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Song
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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------------|
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
---------------
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
<n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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