+
-

La Mer

Nine Inch Nails

Text File

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

LA MER (Bassline)
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 1999 Double Album THE FRAGILE)

Transcribed by Matthew Ford
	

Words and Music by Trent Reznor

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Double bass - Trent Reznor'
Gtr II (C G D A) - 'Cello - Willie (2 cellos arranged for 1)'

    Moderately Q=94
   3/4
    Gtr I
    H.        H.        H.        H.
||----------|---------|---------|-------|
||o---------|---------|---------|-------|
||o---------|---------|-6-------|-8-----|
||--6-------|-8-------|---------|-------|


  H.        H.        H.        H.     4x
|---------|---------|---------|--------||
|---------|---------|---------|-------o||
|-6-------|-8-------|---------|-------o||
|---------|---------|-4-------|-6------||


  H.        H.        H.        H.
|---------|---------|---------|-------|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|
|---------|---------|-6-------|-8-----|
|-6-------|-8-------|---------|-------|


  H.        H.        H.        H.
|---------|---------|---------|-------||
|---------|---------|---------|-------||
|-6-------|-8-------|---------|-------||
|---------|---------|-4-------|-6-----||


  H.        H.        H.        H.
|---------|---------|---------|-------|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|
|---------|---------|-6-------|-8-----|
|-6-------|-8-------|---------|-------|


  H.        H.        H.        H.
|---------|---------|---------|-------||
|---------|---------|---------|-------||
|-6-------|-8-------|---------|-------||
|---------|---------|-4-------|-6-----||


  H.        H.        H.        H.
|---------|---------|---------|-------|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|
|---------|---------|-6-------|-8-----|
|-6-------|-8-------|---------|-------|


  H.        H.        H.        H.
|---------|---------|---------|-------||
|---------|---------|---------|-------||
|-6-------|-8-------|---------|-------||
|---------|---------|-4-------|-6-----||


  H.        H.        H.        H.
|---------|---------|---------|-------|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|
|---------|---------|-6-------|-8-----|
|-6-------|-8-------|---------|-------|


  H.        H.        H.        H.
|---------|---------|---------|-------||
|---------|---------|---------|-------||
|-6-------|-8-------|---------|-------||
|---------|---------|-4-------|-6-----||


  H.        H.        H.        H.
|---------|---------|---------|-------|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|
|---------|---------|-6-------|-8-----|
|-6-------|-8-------|---------|-------|


  H.        H.        H.        H.
|---------|---------|---------|-------|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|
|-6-------|-8-------|---------|-------|
|---------|---------|-4-------|-6-----|


    H.        H.        H.         H.
||----------|---------|---------|--------|
||o---------|---------|---------|--------|
||o---------|---------|-6-------|--8-----|
||--6-------|-8-------|---------|--------|
|
|   Gtr II
|   H.        H.        H.         H.
||----------|---------|---------|--------|
||o---------|---------|---------|--------|
||o-3-------|-5-------|-8-------|-10-----|
||----------|---------|---------|--------|


  H.         H.        H.        H.     5x
|---------|----------|---------|--------||
|---------|----------|---------|-------o||
|-6-------|--8-------|---------|-------o||
|---------|----------|-4-------|-6------||
|
| H.         H.        H.        H.     5x
|---------|----------|---------|--------||
|---------|----------|---------|-------o||
|-8-------|-10-------|-1-------|-3-----o||
|---------|----------|---------|--------||


  H.        H.        H.         H.
|---------|---------|---------|--------|
|---------|---------|---------|--------|
|---------|---------|-6-------|--8-----|
|-6-------|-8-------|---------|--------|
|
| H.        H.        H.         H.
|---------|---------|---------|--------|
|-0-------|-2-------|-5-------|--7-----|
|-3-------|-5-------|-8-------|-10-----|
|---------|---------|---------|--------|


  H.         H.        H.        H.
|---------|----------|---------|-------||
|---------|----------|---------|-------||
|-6-------|--8-------|---------|-------||
|---------|----------|-4-------|-6-----||
|
| H.         H.        H.        H.
|---------|----------|---------|-------||
|-5-------|--7-------|-8-------|-8-----||
|-8-------|-10-------|-1-------|-3-----||
|---------|----------|---------|-------||


    H.        H.        H.         H.
||----------|---------|---------|--------|
||o---------|---------|---------|--------|
||o---------|---------|-6-------|--8-----|
||--6-------|-8-------|---------|--------|
|
|   H.        H.        H.         H.
||----------|---------|---------|--------|
||o-0-------|-2-------|-5-------|--7-----|
||o-3-------|-5-------|-8-------|-10-----|
||----------|---------|---------|--------|


  H.         H.        H.        H.     3x
|---------|----------|---------|--------||
|---------|----------|---------|-------o||
|-6-------|--8-------|---------|-------o||
|---------|----------|-4-------|-6------||
|
| H.         H.        H.        H.     3x
|---------|----------|---------|--------||
|-5-------|--7-------|-8-------|-8-----o||
|-8-------|-10-------|-1-------|-3-----o||
|---------|----------|---------|--------||



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