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The Mark Has Been Made

Nine Inch Nails
TabTuningDrop D
★4.7(3)

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THE MARK HAS BEEN MADE

As recorded by Nine Inch Nails

(From the 1999 Double Album THE FRAGILE (RIGHT))

Transcribed by Zach Kraemer

Music by Trent Reznor

Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Clean'

Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Cello'

Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'Acoustic'

Gtr IV (D A D G B E) - 'Slight dist.'

Gtr V (D A D G B E) - 'Distortion'

Gtr VI (D A D G B E) - 'Clean Guitar 2'

Part I

Q=76

N.C. D5 G5/D

4/4

Gtr I

Q. E E +E +E +E +Q E +E +S +S Q E

|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-|-(7)--7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-5---4--|
|--------5----------------|------5----------------5--(5)-|
|------0------------------|------------------------------|

D5 G5/D

+Q. E E +E +E +E +E E E +E +E Q E

|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-(4)-----7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-|-(7)---7-(7)b8==(7)r5---4--|
|-(5)-----5----------------|-------5------------5--(5)-|
|-------0------------------|-----0---------------------|

D5 G5/D

+Q. E E +E +E +E +Q E +E +S +S Q E

||---------------------------|------------------------------|
||o--------------------------|------------------------------|
||---------------------------|------------------------------|
||--(4)-----7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-|-(7)--7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-5---4--|
||o-(5)-----5----------------|------5----------------5--(5)-|
||--------0------------------|------------------------------|

D5 G5/D

+Q. E E +E +E +E +E E E +E +E Q E 3x

|--------------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------o||
|--------------------------|----------------------------||
|-(4)-----7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-|-(7)---7-(7)b8==(7)r5---4---||
|-(5)-----5----------------|-------5------------5--(5)-o||
|-------0------------------|-----0----------------------||

N.C.

Gtr III

W W E E E E Q. E +E Q E Q Q

|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|---5-4-0-3----2-|-(2)------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|-----5--0-5--3--|

|

| Gtr II

| >

| E E E E Q. E +E Q E Q Q W W

|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----5-4-0-3----2-|-(2)------------|----------------|----------------|
|-(0)--------------|-----5--0-3--5--|-0--------------|----------------|

W W E E E E Q. E +E Q E Q Q

|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|---5-4-0-3----2-|-(2)------------|
|-(0)--------------|----------------|----------------|-----5--0-3--5--|

|

| >

| E E E E Q. E +E Q E Q Q W W

|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----5-4-0-3----2-|-(2)------------|----------------|----------------|
|-(0)--------------|-----5--0-3--5--|-0--------------|----------------|

W W E E E E Q. E +E Q E Q Q

|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|---5-4-0-3----2-|-(2)------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|-----5--0-5--3--|

|

| >

| E E E E Q. E +E Q E Q Q W W

|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----5-4-0-3----2-|-(2)------------|----------------|----------------|
|-(0)--------------|-----5--0-3--5--|-0--------------|----------------|

Part II

Tempo 2 Q=70

N.C.

Gtr IV

E E Q E Q +E S S E Q E Q +E

|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-x-x-3b4--x-3b4--(3)-|-x-x---3b4--x-3b4--(3)-|
|-x-5------x----------|-x-x-5-0----x----------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|

S S E Q S S Q E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E

|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-3-----3b4--x-x-3b4--0-|-<3>-<3>---x-x---0-3-<3>-x-x-3-<3>---|
|-x-x-5------x-x--------|--x---x----x-x-----x--x--------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|

S S E Q E Q +E S S E Q E Q +E

|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-x-x---3b4--x-3b4--(3)-|-x-x---3b4--x-3b4--(3)-|
|-x-x-5-0----x----------|-x-x-5-0----x----------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|

S S E Q E Q +E S S E Q E Q +E

|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-x-x---3b4--x-3b4--(3)-|-x-x---3b4--x-3b4--(3)-|
|-x-x-5-0----x----------|-x-x-5-0----x----------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|

S S E Q E Q +E S S E Q E Q +E

||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||--x-x---3b4--x-3b4--(3)-|-x-x---3b4--x-3b4--(3)-|
||o-x-x-5-0----x----------|-x-x-5-0----x----------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|

S S E Q E Q +E S S E Q E Q +E

|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------o||
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-x-x---3b4--x-3b4--(3)-|-x-x---3b4--x-3b4--(3)---||
|-x-x-5-0----x----------|-x-x-5-0----x-----------o||
|-----------------------|-------------------------||

Part III (Intro Reprise)

A Tempo Q=76

N.C. D5 G5/D D

Gtr I

Q. E E +E +E +E +Q E +E +S +S Q E

|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-|-(7)--7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)--5-----4--|
|--------5----------------|------5-----------------5----(5)-|
|------0------------------|---------------------------------|

|

| Gtr VI

| W Q E E E E E E

|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------5--------------4-----3--|
|-------------------------|------4-(4)s====3------(3)s2-----|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|

D5 G5/D D

+Q. E E +E +E +E +E E E +E +E Q E

|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-(4)-----7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-|-(7)---7-(7)b8==(7)r=5-----4---|
|-(5)-----5----------------|-------5-------------5----(5)--|
|-------0------------------|-----0-------------------------|

|

| +W Q E E E E E E

|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-(3)----------------------|----------5----------4-----3---|
|--------------------------|-------4-(4)s====3--(3)s2------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|

D5 G5/D D

+Q. E E +E +E +E +Q E +E +S +S Q E

|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-(4)-----7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-|-(7)--7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)--5-----4--|
|-(5)-----5----------------|------5-----------------5----(5)-|
|-------0------------------|---------------------------------|

|

| +W Q E E E E E E

|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-(3)----------------------|---------5--------------4-----3--|
|--------------------------|------4-(4)s====3------(3)s2-----|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|

D5 G5/D D

+Q. E E +E +E +E +E E E +E +E Q E

|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-(4)-----7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-|-(7)---7-(7)b8==(7)r=5-----4---|
|-(5)-----5----------------|-------5-------------5----(5)--|
|-------0------------------|-----0-------------------------|

|

| +W Q E E E E E E

|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-(3)----------------------|----------5----------4-----3---|
|--------------------------|-------4-(4)s====3--(3)s2------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|

Part IV

Tempo 2 Q=70

N.C.

Gtr V

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

||---------------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------8-|
||--0-12s11-0-11s10-0-10s9-0-9s8-x-7-x---|

|

| Gtr VI

| W

||---------------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------|

F#b5 Fb5 Eb5

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|----------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------8--o||
|-0-12s11-0-11s10-0-10s9-0-9s8-x-7-x-----||

|

| Q E E E E E E

|----------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------o||
|------------5----5----4---4---3---3-----||
|------------4----4----3---3---2---2-----||
|---------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------||

N.C.

Gtrs I, V

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x

||----------------------------------------||
||o--------------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------------||
||----------------------------------------||
||o------------------------------------8-o||
||--0-12s11-0-11s10-0-10s9-0-9s8-x-7-x----||

D5 C#5 C5 B5 Bb5 A5 F5

Gtr V

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------10--|
|---12s11---11s10---10s9---9s8---7----8--|
|-0-12s11-0-11s10-0-10s9-0-9s8-x-7-x-----|

D5 C#5 C5 B5 Bb5 A5 F5

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

||----------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------10-|
||o---12s11---11s10---10s9---9s8---7----8-|
||--0-12s11-0-11s10-0-10s9-0-9s8-x-7-x----|

D5 C#5 C5 B5 Bb5 A5 F5

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------10---||
|---12s11---11s10---10s9---9s8---7----8--o||
|-0-12s11-0-11s10-0-10s9-0-9s8-x-7-x------||

Outro

N.C. F#b5Fb5 Eb5 F#b5 Fb5 Eb5

Gtr VI

W Q E E E E E E Q Q H Q E E E E E E

|----------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|----------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|----------|----5-5s4-4s3-3-|----(5)-------|----5-5s4-4s3-3-|
|----------|----4-4s3-3s2-2-|----(4)-------|----4-4s3-3s2-2-|
|----------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|----------|----------------|--------------|----------------|

F#b5 N.C.

PM

Q Q H W Wx16

|--------------|----------|---------*|
|--------------|----------|---------*|
|----(5)-------|----------|---------*|
|----(4)-------|----------|---------*|
|--------------|----------|---------*|
|--------------|----------|---------*|

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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