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The Mark Has Been Made

Nine Inch Nails

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THE MARK HAS BEEN MADE
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 1999 Double Album THE FRAGILE (RIGHT))

Transcribed by Zach Kraemer
	

Music by Trent Reznor

Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Cello'
Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'Acoustic'
Gtr IV (D A D G B E) - 'Slight dist.'
Gtr V (D A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Gtr VI (D A D G B E) - 'Clean Guitar 2'

 Part I
  Q=76
  N.C.   D5                                       G5/D
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Q.   E E +E     +E  +E    +Q   E +E     +S  +S  Q   E
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-|-(7)--7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-5---4--|
|--------5----------------|------5----------------5--(5)-|
|------0------------------|------------------------------|


          D5                                    G5/D
  +Q.   E E +E     +E  +E    +E  E E +E     +E  Q   E
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-(4)-----7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-|-(7)---7-(7)b8==(7)r5---4--|
|-(5)-----5----------------|-------5------------5--(5)-|
|-------0------------------|-----0---------------------|


            D5                                       G5/D
    +Q.   E E +E     +E  +E    +Q   E +E     +S  +S  Q   E
||---------------------------|------------------------------|
||o--------------------------|------------------------------|
||---------------------------|------------------------------|
||--(4)-----7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-|-(7)--7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-5---4--|
||o-(5)-----5----------------|------5----------------5--(5)-|
||--------0------------------|------------------------------|


          D5                                    G5/D
  +Q.   E E +E     +E  +E    +E  E E +E     +E  Q   E   3x
|--------------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------o||
|--------------------------|----------------------------||
|-(4)-----7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-|-(7)---7-(7)b8==(7)r5---4---||
|-(5)-----5----------------|-------5------------5--(5)-o||
|-------0------------------|-----0----------------------||


  N.C.
  Gtr III
   W                  W               E E E E Q.   E   +E  Q  E Q  Q
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|---5-4-0-3----2-|-(2)------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|-----5--0-5--3--|
|
| Gtr II
|                                     >
|  E  E E E Q.   E   +E  Q  E Q  Q    W                 W
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----5-4-0-3----2-|-(2)------------|----------------|----------------|
|-(0)--------------|-----5--0-3--5--|-0--------------|----------------|


   W                  W               E E E E Q.   E   +E  Q  E Q  Q
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|---5-4-0-3----2-|-(2)------------|
|-(0)--------------|----------------|----------------|-----5--0-3--5--|
|
|                                     >
|  E  E E E Q.   E   +E  Q  E Q  Q    W                 W
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----5-4-0-3----2-|-(2)------------|----------------|----------------|
|-(0)--------------|-----5--0-3--5--|-0--------------|----------------|


   W                  W               E E E E Q.   E   +E  Q  E Q  Q
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|---5-4-0-3----2-|-(2)------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|-----5--0-5--3--|
|
|                                     >
|  E  E E E Q.   E   +E  Q  E Q  Q    W                 W
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----5-4-0-3----2-|-(2)------------|----------------|----------------|
|-(0)--------------|-----5--0-3--5--|-0--------------|----------------|


 Part II
  Tempo 2 Q=70
  N.C.
  Gtr IV
  E E Q    E Q    +E    S S E Q    E Q    +E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-x-x-3b4--x-3b4--(3)-|-x-x---3b4--x-3b4--(3)-|
|-x-5------x----------|-x-x-5-0----x----------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|


  S S E Q    S S Q    E    S   S  E S S S S S  S  S S S  S  E
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-3-----3b4--x-x-3b4--0-|-----x-x---0-3--x-x-3----|
|-x-x-5------x-x--------|--x---x----x-x-----x--x--------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|


  S S E Q    E Q    +E    S S E Q    E Q    +E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-x-x---3b4--x-3b4--(3)-|-x-x---3b4--x-3b4--(3)-|
|-x-x-5-0----x----------|-x-x-5-0----x----------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|


  S S E Q    E Q    +E    S S E Q    E Q    +E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-x-x---3b4--x-3b4--(3)-|-x-x---3b4--x-3b4--(3)-|
|-x-x-5-0----x----------|-x-x-5-0----x----------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|


    S S E Q    E Q    +E    S S E Q    E Q    +E
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||--x-x---3b4--x-3b4--(3)-|-x-x---3b4--x-3b4--(3)-|
||o-x-x-5-0----x----------|-x-x-5-0----x----------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|


  S S E Q    E Q    +E    S S E Q    E Q    +E
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------o||
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-x-x---3b4--x-3b4--(3)-|-x-x---3b4--x-3b4--(3)---||
|-x-x-5-0----x----------|-x-x-5-0----x-----------o||
|-----------------------|-------------------------||


 Part III (Intro Reprise)
  A Tempo Q=76
  N.C.   D5                                       G5/D  D
  Gtr I
  Q.   E E +E     +E  +E    +Q   E +E     +S  +S   Q     E
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-|-(7)--7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)--5-----4--|
|--------5----------------|------5-----------------5----(5)-|
|------0------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| Gtr VI
| W                          Q   E  E      E       E  E  E
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------5--------------4-----3--|
|-------------------------|------4-(4)s====3------(3)s2-----|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|


          D5                                    G5/D  D
  +Q.   E E +E     +E  +E    +E  E E +E     +E   Q     E
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-(4)-----7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-|-(7)---7-(7)b8==(7)r=5-----4---|
|-(5)-----5----------------|-------5-------------5----(5)--|
|-------0------------------|-----0-------------------------|
|
| +W                          Q    E  E      E   E  E  E
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-(3)----------------------|----------5----------4-----3---|
|--------------------------|-------4-(4)s====3--(3)s2------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|


          D5                                       G5/D  D
  +Q.   E E +E     +E  +E    +Q   E +E     +S  +S   Q     E
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-(4)-----7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-|-(7)--7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)--5-----4--|
|-(5)-----5----------------|------5-----------------5----(5)-|
|-------0------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| +W                          Q   E  E      E       E  E  E
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-(3)----------------------|---------5--------------4-----3--|
|--------------------------|------4-(4)s====3------(3)s2-----|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|


          D5                                    G5/D  D
  +Q.   E E +E     +E  +E    +E  E E +E     +E   Q     E
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-(4)-----7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-|-(7)---7-(7)b8==(7)r=5-----4---|
|-(5)-----5----------------|-------5-------------5----(5)--|
|-------0------------------|-----0-------------------------|
|
| +W                          Q    E  E      E   E  E  E
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-(3)----------------------|----------5----------4-----3---|
|--------------------------|-------4-(4)s====3--(3)s2------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|


   Part IV
    Tempo 2 Q=70
    N.C.
    Gtr V
    S  S  S S  S  S S  S S S S S S S S S
||---------------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------8-|
||--0-12s11-0-11s10-0-10s9-0-9s8-x-7-x---|
|
|   Gtr VI
|   W
||---------------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------|


            F#b5       Fb5     Eb5
  S  S  S S  S  S S  S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------8--o||
|-0-12s11-0-11s10-0-10s9-0-9s8-x-7-x-----||
|
| Q          E    E    E   E   E   E
|----------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------o||
|------------5----5----4---4---3---3-----||
|------------4----4----3---3---2---2-----||
|---------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------||


    N.C.
    Gtrs I, V
    S  S  S S  S  S S  S S S S S S S S S  3x
||----------------------------------------||
||o--------------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------------||
||----------------------------------------||
||o------------------------------------8-o||
||--0-12s11-0-11s10-0-10s9-0-9s8-x-7-x----||


    D5 C#5     C5      B5    Bb5 A5  F5
  Gtr V
  S  S  S S  S  S S  S S S S S S S S  S
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------10--|
|---12s11---11s10---10s9---9s8---7----8--|
|-0-12s11-0-11s10-0-10s9-0-9s8-x-7-x-----|


      D5 C#5     C5      B5    Bb5 A5  F5
    S  S  S S  S  S S  S S S S S S S S  S
||----------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------10-|
||o---12s11---11s10---10s9---9s8---7----8-|
||--0-12s11-0-11s10-0-10s9-0-9s8-x-7-x----|


    D5 C#5     C5      B5    Bb5 A5  F5
  S  S  S S  S  S S  S S S S S S S S  S
|-----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------10---||
|---12s11---11s10---10s9---9s8---7----8--o||
|-0-12s11-0-11s10-0-10s9-0-9s8-x-7-x------||


 Outro
  N.C.          F#b5Fb5 Eb5      F#b5               Fb5 Eb5
  Gtr VI
  W          Q  E E E E E E   Q   Q   H      Q  E E E E E E
|----------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|----------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|----------|----5-5s4-4s3-3-|----(5)-------|----5-5s4-4s3-3-|
|----------|----4-4s3-3s2-2-|----(4)-------|----4-4s3-3s2-2-|
|----------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|----------|----------------|--------------|----------------|


     F#b5        N.C.
                            PM
  Q   Q   H      W          Wx16
|--------------|----------|---------*|
|--------------|----------|---------*|
|----(5)-------|----------|---------*|
|----(4)-------|----------|---------*|
|--------------|----------|---------*|
|--------------|----------|---------*|



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