The Wretched Chords & Tabs
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THE WRETCHED
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 1999 Double Album THE FRAGILE)
Transcribed by Zach Kraemer
Words and Music by Trent Reznor
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Piano'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'String Synth'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion I'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion II'
Intro
Q=74
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
E E E Q Q. +W E E E Q Q. +W
|---------------|------------|---------------|--------||
|---------------|------------|---------------|--------||
|---------------|------------|---------------|--------||
|---------------|------------|---------------|--------||
|-------5-------|------------|-------5-------|--------||
|-1-3-4----4----|-(4)--------|-1-3-4----4----|-(4)----||
Verse
N.C.
E E E Q Q. +W E E E Q Q. +W
|---------------|------------|---------------|--------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|--------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|--------|
|---------------|------------|-------3-------|--------|
|-------5-------|------------|----------5----|-(5)----|
|-1-3-4----4----|-(4)--------|-1-3-4---------|--------|
Gtr II
< <
E +E +H Q E +E +H Q
|-12-(12)-(12)----------|-12--(12)-(12)-------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| E E E Q Q. +W
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|--------------5--------|---------------------|
|--1---3----4-----4-----|-(4)-----------------|
< <
E +E +H Q E +E +H Q
|-12-(12)-(12)----------|-12--(12)-(12)--------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|
| E E E Q Q. +W
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|--------------3--------|----------------------||
|-----------------5-----|-(5)------------------||
|--1---3----4-----------|----------------------||
Pre-Chorus
1.,2.,3.
N.C.
Gtr III
E E E E +E Q. E E E E +S E S S E.
||-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
||---------------3b4-(3)-0-----|--------------3b4-(3)-----------||
||o--3---2----1----------------|--3---2----1-------------------o||
||-----------------------------|----------------------3-1-1h3---||
|
| Gtr II
| < <
| E +E +H Q E +E +H Q
||--12-(12)-(12)---------------|-12-(12)-(12)-------------------||
||o----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
||-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
4.
E E E E +S S S S S E.
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|--------------3b4-(3)-------------||
|--3---2----1----------------------||
|----------------------3-3-1-1h3---||
|
| <
| E +E +H Q
|-12-(12)-(12)---------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
Chorus
AbBb5 B5C5 Db5 D5 F5G5 F5G5 AbBb5 B5C5 Db5 D5
2/4
Gtr III
S S S S S S S S S S E S E S 7x S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------------||---------------------|
||o---------------------------------o||---------------------|
||-----------------------------------||---------------------|
||-----------------------------------||---------------------|
||o-6s8-8s9-10s11-11s12-3s5-5-3s5-5-o||-6s8-8s9-10s11-11s12-|
||--4s6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-1s3-3-1s3-3--||-4s6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-|
Verse
N.C.
4/4
Gtr II
< <
E +E +H Q E +E +H Q
|-12-(12)-(12)----------|-12--(12)-(12)-------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| E E E Q Q. +W
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|--------------5--------|---------------------|
|--1---3----4-----4-----|-(4)-----------------|
< <
E +E +H Q E +E +H Q
|-12-(12)-(12)----------|-12--(12)-(12)--------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E Q Q. +W
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------5--------|----------------------|
|--1---3----4-----4-----|-(4)------------------|
< <
E +E +H Q E +E +H Q
||--12-(12)-(12)----------|-12--(12)-(12)-------|
||o-----------------------|---------------------|
||------------------------|---------------------|
||------------------------|---------------------|
||o-----------------------|---------------------|
||------------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E Q Q. +W
||------------------------|---------------------|
||o-----------------------|---------------------|
||------------------------|---------------------|
||------------------------|---------------------|
||o--------------5--------|---------------------|
||---1---3----4-----4-----|-(4)-----------------|
< <
E +E +H Q E +E +H Q
|-12-(12)-(12)----------|-12--(12)-(12)--------||
|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|
| E E E Q Q. +W
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|--------------3--------|----------------------||
|-----------------5-----|-(5)-----------------o||
|--1---3----4-----------|----------------------||
Pre-Chorus
N.C.
Gtr IV
H H Q. E Q. +E
|---------------|-------------------------|
|-/15S===13\----|-3----/(17)-/17----(17)\-|
|---------------|-------------------------|
|---------------|-------------------------|
|---------------|-------------------------|
|---------------|-------------------------|
H H Q. E Q. +E
|---------------|--------------------------|
|-/15S===13\----|-3----/(17)-/17----(17)\--|
|---------------|--------------------------|
|---------------|--------------------------|
|---------------|--------------------------|
|---------------|--------------------------|
F5
H H Q. E Q. +E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-/15S============13\-------------|-3------------/(17)-/17----------(17)\---|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| S S S S S S E E S S +E S S S S S S S S E E S S +E S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-1-(1)-1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1-1----1----1--1-1-(1)---1---1-|
W W
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S E E S S +E S S W
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-3-----------------------------||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1---||
S S S S S S E E S S +E S S
Chorus
AbBb5 B5C5 Db5 D5 F5G5 F5G5 AbBb5 B5C5 Db5 D5 F5G5 F5G5
Gtr III
S S S S S S S S S S E S E S S S S S S S S S S S E S E S 4x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o-6s8-8s9-10s11-11s12-3s5-5-3s5-5-|-6s8-8s9-10s11-11s12-3s5-5-3s5-5--o||
||--4s6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-1s3-3-1s3-3-|-4s6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-1s3-3-1s3-3---||
Bridge
N.C.
Gtr V
< < < >
E +E E +E E +E Q +H +H
||------------------------------|----------------||
||o-----------------------------|---------------o||
||------------------------------|----------------||
||--2b3r(2)-2b3r(2)-2b3r(2)-/5--|-(5)----(5)-----||
||o-----------------------------|---------------o||
||------------------------------|----------------||
|
| Gtr III
| W H H
||------------------------------|----------------||
||o-----------------------------|---------------o||
||------------------------------|---------0------||
||------------------------------|--------/5------||
||o-----------------------------|---------------o||
||------------------------------|----------------||
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C5 G/B
< < <
E +E E +E E +E Q +W 3x
|-||------------------------------|---------||
|-||o-----------------------------|--------o||
|-||------------------------------|---------||
|-||--2b3r(2)-2b3r(2)-2b3r(2)-/5--|-(5)-----||
|-||o-----------------------------|--------o||
|-||------------------------------|---------||
|
| <
| H E +Q. W 3x
|-||------------------------------|---------||
|-||o-----------------------------|--------o||
|-||------------------------------|---------||
|-||------------------5---(5)-----|-(5)-----||
|-||o-----------------3---(3)-----|--2-----o||
|-||------------------------------|---------||
N.C.
Gtr IV
PM----------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----0-------------------------|-----0--------------------------|
|-2-3-3-3-2-3-2-----------------|-2-3-3-3-2-3-2------------------|
|---------------3---3-1---1-----|---------------3---3-1---1------|
|---------------------------3---|---------------------------3----|
G Gadd4
PM-------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|------0-------------------------|--------0--------------------------||
|--2-3-3-3-2-3-2-----------------|---2--3-3-3-2-3-2------------------||
|----------------3---3-1---1-----|------------------3---3-1---1------||
|----------------------------3---|------------------------------3----||
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|--------------------------------|---8-------------------------------||
|-12-----------------------------|-(12)------------------------------||
|-12-----------------------------|-(12)------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Guitar Solo
Ab5 Bb5 B5C5 Db5 D5 F5G5 F5G5 Ab5 Bb5 BCDbD5 F5G5 F5G5
Gtr V
TP TP TP TP
H H H H
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-3---------------------------------|-3---------------------------------|
|-5b7-------------------------------|-5b7-------------------------------|
|-----------------------3-----------|-----------------------3-----------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| S S S S S S S S S S E S E S S S S S S S S S S S E S E S
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-6s==8-8s9-10s11-11s12-3s5-5-3s5-5-|-6s==8-8s9-10s11-11s12-3s5-5-3s5-5-|
|-4s==6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-1s3-3-1s3-3-|-4s==6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-1s3-3-1s3-3-|
AbBb5 B5C5 Db5 D5 F5 G5 F5G5
E. S +E E +E S S Q
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------5-----|
|-1-----3-(3)----3b4=====(3)r-------------|
|-------------------------------6p3-------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S E S E S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-6s8-8s9-10s11-11s===12--3s==5-5---3s5-5-|
|-4s6-6s7--8s=9--9s===10--1s==3-3---1s3-3-|
AbBb5 B5C5 Db5 D5 F5 G5 F5G5
E. S +E E +E S S S E.
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-1-----3-(3)----3b4=====(3)r---------------|
|-------------------------------6p3-6p3-----|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S E S E S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-6s8-8s9-10s11-11s===12--3s==5-5---3s5--5--|
|-4s6-6s7--8s=9--9s===10--1s==3-3---1s3--3--|
Ab5 Bb5 B5C5 Db5 D5 F5G5 F5G5 Ab5 Bb5 B5C5 Db5 D5 F5G5 F5G5
TP TP TP TP
H H H E S S S E.
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-3---------------------------------|-3------------------------------------|
|-5b7-------------------------------|-5b7----------------------------------|
|-----------------------3-----------|-----------------------3---3p0-3h5----|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S E S E S S S S S S S S S S S E S E S
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-6s==8-8s9-10s11-11s12-3s5-5-3s5-5-|-6s==8-8s9-10s11-11s12-3s5-5---3s5--5-|
|-4s==6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-1s3-3-1s3-3-|-4s==6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-1s3-3---1s3--3-|
AbBb5 B5C5 Db5 D5 F5G5 F5 G5 AbBb5 B5C5 Db5 D5 F5G5 F5G5
S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S E S S S S S S S S S E. S E.
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|---------------------------5-(5)3-5---|----------------------------5p3-----||
|-8s7-7s6--6s=5--5s=3------------------|-8s7-7s6--6s=5--5s=3----------------||
|---------------------6p3-3------------|---------------------6p3------------||
|
| S S S S S S S S S S E S E S S S S S S S S S S S E S E S
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-6s8-8s9-10s11-11s12-3s5-5----3s5---5-|-6s8-8s9-10s11-11s12-3s5--5-3s5--5--||
|-4s6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-1s3-3----1s3---3-|-4s6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-1s3--3-1s3--3--||
Out-Chorus
AbBb5 B5C5 Db5 D5 F5G5 F5G5 AbBb5 B5C5 Db5 D5 F5G5 F5G5
Gtr III
S S S S S S S S S S E S E S S S S S S S S S S S E S E S 3x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o-6s8-8s9-10s11-11s12-3s5-5-3s5-5-|-6s8-8s9-10s11-11s12-3s5-5-3s5-5--o||
||--4s6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-1s3-3-1s3-3-|-4s6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-1s3-3-1s3-3---||
AbBb5 B5C5 Db5 D5 F5G5 F5G5 AbBb5 B5C5 Db5 D5
2/4
S S S S S S S S S S E S E S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
|-6s8-8s9-10s11-11s12-3s5-5-3s5-5-|-6s8-8s9-10s11-11s12-||
|-4s6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-1s3-3-1s3-3-|-4s6-6s7--8s=9--9s10-||
Outro
N.C.
4/4
Gtr IV
H H Q. E Q. +E
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|-/15S======13\------|--3----/(17)-/17----(17)\-|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| E E E Q Q. +W
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|---------5----------|--------------------------|
|---1-3-4-------4----|-(4)----------------------|
H H Q. E Q. +E
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|-/15S======13\------|--3----/(17)-/17----(17)\--|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|
| E E E Q Q. +W
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|---------3----------|---------------------------|
|---------------5----|-(5)-----------------------|
|---1-3-4------------|---------------------------|
Q. E Q. +E H E Q +E
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3------/(17)-/17------(17)\-|--3-----/(17)-/17--(17)\-|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| E E E Q Q. +W
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------5-----------------|-------------------------|
|-1--3-4------------4---------|-(4)---------------------|
>
H H +W
|--------------------|---------|
|-/15S======13\------|-(13)----|
|--------------------|---------|
|--------------------|---------|
|--------------------|---------|
|--------------------|---------|
|
| E E E Q Q. +W
|--------------------|---------|
|--------------------|---------|
|--------------------|---------|
|---------3----------|---------|
|---------------5----|--(5)----|
|---1-3-4------------|---------|
Gtr IV
PM----------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||------0-------------------------|-----0--------------------------||
||--2-3-3-3-2-3-2-----------------|-2-3-3-3-2-3-2------------------||
||o---------------3---3-1---1-----|---------------3---3-1---1-----o||
||----------------------------3---|---------------------------3----||
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
