Somewhat Damaged Chords & Tabs
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SOMEWHAT DAMAGED
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 1999 Album THE FRAGILE)
Transcribed by Adam Steele
Words and Music by Trent Reznor
Arranged by Trent Reznor
D
0 x 0 x x x
Eb
1 x 1 x x x
E
2 x 2 x x x
F
3 x 3 x x x
D5
0 0 0 x x x
Eb5
1 1 1 x x x
E5
2 2 2 x x x
F5
3 3 3 x x x
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Acoustic'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Gtr IV (D A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Gtr V (D A D G B E) - 'Synth'
Gtr VI (D A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Intro
Q=110
N.C.
3/4
Gtr I
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-0--1-2-3----|-0--1-2-3----|-0--1-2-3----|--0--1--2--3----|
|
| Gtr II
| PM------|
| H. H. H. E E E E Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-12-12-12-12----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
N.C.
Gtr I
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
Gtr II
PM---------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-12-12-12-12----|-13-13-13-13----|-12-12-12-12----|-12-12-12-12-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
D Eb E F D Eb E F D Eb E F D Eb E F
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
PM---------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-13-13-13-13----|-12-12-12-12----|-12-12-12-12----|-13-13-13-13-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
D EbE F D EbE F D EbE F
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
PM------------------------------------|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E 8x
||--------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-----0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-|-----1-1-1-1-o||
||--------------|-------------|--------------||
||--------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||--------------|-------------|--------------||
Verse
N.C.
Gtr I
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q 4x
||-------------|------------|-------------||
||o------------|------------|------------o||
||-------------|------------|-------------||
||--0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3-----||
||o------------|------------|------------o||
||--0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3-----||
Breakdown
N.C.
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q
||-------------|------------|-------------||
||o------------|------------|------------o||
||-------------|------------|-------------||
||--0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3-----||
||o------------|------------|------------o||
||--0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3-----||
Verse
N.C.
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q 4x
||-------------|------------|-------------||
||o------------|------------|------------o||
||-------------|------------|-------------||
||--0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3-----||
||o------------|------------|------------o||
||--0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3-----||
Breakdown
N.C.
Gtr II
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S 3x
||--------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------o||
||--------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------||
||------0h1-----0h1-----0h1-|-----0h1-----0h1-----0h1-|---0h1---0h1---0h1---||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------o||
||--------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| PM--------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e E e E Q 3x
||--------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------o||
||--------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------||
||--------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-----0-------------||
N.C. EbE5F5
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S H.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------||
|-----0h1-----0h1-----0h1-|-----0h1-----0h1-----0h1-|-------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------||
|
| PM----------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|----1-2-3----||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|----1-2-3----||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----1-2-3----||
Verse
D5EbE5F5 D5EbE5F5 D5EbE5F5
Gtr III
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q 4x
||-------------|------------|-------------||
||o------------|------------|------------o||
||-------------|------------|-------------||
||--0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3-----||
||o-0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3----o||
||--0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3----|-0-1-2-3-----||
Breakdown
D5 Eb5 E5 F5 D5 Eb5 E5 F5 D5Eb5 E5F5
Gtr II
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
||--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
||------0h1-----0h1-----0h1-|-----0h1-----0h1-----0h1-|---0h1---0h1---0h1--|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q
||--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
||--0---1---2---3-----------|-0---1---2---3-----------|-0-1---2-3----------|
||o-0---1---2---3-----------|-0---1---2---3-----------|-0-1---2-3----------|
||--0---1---2---3-----------|-0---1---2---3-----------|-0-1---2-3----------|
|
| Gtr IV
| PM--------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e E e E Q
||--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-----0------------|
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D5 Eb5 E5 F5 D5 Eb5 E5 F5 D5Eb5 E5F5
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------||
|-----0h1-----0h1-----0h1-|-----0h1-----0h1-----0h1-|---0h1---0h1------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------||
|
| E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------||
|-0---1---2---3-----------|-0---1---2---3-----------|-0-1---2-3--------||
|-0---1---2---3-----------|-0---1---2---3-----------|-0-1---2-3-------o||
|-0---1---2---3-----------|-0---1---2---3-----------|-0-1---2-3--------||
|
| PM--------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e E e E Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-----0----------||
D5 Eb5 F5 F5
E E E E E E
||--------------------------------------|
||o-15----------17----------18----------|
||--17b19-------19b21-------20b22-------|
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E Q
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||---0------1----2------3---------------|
||o--0------1----2------3---------------|
||---0------1----2------3---------------|
|
| PM----------------------------------
| S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||---0----0-0-0--0----0-0-0--0----0-0-0-|
D5 Eb5 E5 F5 D5 EbE5 F5
E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-15----------17----------18----------|-15------17---------|
|-17b19-------19b21-------20b22-------|-17b19---19b21------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|
| E E E E Q E E E E Q
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|--0------1----2------3---------------|--0----1--2----3----|
|--0------1----2------3---------------|--0----1--2----3----|
|--0------1----2------3---------------|--0----1--2----3----|
|
|-----------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S e E e E Q
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|--0----0-0-0--0----0-0-0--0----0-0-0-|--0-------0---------|
D5 Eb5 E5 F5
E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------|
|-15----------17----------18----------|
|-17b19-------19b21-------20b22-------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E Q
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--0------1----2------3---------------|
|--0------1----2------3---------------|
|--0------1----2------3---------------|
|
| PM----------------------------------
| S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--0----0-0-0--0----0-0-0--0----0-0-0-|
D5 Eb5 E5 F5 D5 EbE5 F5
E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------------------|---------------------||
|-15----------17----------18----------|-15------17---------o||
|-17b19-------19b21-------20b22-------|-17b19---19b21-------||
|-------------------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------------------------|---------------------||
|
| E E E E Q E E E E Q
|-------------------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------------------------|---------------------||
|--0------1----2------3---------------|--0----1--2----3-----||
|--0------1----2------3---------------|--0----1--2----3----o||
|--0------1----2------3---------------|--0----1--2----3-----||
|
|-----------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S e E e E Q
|-------------------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------------------|--------------------o||
|--0----0-0-0--0----0-0-0--0----0-0-0-|--0-------0----------||
Bridge
N.C.
< < < < < < < < <
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||--------------|-------------|--------------||
||----0---2---3-|---0---2---3-|---0---2---3--||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||--------------|-------------|--------------||
|
| Gtr V
| E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q
||--------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||--------------|-------------|--------------||
||--------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||--0-1-2-3-----|-0-1-2-3-----|-0-1-2-3------||
N.C.
< < < < < < < <
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-------------|-------------|------------||
|-------------|-------------|------------||
|-------------|-------------|------------||
|---0---2---3-|---0---2---3-|---0---2----||
|-------------|-------------|------------||
|-------------|-------------|------------||
|
| E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q
|-------------|-------------|------------||
|-------------|-------------|------------||
|-------------|-------------|------------||
|-------------|-------------|------------||
|-------------|-------------|------------||
|-0-1-2-3-----|-0-1-2-3-----|-0-1-2-3----||
Interlude
N.C.
3/4 2/4
H. H. H
||----------|---------|-------||
||o---------|---------|------o||
||----------|---------|-------||
||----------|---------|-------||
||o---------|---------|------o||
||----------|---------|-------||
N.C.
3/4 2/4
PM----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H
||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|------o||
||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------||
||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------||
N.C.
3/4 2/4
Gtr II
< < < < < < < <
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 8x
||--------------------------|-------------------------|----------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|---------o||
||--------------------------|-------------------------|----------||
||------0-------2-------3---|-----0-------2-------3---|---0---2--||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|---------o||
||--------------------------|-------------------------|----------||
|
| Gtr IV
| PM----------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H 8x
||--------------------------|-------------------------|----------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|---------o||
||--------------------------|-------------------------|----------||
||--------------------------|-------------------------|----------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|---------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------||
Outro
N.C.
3/4 2/4
PM----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H 3x
||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|------o||
||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------||
||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------||
N.C.
3/4 2/4
H. H. H
|---------|---------|------*|
|---------|---------|------*|
|---------|---------|------*|
|---------|---------|------*|
|---------|---------|------*|
|---------|---------|------*|
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
----------------
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
