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WISH
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 1992 EP BROKEN)
Transcribed by Andy Aledort
Words and Music by Trent Reznor
D5
x 5 7 7 x x
Eb5
x 6 8 8 x x
F5
x 8 10 10 x x
C5
x 3 5 5 x x
G5
3 5 5 x x x
G#5
4 6 6 x x x
F5I
1 3 3 x x x
D
x 5 7 7 7 x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr.1 - Trent Reznor'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr.2 - Trent Reznor'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr.3 - Trent Reznor'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Synth - Trent Reznor'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Synth (w/echo FX) - Trent Reznor'
Intro Verse
Moderately Fast Rock Q=144
N.C.
4/4
Gtr IV
Wx8 E S S Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------||-----------------------|-----------------|
|------------||o----------------------|-----12--12--13--|
|------------||--14h16p14-12--12--14--|-14--------------|
|------------||-----------------------|-----------------|
|------------||o----------------------|-----------------|
|------------||-----------------------|-----------------|
D5 EbD5 EbD5
Gtrs I, II
E S S +S S E +S S E E E A E. S +S S E +S S E E E 3x
|---------------------------|--------------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\-----||
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\-----||
|-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5\----o||
|---------------------------|--------------------------------||
N.C.
Gtr IV
E S S Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----12--12--13--|
|-14h16p14-12--12--14--|-14--------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
D5 EbD5 EbD5
Gtrs I, II
E S S +S S E +S S E E E A E. S +S S E +S S E E E
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-----|
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-----|
|-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5-----|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
EbD5 EbD5
E S S +S S E +S S E E E A E. S +S S E +S S E E E
|---------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------------------|------------------------------||
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\---||
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\---||
|-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5\---||
|---------------------------|------------------------------||
Chorus
$
$$
F5 C5
H Q +Q H. +Q
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
|-10----10--(10)\--|-5-------(5)\--|
|-10----10--(10)\--|-5-------(5)\--|
|--8-----8---(8)\--|-3-------(3)\--|
|------------------|---------------|
D5 EbD5 EbD5
E S S +S S E +S S E E E A E. S +S S E +S S E E E
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\---|
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\---|
|-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5\---|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
F5 C5 G5 G#5 D5 EbD5
H. +Q H Q Q E S S +S S E +S S E E E
|-----------------|------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------|------------|---------------------------|
|-10-------(10)\--|-5----------|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|
|-10-------(10)\--|-5----5--6--|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|
|--8--------(8)\--|-3----5--6--|-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|
|-----------------|------3--4--|---------------------------|
To Coda
To Coda
EbD5
A E. S +S S E +S S E E E
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\---||
|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\---||
|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5\---||
|------------------------------||
Verse
N.C.
Gtr IV
H Q Q Q Q Q Q
||----------------|---------13s=8--|
||o---------------|----------------|
||------------10--|----------------|
||--12----12------|-10--10---------|
||o---------------|----------------|
||----------------|----------------|
D5 EbD5 EbD5
Gtrs I, II
E S S +S S E +S S E E E A E. S +S S E +S S E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------------------o||
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\------||
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\------||
|-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5\-----o||
|---------------------------|---------------------------------||
N.C.
Gtr IV
H Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---------------|------------8--|
|---------------|---------------|
|-----------10--|---------------|
|-12----12------|-10--10--------|
|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|
D5 EbD5 EbD5
Gtrs I, II
E S S +S S E +S S E E E A E. S +S S E +S S E E E
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\---|
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\---|
|-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5\---|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
N.C.
Gtr IV
H Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---------------|---------13s=8--|
|---------------|----------------|
|-----------10--|----------------|
|-12----12------|-10--10---------|
|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|
D.S. al Coda
D5 EbD5 EbD5
Gtrs I, II
E S S +S S E +S S E E E A E. S +S S E +S S E E E
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o---------------------------|------------------------------o||
||--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\----||
||--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\----||
||o-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5\---o||
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||
Interlude
&
D5 C5 G#5 F5
Gtrs III, V
< < < <
W H. E E W W 4x
||-----------|-------------|----------|-------||
||o----------|-------------|----------|------o||
||--7--------|-5-----------|----------|-------||
||--7--------|-5-----------|-6--------|-3-----||
||o-5--------|-3-----------|-6--------|-3----o||
||-----------|---------4s3-|-4--------|-1-----||
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
D5 EbD5 EbD5
Gtrs I, II
E S S +S S E +S S E E E A E. S +S S E +S S E E E 4x
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o---------------------------|------------------------------o||
||--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\----||
||--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\----||
||o-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5\---o||
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||
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Chorus
&&
F5 C5
H Q +Q H. +Q
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
|-10----10--(10)\--|-5-------(5)\--|
|-10----10--(10)\--|-5-------(5)\--|
|--8-----8---(8)\--|-3-------(3)\--|
|------------------|---------------|
D5 EbD5 EbD5
E S S +S S E +S S E E E A E. S +S S E +S S E E E
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\---|
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\---|
|-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5\---|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
F5 C5 G5 G#5 D5 EbD5
H. +Q H Q Q E S S +E E +S S E E E
|-----------------|------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|------------|-------------------------|
|-10-------(10)\--|-5----------|-7-7-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-8-7---|
|-10-------(10)\--|-5----5--6--|-7-7-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|
|--8--------(8)\--|-3----5--6--|-5-5-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-6-5---|
|-----------------|------3--4--|-------------------------|
EbD5
A E. S +S S E +S S E E E
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\----|
|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\----|
|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5\----|
|-------------------------------|
Out-Chorus
1.,2. 3.
D5 EbD5 EbD5 C5 G#5 F5I
E S S +S S E +S S E E E a E. S +S S E +S S E E E 3x Q Q Q Q
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||--------------||
||o---------------------------|------------------------------o||--------------||
||--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\----||-7--5---------||
||--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7\----||-7--5--6\--3--||
||o-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5\---o||-5--3--6\--3--||
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||-------4\--1--||
Outro
D5 Eb5 D D5 Eb5 D
Q. E +E E S S S S Q. E +E E S S S S
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------7-----|----------------7-----|
||--7----7-(7)-8-x-7-----|-7----7-(7)-8-x-7-----|
||--7----7-(7)-8-x-7-----|-7----7-(7)-8-x-7-----|
||o-5----5-(5)-6-x-5-0-0-|-5----5-(5)-6-x-5-0-0-|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
D5 Eb5 D D5 C5 G#5 F5I
Q. E +E E S S S S Q Q Q Q
|----------------------|-----------------||
|----------------7-----|----------------o||
|-7----7-(7)-8-x-7-----|-7--5------------||
|-7----7-(7)-8-x-7-----|-7--5--6\--3-----||
|-5----5-(5)-6-x-5-0-0-|-5--3--6\--3----o||
|----------------------|-------4\--1-----||
D5 Eb5 D D5 Eb5 D
Q. E +E E S S S S Q. E +E E S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------7-----|----------------------7-----|
|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|
|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|
|-5--------5-(5)-6---x-5-0-0-|-5--------5-(5)-6---x-5-0-0-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| S S E E E E S S E E S S E E E E S S E E
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x---------|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x---------|
|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x-3---5---|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x-3---5---|
|-x--x-3-1-3--4--x-x---------|-x--x-3-1-3--4--x-x---------|
D5 Eb5 D D5 C5 G#5 F5I
Q. E +E E S S S S Q Q Q Q
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------7-----|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|--7-----------5----------------------------------------|
|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|--7-----------5-----------6\-------------3-------------|
|-5--------5-(5)-6---x-5-0-0-|--5-----------3-----------6\-------------3-------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------4\-------------1-------------|
|
| PM---------------------------------------------|
| S S E E E E S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x---------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x-3---5---|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-x--x-3-1-3--4--x-x---------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13b17-13-13-13-13-13-13-13----|
D5 Eb5 D D5 Eb5 D
Q. E +E E S S S S Q. E +E E S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------7-----|----------------------7-----|
|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|
|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|
|-5--------5-(5)-6---x-5-0-0-|-5--------5-(5)-6---x-5-0-0-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| S S E E E E S S E E S S E E E E S S E E
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x---------|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x---------|
|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x-3---5---|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x-3---5---|
|-x--x-3-1-3--4--x-x---------|-x--x-3-1-3--4--x-x---------|
D5 Eb5 D D5 C5 G#5 F5
Q. E +E E S S S S Q Q Q Q
|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------*|
|----------------------7-----|------------------------------------------------------*|
|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|--7-----------5---------------------------------------*|
|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|--7-----------5-----------6\-------------3------------*|
|-5--------5-(5)-6---x-5-0-0-|--5-----------3-----------6\-------------3------------*|
|----------------------------|--------------------------4\-------------1------------*|
|
| PM------------------------------------------|
| S S E E E E S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------*|
|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------*|
|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------*|
|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x---------|------------------------------------------------------*|
|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x-3---5---|------------------------------------------------------*|
|-x--x-3-1-3--4--x-x---------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13b16-13-13-13-13-13-13------*|
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
