x
||-------------|------------|-------------||
||o------------|------------|------------o||
||-------------|------------|-------------||
||--0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3-----||
||o-0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3----o||
||--0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3-----||


   Breakdown
    D5  Eb5 E5  F5            D5  Eb5 E5  F5            D5Eb5 E5F5
    Gtr II
    E   S S E   S S E   S S   E   S S E   S S E   S S   E S S E S S E S S
||--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
||------0h1-----0h1-----0h1-|-----0h1-----0h1-----0h1-|---0h1---0h1---0h1--|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|
|   Gtr III
|   E   E   E   E   Q         E   E   E   E   Q         E E   E E   Q
||--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
||--0---1---2---3-----------|-0---1---2---3-----------|-0-1---2-3----------|
||o-0---1---2---3-----------|-0---1---2---3-----------|-0-1---2-3----------|
||--0---1---2---3-----------|-0---1---2---3-----------|-0-1---2-3----------|
|
|   Gtr IV
|   PM--------------------------------------------------------|
|   S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S   e E   e E   Q
||--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-----0------------|


  D5  Eb5 E5  F5            D5  Eb5 E5  F5            D5Eb5 E5F5
  E   S S E   S S E   S S   E   S S E   S S E   S S   E S S E S S Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------||
|-----0h1-----0h1-----0h1-|-----0h1-----0h1-----0h1-|---0h1---0h1------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------||
|
| E   E   E   E   Q         E   E   E   E   Q         E E   E E   Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------||
|-0---1---2---3-----------|-0---1---2---3-----------|-0-1---2-3--------||
|-0---1---2---3-----------|-0---1---2---3-----------|-0-1---2-3-------o||
|-0---1---2---3-----------|-0---1---2---3-----------|-0-1---2-3--------||
|
| PM--------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S   e E   e E   Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-----0----------||


    D5      Eb5 F5      F5
     E      E    E      E    E      E
||--------------------------------------|
||o-15----------17----------18----------|
||--17b19-------19b21-------20b22-------|
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
|
|    E      E    E      E    Q
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||---0------1----2------3---------------|
||o--0------1----2------3---------------|
||---0------1----2------3---------------|
|
|    PM----------------------------------
|    S    S S S  S    S S S  S    S S S
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||---0----0-0-0--0----0-0-0--0----0-0-0-|


  D5      Eb5 E5      F5                D5    EbE5    F5
   E      E    E      E    E      E      E    E  E    E Q
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-15----------17----------18----------|-15------17---------|
|-17b19-------19b21-------20b22-------|-17b19---19b21------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|
|  E      E    E      E    Q             E    E  E    E Q
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|--0------1----2------3---------------|--0----1--2----3----|
|--0------1----2------3---------------|--0----1--2----3----|
|--0------1----2------3---------------|--0----1--2----3----|
|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|  S    S S S  S    S S S  S    S S S    e    E  e    E Q
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|--0----0-0-0--0----0-0-0--0----0-0-0-|--0-------0---------|


  D5      Eb5 E5      F5
   E      E    E      E    E      E
|-------------------------------------|
|-15----------17----------18----------|
|-17b19-------19b21-------20b22-------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
|  E      E    E      E    Q
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--0------1----2------3---------------|
|--0------1----2------3---------------|
|--0------1----2------3---------------|
|
|  PM----------------------------------
|  S    S S S  S    S S S  S    S S S
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--0----0-0-0--0----0-0-0--0----0-0-0-|


  D5      Eb5 E5      F5                D5    EbE5    F5
   E      E    E      E    E      E      E    E  E    E Q
|-------------------------------------|---------------------||
|-15----------17----------18----------|-15------17---------o||
|-17b19-------19b21-------20b22-------|-17b19---19b21-------||
|-------------------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------------------------|---------------------||
|
|  E      E    E      E    Q             E    E  E    E Q
|-------------------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------------------------|---------------------||
|--0------1----2------3---------------|--0----1--2----3-----||
|--0------1----2------3---------------|--0----1--2----3----o||
|--0------1----2------3---------------|--0----1--2----3-----||
|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|  S    S S S  S    S S S  S    S S S    e    E  e    E Q
|-------------------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------------------|--------------------o||
|--0----0-0-0--0----0-0-0--0----0-0-0-|--0-------0----------||


   Bridge
    N.C.
      <   <   <     <   <   <     <   <   <
    E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E
||--------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||--------------|-------------|--------------||
||----0---2---3-|---0---2---3-|---0---2---3--||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||--------------|-------------|--------------||
|
|   Gtr V
|   E E E E Q     E E E E Q     E E E E Q
||--------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||--------------|-------------|--------------||
||--------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||--0-1-2-3-----|-0-1-2-3-----|-0-1-2-3------||


  N.C.
    <   <   <     <   <   <     <   <
  E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E Q
|-------------|-------------|------------||
|-------------|-------------|------------||
|-------------|-------------|------------||
|---0---2---3-|---0---2---3-|---0---2----||
|-------------|-------------|------------||
|-------------|-------------|------------||
|
| E E E E Q     E E E E Q     E E E E Q
|-------------|-------------|------------||
|-------------|-------------|------------||
|-------------|-------------|------------||
|-------------|-------------|------------||
|-------------|-------------|------------||
|-0-1-2-3-----|-0-1-2-3-----|-0-1-2-3----||


   Interlude
    N.C.
   3/4                 2/4
    H.        H.        H
||----------|---------|-------||
||o---------|---------|------o||
||----------|---------|-------||
||----------|---------|-------||
||o---------|---------|------o||
||----------|---------|-------||


    N.C.
   3/4                                                 2/4
    PM----------------------------------------------|
    S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S   H
||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|------o||
||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------||
||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------||


    N.C.
   3/4                                                 2/4
    Gtr II
        <       <       <         <       <       <       <   <
    E   E   E   E   E   E     E   E   E   E   E   E     E E E E  8x
||--------------------------|-------------------------|----------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|---------o||
||--------------------------|-------------------------|----------||
||------0-------2-------3---|-----0-------2-------3---|---0---2--||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|---------o||
||--------------------------|-------------------------|----------||
|
|   Gtr IV
|   PM----------------------------------------------|
|   S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S   H        8x
||--------------------------|-------------------------|----------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|---------o||
||--------------------------|-------------------------|----------||
||--------------------------|-------------------------|----------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|---------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------||


   Outro
    N.C.
   3/4                                                 2/4
    PM----------------------------------------------|
    S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S   H     3x
||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|------o||
||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------||
||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------||


  N.C.
 3/4                 2/4
  H.        H.        H
|---------|---------|------*|
|---------|---------|------*|
|---------|---------|------*|
|---------|---------|------*|
|---------|---------|------*|
|---------|---------|------*|



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