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HERESEY
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 1994 Album THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL)
Transcribed by scott666, nikb (guitar 4)
Words and Music by Nine Inch Nails
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Synth'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'Guitar 2'
Gtr IV (D A D G B E) - 'Guitar 3'
Intro
Q=115
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 8x
||-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------------||
||--1-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-1-3-3-3--||
||o---------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------------||
Verse
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S E S S E S S S S 16x
||-------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------o||
||-------------------------------||
||--1-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1--||
||o-----------------------------o||
||-------------------------------||
Chorus
Eb5F5 N.C. Eb5F5 N.C.
Gtr II
PM------| PM------|
Q Q S S E E E Q Q S S E E E 4x
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|------------------||
||--1S=3------------|-1S=3-------------||
||o-1S=3------------|-1S=3------------o||
||--1S=3--3-3-3-3-3-|-1S=3--3-3-3-3-3--||
Interlude
N.C.
E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E 4x
||-----------------|-----------------||
||o----------------|----------------o||
||-----------------|-----------------||
||------1-3--------|-----1-3---------||
||o----------------|----------------o||
||--3-3------3-6-3-|-3-3------3-6-3--||
Verse
E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E 8x
||-----------------|-----------------||
||o----------------|----------------o||
||-----------------|-----------------||
||------1-3--------|-----1-3---------||
||o----------------|----------------o||
||--3-3------3-6-3-|-3-3------3-6-3--||
Chorus
Eb5F5 N.C. Eb5F5 N.C.
Gtr II
PM------| PM------|
Q Q S S E E E Q Q S S E E E 8x
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|------------------||
||--1S=3------------|-1S=3-------------||
||o-1S=3------------|-1S=3------------o||
||--1S=3--3-3-3-3-3-|-1S=3--3-3-3-3-3--||
Interlude
N.C.
Gtr I
Q E H E W 8x
||---------------|-------||
||o----11-9----9-|------o||
||---------------|-------||
||---------------|-------||
||o--------------|------o||
||---------------|-------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nine_inch_nails/heresey_tab.html ]
Eb5F5 N.C. Eb5F5 N.C.
Gtrs II, III
PM------| PM------|
Q Q S S E E E Q Q S S E E E
||---------------------|-------------------|
||o--------------------|-------------------|
||---------------------|-------------------|
||--1S=3---------------|-1S=3--------------|
||o-1S=3---------------|-1S=3--------------|
||--1S=3---3-3-3-3--3--|-1S=3----3-3-3-3-3-|
|
| Gtr IV
| Q. H +E Q. Q. Q
||---------------------|-------------------|
||o--------------------|-------------------|
||---------------------|-------------------|
||--9----8---------(8)-|-7----5--------3---|
||o-9----8---------(8)-|-7----5--------3---|
||--9----8---------(8)-|-7----5--------3---|
Eb5F5 N.C. Eb5 F5 N.C.
PM------| PM------|
Q Q S S E E E Q Q S S E E E
|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|------------------o||
|------------------|-------------------||
|-1S=3-------------|-1S==3-------------||
|-1S=3-------------|-1S==3------------o||
|-1S=3---3-3-3-3-3-|-1S==3--3-3-3-3-3--||
|
| Q. H E E E Q Q Q
|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|------------------o||
|------------------|-------------------||
|-6----5---------1-|-1s3-3--3----------||
|-6----5---------1-|-1s3-3--3---------o||
|-6----5---------1-|-1s3-3--3----------||
Out-Chorus
Eb5F5 N.C. Eb5F5 N.C.
PM------| PM------|
Q Q S S E E E Q Q S S E E E
||---------------------|-------------------|
||o--------------------|-------------------|
||---------------------|-------------------|
||--1S=3---------------|-1S=3--------------|
||o-1S=3---------------|-1S=3--------------|
||--1S=3---3-3-3-3--3--|-1S=3----3-3-3-3-3-|
|
| Q. H +E Q. Q. Q
||---------------------|-------------------|
||o--------------------|-------------------|
||---------------------|-------------------|
||--9----8---------(8)-|-7----5--------3---|
||o-9----8---------(8)-|-7----5--------3---|
||--9----8---------(8)-|-7----5--------3---|
Eb5F5 N.C. Eb5 F5 N.C.
PM------| PM------|
Q Q S S E E E Q Q S S E E E 4x
|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|------------------o||
|------------------|-------------------||
|-1S=3-------------|-1S==3-------------||
|-1S=3-------------|-1S==3------------o||
|-1S=3---3-3-3-3-3-|-1S==3--3-3-3-3-3--||
|
| Q. H E E E Q Q Q 4x
|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|------------------o||
|------------------|-------------------||
|-6----5---------1-|-1s3-3--3----------||
|-6----5---------1-|-1s3-3--3---------o||
|-6----5---------1-|-1s3-3--3----------||
Duration Legend
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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
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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
