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The Good Soldier

Nine Inch Nails

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THE GOOD SOLDIER
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 2007 Album YEAR ZERO)

Transcribed by Mitchell Gardner
	

Words and Music by Trent Reznor

Gtr I (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Gtr. I (Heavy Dist.)'
Gtr II (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Synth I'
Gtr III (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Synth II'

 Intro
  Q=88
  N.C.
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx4
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||


 Verse I
  N.C.
  Wx4
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|


  N.C.
  Q  E E     E  E     Q    E E H.        Q  E E     E  E     Q    E E H.
|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|-----------||
|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|-----------||
|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|-----------||
|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|-----------||
|------------------------|-x-----------|------------------------|-x---------||
|-0----3b3.5-0-/6b6.5-0--|-x-----------|-0----3b3.5-0-/6b6.5-0--|-x---------||


 Verse II
  N.C.
  Q  E E     E  E     Q    E E H    E     E
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|-x----------------|
|-0----3b3.5-0-/6b6.5-0--|-x--------3b3.5-0-|


                              PM-|      PM-|
  Q  E E E E     Q    E E Q   S   S  E  S   S  S S
|-------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------7b7.5----|-x------(7)-(7)---(7)-(5)-x-x--|
|-0----3-0-------0--|-x-----------------------------|


  N.C.
  Q  E E     E  E     Q    E E H.
|------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------|-x-----------|
|-0----3b3.5-0-/6b6.5-0--|-x-----------|


  Q  E E     E  E     Q    E E H     E.     +S
|------------------------|----------------------||
|------------------------|----------(8)b9.5-(8)-||
|------------------------|----------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------||
|------------------------|-x--------------------||
|-0----3b3.5-0-/6b6.5-0--|-x--------------------||


 Pre-Chorus
  N.C.
  W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||


 Chorus
  Esus4/A     A              Am/G        Esus4/A
   W            W             W           W
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------|
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------|
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------|
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------|
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------|
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------|
|
| Gtr II
|  W            H     H       W           W
|-----------|---------9----|-----------|-------|
|-10--------|-(10)---------|-10--------|-10----|
|--9--------|--(9)---------|--9--------|--9----|
|--9--------|--11----------|-10--------|--9----|
|-12--------|-(12)---------|-10--------|-12----|
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------|


  Esus4/A            A                    Am/G               Esus4/A
   PM-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
   E E E E E E E E     E  E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|--------------------|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------------|------------------||
|
|  W                   H        H          W                  W
|------------------|------------9-------|------------------|------------------||
|-10---------------|-(10)---------------|-10---------------|-10---------------||
|--9---------------|--(9)---------------|--9---------------|--9---------------||
|--9---------------|--11----------------|-10---------------|--9---------------||
|-12---------------|-(12)---------------|-10---------------|-12---------------||
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------||


 Break
  N.C.
  Wx2
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||


 Verse III
  N.C.
  Gtr I
  Q  E E     E  E     Q    E E H.
|------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------|-x-----------|
|-0----3b3.5-0-/6b6.5-0--|-x-----------|


                                   PM-|      PM-|
  Q  E E     E  E     Q    E E Q   S   S  E  S   S  S S
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------/7b7.5----|-x------(7)-(7)---(7)-(5)-x-x--|
|-0----3b3.5-0--------0--|-x-----------------------------|


  N.C.
  Q  E E     E  E     Q    E E H    E.    +S
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|----------5b6.5-(5)-|
|------------------------|-x------------------|
|-0----3b3.5-0-/6b6.5-0--|-x------------------|


  Q  E E     E  E     Q    E E H.
|------------------------|-----------||
|------------------------|-----------||
|------------------------|-----------||
|------------------------|-----------||
|------------------------|-x---------||
|-0----3b3.5-0-/6b6.5-0--|-x---------||


 Chorus
  Esus4/A            A                    Am/G               Esus4/A
  Gtr I
   PM-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
   E E E E E E E E     E  E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|  W                   H        H          W                  W
|------------------|------------9-------|------------------|------------------|
|-10---------------|-(10)---------------|-10---------------|-10---------------|
|--9---------------|--(9)---------------|--9---------------|--9---------------|
|--9---------------|--11----------------|-10---------------|--9---------------|
|-12---------------|-(12)---------------|-10---------------|-12---------------|
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------|


  Esus4/A            A                    Am/G               Esus4/A
   PM-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
   E E E E E E E E     E  E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|--------------------|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------------|------------------||
|
|  W                   H        H          W                  W
|------------------|------------9-------|------------------|------------------||
|-10---------------|-(10)---------------|-10---------------|-10---------------||
|--9---------------|--(9)---------------|--9---------------|--9---------------||
|--9---------------|--11----------------|-10---------------|--9---------------||
|-12---------------|-(12)---------------|-10---------------|-12---------------||
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------||


 Pre-Solo
  Esus4/A     A              Am/G        Esus4/A
   W            W             W           W
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------||
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------||
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------||
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------||
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------||
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------||
|
|  W            H     H       W           W
|-----------|---------9----|-----------|-------||
|-10--------|-(10)---------|-10--------|-10----||
|--9--------|--(9)---------|--9--------|--9----||
|--9--------|--11----------|-10--------|--9----||
|-12--------|-(12)---------|-10--------|-12----||
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------||


 Solo
  Esus4/A            A
   E E E E E E E E     E   E  E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|--9-9-9-----------|--11--11-11-----------|
|--------5-5-5-5-5-|------------7-7-7-7-7-|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|
|  W                   H          H
|------------------|--------------9-------|
|-10---------------|-(10)-----------------|
|--9---------------|--(9)-----------------|
|--9---------------|--11------------------|
|-12---------------|-(12)-----------------|
|------------------|----------------------|


  Am/G                      Esus4/A
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  S  S E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-16-16-16----------------|---------------------------|
|----------12-12-12-14-14-|-------------------14p12---|
|-------------------------|-12-12-12-11-11-11---------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------0-|
|
|  W                         W
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-10----------------------|-10------------------------|
|--9----------------------|--9------------------------|
|-10----------------------|--9------------------------|
|-10----------------------|-12------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|


  Esus4/A            A
   E E E E E E E E     E   E  E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|--9-9-9-----------|--11--11-11-----------|
|--------5-5-5-5-5-|------------7-7-7-7-7-|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|
|  W                   H          H
|------------------|--------------9-------|
|-10---------------|-(10)-----------------|
|--9---------------|--(9)-----------------|
|--9---------------|--11------------------|
|-12---------------|-(12)-----------------|
|------------------|----------------------|


  Am/G                      Esus4/A
                             |--3--|
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E. E. E.  E  +E   E  S  S E
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-16-16-16----------------|------------------------------||
|----------12-12-12-14-14-|------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-12h14p12--11-(11)-11---------||
|-------------------------|----------------------12p10-0-||
|
|  W                         W
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-10----------------------|-10---------------------------||
|--9----------------------|--9---------------------------||
|-10----------------------|--9---------------------------||
|-10----------------------|-12---------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------------||


 Instrumental Out-Chorus
  Esus4/A                 A
   E E  E   E  E  E E E     E   E   E   E  E  E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|--9-9--9---------------|--11--11--11---------------|
|-----------5--5--5-5-5-|---------------7--7--7-7-7-|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|
|  W                        H              H
|-----------------------|------------------9--------|
|-10--------------------|-(10)----------------------|
|--9--------------------|--(9)----------------------|
|--9--------------------|--11-----------------------|
|-12--------------------|-(12)----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|  Q   +E   E +H            Q      +E   E +H
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-/9---(9)--------------|-/11-----(11)--------------|
|----------\5-(5)-------|--------------\7-(7)-------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|


  Am/G                            Esus4/A
                                   |--3--|
    E  E   E    E   E   E  E  E    E. E. E.  E  +E   E  S  S E
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--16-16--16--------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------12--12--12-14-14-|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-12h14p12--11-(11)-11---------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------12p10-0-|
|
|   W                              W
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--10---------------------------|-10---------------------------|
|---9---------------------------|--9---------------------------|
|--10---------------------------|--9---------------------------|
|--10---------------------------|-12---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
|                                  |--3--|
|   Q     +E    E  +Q      Q       E. E. E.  E  +E   E  S  S E
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-/16----(16)-------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------\12-(12)----14----|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-12h14p12--11-(11)-11---------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------12p10-0-|


  Esus4/A                 A
   E E  E   E  E  E E E     E   E   E   E  E  E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|--9-9--9---------------|--11--11--11---------------|
|-----------5--5--5-5-5-|---------------7--7--7-7-7-|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|
|  W                        H              H
|-----------------------|------------------9--------|
|-10--------------------|-(10)----------------------|
|--9--------------------|--(9)----------------------|
|--9--------------------|--11-----------------------|
|-12--------------------|-(12)----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|
|  Q   +E   E +H            Q      +E   E +H
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-/9---(9)--------------|-/11-----(11)--------------|
|----------\5-(5)-------|--------------\7-(7)-------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|


  Am/G                            Esus4/A
                                   |--3--|
    E  E   E    E   E   E  E  E    E. E. E.  E  +E   E  S  S E
|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
|--16-16--16--------------------|------------------------------||
|--------------12--12--12-14-14-|------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-12h14p12--11-(11)-11---------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------12p10-0-||
|
|   W                              W
|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
|--10---------------------------|-10---------------------------||
|---9---------------------------|--9---------------------------||
|--10---------------------------|--9---------------------------||
|--10---------------------------|-12---------------------------||
|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
|
|                                  |--3--|
|   Q     +E    E  +Q      Q       E. E. E.  E  +E   E  Q
|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
|-/16----(16)-------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------\12-(12)----14----|------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-12h14p12--11-(11)-11---------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------12------||


 Outro
  Esus4/A             N.C.
  Gtr II
   >
   W           +H     H      W          W
|-----------|--------------|----------|------*|
|-10--------|-(10)---------|----------|------*|
|--9--------|--(9)---------|----------|------*|
|--9--------|--(9)---------|----------|------*|
|-12--------|-(12)---------|----------|------*|
|-----------|--------------|----------|------*|



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