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Nine Inch Nails

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From: SPEX49D@prodigy.com (MR JOHN M VETTESE)

From: patters@dirac.scri.fsu.edu (Jason Patterson)

   NIN: Broken.
        ~~~~~~~
By: dany@irvine.com with 'Help me I am in Hell' by Elissa Feit.

PINION

E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------slide--------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------7-^-5--------------------------------|
A---4---5---6---7---4---5---6---7---5-^-3---4----------------------------|
E---2---3---4---5---2---3---4---5-----------2----------------------------|
leave out the slide alternating lines.              repeat, volume swell.


WISH

main riff, repeat several times with breaks for lyrics:
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---7--7--7--8--7--5--7--7--7--8--7--------------------------------------|
A---5--5--5--6--5--3--5--5--5--6--5--------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|

chorus:
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---10-----5------7--7--7--8--7--5--7--7--7--8--7------------------------|
A---8------3------5--5--5--6--5--3--5--5--5--6--5------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---10-----5-------------7--7--7--8--7--5--7--7--7--8--7-----------------|
A---8------3----5---6----5--5--5--6--5--3--5--5--5--6--5-----------------|
E---------------3---4----------------------------------------------------|

verse, chorus, then:

(1:54) Bass or quiet guitar?
slowly during interlude:
G-----------------------------|
D-----------------------------|
A-----5----3------------------|
E--------------4----1---------|

outro:
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---7--7--7--8--7----7--7--7--8--7----7--7--7--8--7----7----5------------|
A---5--5--5--6--5----5--5--5--6--5----5--5--5--6--5----5----3----6----3--|
E----------------------------------------------------------------4----1--|


LAST

repeat this several times:  (rhythm fig 1).
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------8--8---------------------------------------------------|
D---7--7--5^7^^7^7--6--6--7--7--5-7---0-0-0-1-1-0-0------------------------|
A---5--5--3^5^^3^5--------5--5--3^5----------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
        slide slide                   ^played by a 2nd guitar on album,
                                       muted, 1 octave lower than shown.
                                       also use rhythm fig. 4

goes into this:
(no mute, slide between chords)
rhythm fig 2.
E--------------------------|
B--------------------------|
G--------------------------|
D---5---6---7--------------|
A---3---4---5---5---6---7--|
E---------------3---4---5--|


"lead" break (twice):
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------3--3------------------------------------|
A--3--5-5-3--5p3-----3--5--5------------3--5-5-3--5p3----3---------------|
E-----------------5-----------5------------------------5----5--4--3--1---|

back to figure 1.

Bass interlude(this isn't meant to last...), breaks into:  (fig 3)
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------5---6---7---8---9^10---------------------------------------------|
A--------3---4---5---6---7^8----------------------------------------------|
E--0--0----0---0---0---0--------------------------------------------------| all E notes muted

Then back to fig. 2,
and outro on fig. 1.

(4:36) on the last two bars of the outro, a second guitar plays
fig. 3 underneath the louder guitar playing fig 1.

Alternate fill for riff 1:
rhythm fig 4
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------8--8---------------------------------------------------|
D---7--7--5^7^^7^7--6--6--7--7--5-7----0-0--1--0--2^^3---------------------|
A---5--5--3^5^^3^5--------5--5--3^5---------------slide--------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                       ^ This is actually played by a 2nd
                                       guitar doing the top part of riff
                                       3... but with some practice, it
                                       can sound pretty good with just
                                       one guitar


HAPPINESS IN SLAVERY:

distorted synth & drum sounds here...

(:32) Main bass riff (I think, someone help me with this):
G------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------1---------------------------------------------|
E--0--1-1-1--4---0--1h2p1-----2------------------------------------------|
             ^slide down

(:48) Guitar riff 1:
E--------------------------|
B--------------------------|
G--------------------------|
D--------------------------|
A---3-----4---3------------|
E---1-----2---1------------|


(1:08) Guitar riff 2, very fast:
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--3--3--3--4--4--5--5--5--6--6--6--7--7--8--8---------------------------|
E--1--1--1--2--2--3--3--3--4--4--4--5--5--6--6---------------------------|
muted, first time thru pick only E string, the rest pick chords.

then bass line for a couple of chorus: (don't open your eyes...)

(1:52) Guitar riff 3
smoothly:
E--------------------------|
B--------------------------|
G------------------5^------|