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ERASER (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 (E A D G) - 'Synth'
Gtr II (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=65
6/8
Gtr I
Wx12 Wx12 S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------|-----------||---------------------------|
|-----------|-----------||o-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5---5----|
|-----------|-----------||o--------------------------|
|-----------|-----------||---------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S 6x
|----------------------------||-|
|---5-5-5-(5)---5-5-5-(5)---o||-|
|---------------------------o||-|
|----------------------------||-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S 20x
||--------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5---5---|---5-5-5-(5)---5-5-5-(5)-----o||
||o-------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||--------------------------|------------------------------||
Verse
Gtr II
E E E E S S E E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E E E E E S S S S
||----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------||
||o---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------o||
||o---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------o||
||--6-6-6-6-6-4---|-6-6-6-6-6-4---1-|-6-6-6-6-6-4---|-6-6-6-6-6-4---1---||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nine_inch_nails/eraser_btab.html ]
Outro
4/4
Q Q S S S S T T S S S Q Q S S S S T T S S S
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
Q Q S S S S T T S S S Q Q S S S S T T S S S 4x
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||
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
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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
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| - 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
