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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-----|
||----------|---------|---------|--------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nine_inch_nails/la_mer_btab_ver_2.html ]
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
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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
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| - 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
