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Terrible Lie

Nine Inch Nails

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TERRIBLE LIE (Bassline)
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 1989 Album PRETTY HATE MACHINE)

Transcribed by scott666
	

Words and Music by Trent Reznor

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Synth'

 Intro         Verse
  Q=90
                $
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx8           Wx16
|------------||---------||
|------------||---------||
|------------||---------||
|------------||---------||


   Chorus
                                      D.S.
    C#5        G5         B5         F#5  B5
    W          W          W          W
||-----------|----------|----------|------------||
||o----------|----------|----------|-----------o||
||o-4--------|----------|-2--------|-----------o||
||-----------|-3--------|----------|-2----------||
|
|   Gtr II
|   W          W          W          H    H
||-----------|----------|----------|------------||
||o----------|----------|----------|-----------o||
||--6--------|----------|-4--------|------4-----||
||--6--------|-5--------|-4--------|-4----4-----||
||o-4--------|-5--------|-2--------|-4----2----o||
||-----------|-3--------|----------|-2----------||


 Bridge
                 F#5        G5         E5         F#5
  Wx8            W          W          W          W
|------------||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
|------------||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
|------------||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
|------------||--2--------|-3--------|-0--------|-2-----||
|
| Wx8            W          W          W          W
|------------||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
|------------||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
|------------||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
|------------||--4--------|-5--------|-2--------|-4-----||
|------------||o-4--------|-5--------|-2--------|-4----o||
|------------||--2--------|-3--------|-0--------|-2-----||


 Verse
  Wx16
|---------||
|---------||
|---------||
|---------||


   Chorus
    C#5        G5         B5         F#5  B5
    W          W          W          W          4x
||-----------|----------|----------|------------||
||o----------|----------|----------|-----------o||
||o-4--------|----------|-2--------|-----------o||
||-----------|-3--------|----------|-2----------||
|
|   Gtr II
|   W          W          W          H    H     4x
||-----------|----------|----------|------------||
||o----------|----------|----------|-----------o||
||--6--------|----------|-4--------|------4-----||
||--6--------|-5--------|-4--------|-4----4-----||
||o-4--------|-5--------|-2--------|-4----2----o||
||-----------|-3--------|----------|-2----------||


   Outro
    C#5        G5         B5         F#5  B5
    W          W          W          W          8x
||-----------|----------|----------|------------||
||o----------|----------|----------|-----------o||
||o-4--------|----------|-2--------|-----------o||
||-----------|-3--------|----------|-2----------||
|
|   Gtr II
|   W          W          W          H    H     8x
||-----------|----------|----------|------------||
||o----------|----------|----------|-----------o||
||--6--------|----------|-4--------|------4-----||
||--6--------|-5--------|-4--------|-4----4-----||
||o-4--------|-5--------|-2--------|-4----2----o||
||-----------|-3--------|----------|-2----------||


  Gtr II
  W          +W           +W           +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)----*|
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)----*|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|



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