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CLOSER (Bassline)
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 1994 Album THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL)
Transcribed by Zach Kraemer
Words and Music by Trent Reznor
Gtr I (D A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro Verse
Moderately Q=90
4/4
Gtr I
Wx8 E E E E E. s S S s S E E E E q s S E
|------------||------5------------3---|-----5------3-----|
|------------||o------------3---------|--------------3-1-|
|------------||o---3---3-3------3---3-|---3---3-3--------|
|------------||-----------------------|------------------|
E E E E E. s S S s S E E E E q s S E 4x
|-----5------------3---|-----5------3-------||
|------------3---------|--------------3-1--o||
|---3---3-3------3---3-|---3---3-3---------o||
|----------------------|--------------------||
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------1---2-|-----------1---2-|-----------1---2-|-----------1---2-o||
||--3-3-3-3---------|-3-3-3-3---------|-3-3-3-3---------|-3-3-3-3----------||
E E E E E. s S S s S E E E E q s S E
||------5------------3---|-----5------3-----|
||o------------3---------|--------------3-1-|
||o---3---3-3------3---3-|---3---3-3--------|
||-----------------------|------------------|
E E E E E. s S S s S E E E E q s S E
|-----5------------3---|-----5------3-------||
|------------3---------|--------------3-1--o||
|---3---3-3------3---3-|---3---3-3---------o||
|----------------------|--------------------||
Verse
E E E E E. s S S s S E E E E q s S E
||------5------------3---|-----5------3-----|
||o------------3---------|--------------3-1-|
||o---3---3-3------3---3-|---3---3-3--------|
||-----------------------|------------------|
E E E E E. s S S s S E E E E q s S E 4x
|-----5------------3---|-----5------3-------||
|------------3---------|--------------3-1--o||
|---3---3-3------3---3-|---3---3-3---------o||
|----------------------|--------------------||
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------1---2-|-----------1---2-|-----------1---2-|-----------1---2-o||
||--3-3-3-3---------|-3-3-3-3---------|-3-3-3-3---------|-3-3-3-3----------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nine_inch_nails/closer_btab_ver_6.html ]
E E E E E. s S S s S E E E E q s S E
|-----5------------3---|-----5------3-----|
|------------3---------|--------------3-1-|
|---3---3-3------3---3-|---3---3-3--------|
|----------------------|------------------|
E E E E E. s S S s S E E E E q s S E
|-----5------------3---|-----5------3------|
|------------3---------|--------------3-1--|
|---3---3-3------3---3-|---3---3-3---------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
Interlude
S S S S H. W S S S S H. W 4x
||------------------|----------|-----------------|-------||
||o-1-1-1-2---------|----------|-1-1-1-2---------|------o||
||o-----------------|----------|-----------------|------o||
||--1-1-1-2---------|----------|-1-1-1-2---------|-------||
S S S S H. W S S S S H. W
Bridge
S S S S Q e S s S S S S E. s E e S e. q
||----------------------------|------------------|
||o-1-1-1-2---------------2h4-|------------------|
||o-------------4-------------|------------6-----|
||--1-1-1-2---------6---------|----4---2------6--|
S S S S H. W
S S S S Q e S s S S S S E. s E e S e. q 4x
|---------------------------|---------------------||
|-1-1-1-2---------------2h4-|--------------------o||
|-------------4-------------|------------6-------o||
|-1-1-1-2---------6---------|----4---2------6-----||
S S S S H. W
Outro
E E E E E. s S S s S E E E E q s S E
||------5------------3---|-----5------3-----|
||o------------3---------|--------------3-1-|
||o---3---3-3------3---3-|---3---3-3--------|
||-----------------------|------------------|
E E E E E. s S S s S E E E E q s S E 8x
|-----5------------3---|-----5------3-------||
|------------3---------|--------------3-1--o||
|---3---3-3------3---3-|---3---3-3---------o||
|----------------------|--------------------||
3/8
Wx7 Q.
|------------|------*|
|------------|------*|
|------------|------*|
|------------|------*|
Duration Legend
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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
