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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||
||------------------------------|----------------||

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

<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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