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HURT
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 1994 Album THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL)
Transcribed by new_noise
Words and Music by Trent Reznor
A
5 x 7 x x x
Bm7
7 x 7 x x x
Gsus2
3 x 7 x x x
D5
x 5 7 x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic Gtr I'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Clean Gtr'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic Gtr II'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Piano'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Distorted Gtr I'
Gtr VI (E A D G B E) - 'Octave Effect'
Intro Verse I
Slowly & Freely Q=78
Bb5 Dsus2 E7
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4 E E H. E E E E E E E E
|------------||--------------|---------------10-|
|------------||--------------|-------5----------|
|------------||-----10-------|-----7-------7----|
|------------||-----(9)------|---7-------9------|
|------------||---9----------|-5-------7--------|
|------------||-7------------|------------------|
Bb5 Dsus2 E7
E E Q. E +Q E E E E E E +E E
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|-------5------------|
|-----10-----------|-----7-----------7--|
|------9----9-(9)--|---7-------9-(9)----|
|---9--------------|-5-------7----------|
|-7----------------|--------------------|
Bb5 Dsus2 E7 Bb5 Dsus2 E7
E E Q. E +Q E E E E E E +E E E E H. E E E E E E +E E
|------------------|-----------------10-|--------------|--------------------|
|------------------|-------5------------|--------------|-------5------------|
|-----10-----------|-----7--------------|-----10-------|-----7-----------7--|
|------9----9-(9)--|---7-------9-(9)----|------9-------|---7-------9-(9)----|
|---9--------------|-5-------7----------|---9----------|-5-------7----------|
|-7----------------|--------------------|-7------------|--------------------|
Bb5 Dsus2 E7
E E Q. E +Q E E E E E E +E E
|------------------|-----------------10-|
|------------------|-------5------------|
|-----10-----------|-----7--------------|
|------9-----------|---7-------9-(9)----|
|---9-------9-(9)--|-5-------7----------|
|-7----------------|--------------------|
Bb5 Dsus2 E7
E E Q. E +Q E E E E E E +E E
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|-------5------------|
|-----10-----------|-----7-----------7--|
|------9----9-(9)--|---7-------9-(9)----|
|---9--------------|-5-------7----------|
|-7----------------|--------------------|
Bb5 Dsus2 E7 Bb5 Dsus2 E7
E E Q. E +Q E E E E E E E E E E Q. E +Q E E E E E E Q
|------------------|---------------10-|------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|-------5----------|------------------|-------5---------||
|-----10-----------|-----7-------7----|-----10-----------|-----7-------7---||
|------9----9-(9)--|---7-------9------|------9----9-(9)--|---7-------9-----||
|---9--------------|-5-------7--------|---9--------------|-5-------7-------||
|-7----------------|------------------|-7----------------|-----------------||
Chorus I
A Bm7 Gsus2 D5
Gtrs I, II
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
||--7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7---||
||o-x--x--x--x--|-x--x--x--x--|-x--x--x--x--|-5--5--5--5--o||
||--5--5--5--5--|-7--7--7--7--|-3--3--3--3--|--------------||
A Bm7 Gsus2 D5
Gtrs I, II
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr III
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-^3--^3--^3--^3--o||
||--^2--^2--^2--^2--|-^4--^4--^4--^4--|-----------------|-^2--^2--^2--^2---||
||--^2--^2--^2--^2--|-^4--^4--^4--^4--|-^5--^5--^5--^5--|-^0--^0--^0--^0---||
||o-^0--^0--^0--^0--|-^2--^2--^2--^2--|-^5--^5--^5--^5--|-----------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-^3--^3--^3--^3--|------------------||
A Bm7
Gtr I
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
Gtr IV
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--12-12-12-12-12----------|-------------------------|
||o----------------15-14-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-14-12-14-|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
1. 2.
Gsus2 D5 D5
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-------------------------|-------------------9-10--||---------------------||
|-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-10-10-12------o||-12-12-12-10-10------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------o||---------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------||
Verse II
Bb5 Dsus2 E7
Gtr I
E E Q. E +Q E E E E E E +E E
|------------------|-----------------10-|
|------------------|-------5------------|
|-----10-----------|-----7--------------|
|------9-----------|---7-------9-(9)----|
|---9-------9-(9)--|-5-------7----------|
|-7----------------|--------------------|
Bb5 Dsus2 E7
E E Q. E +Q E E E E E E +E E
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|-------5------------|
|-----10-----------|-----7-----------7--|
|------9----9-(9)--|---7-------9-(9)----|
|---9--------------|-5-------7----------|
|-7----------------|--------------------|
Bb5 Dsus2 E7 Bb5 Dsus2 E7
E E Q. E +Q E E E E E E E E E E Q. E +Q E E E E E E +E E
|------------------|---------------10-|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|-------5----------|------------------|-------5------------|
|-----10-----------|-----7-------7----|-----10-----------|-----7-----------7--|
|------9-----------|---7-------9------|------9----9-(9)--|---7-------9-(9)----|
|---9-------9-(9)--|-5-------7--------|---9--------------|-5-------7----------|
|-7----------------|------------------|-7----------------|--------------------|
Bb5 Dsus2 E7
E E Q. E +Q E E E E E E +E E
|------------------|-----------------10-|
|------------------|-------5------------|
|-----10-----------|-----7--------------|
|------9-----------|---7-------9-(9)----|
|---9-------9-(9)--|-5-------7----------|
|-7----------------|--------------------|
Bb5 Dsus2 E7
E E Q. E +Q E E E E E E +E E
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|-------5------------|
|-----10-----------|-----7-----------7--|
|------9----9-(9)--|---7-------9-(9)----|
|---9--------------|-5-------7----------|
|-7----------------|--------------------|
Bb5 Dsus2 E7 Bb5 Dsus2 E7
E E Q. E +Q E E E E E E E E E E H. E E E E E E +E E
|------------------|---------------10-|--------------|--------------------|
|------------------|-------5----------|--------------|-------5------------|
|-----10-----------|-----7-------7----|-----10-------|-----7-----------7--|
|------9-----------|---7-------9------|------9-------|---7-------9-(9)----|
|---9-------9-(9)--|-5-------7--------|---9----------|-5-------7----------|
|-7----------------|------------------|-7------------|--------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nine_inch_nails/hurt_tab_ver_7.html ]
Bb5 Dsus2 E7
E E H +E E E E E E E E +E E
|------------------|-----------------10-|
|------------------|-------5------------|
|-----10----(10)---|-----7--------------|
|------9-----(9)---|---7-------9-(9)----|
|---9------------9-|-5-------7----------|
|-7----------------|--------------------|
Bb5 Dsus2 E7
E E +Q. E +Q E E E E E E +Q
|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|-------5-----------||
|------------------|-----7-------------||
|-----------9-(9)--|---7-------9-(9)---||
|---9-(9)----------|-5-------7---------||
|-7----------------|-------------------||
Chorus II
A Bm7 Gsus2 D5
Gtrs I, II
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr III
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
||--7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7---||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
A Bm7
Gtr I
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
Gtr IV
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--12-----12--12-----12--12--------------------|---------------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------15--14-----15--|-15-----15--15-----15--15-----14--12-----14--|
||----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs V, VI
| ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
| E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E
||----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
||---7b7.5r(7)--7b7.5r(7)--7b7.5r(7)--7b7.5r(7)-|--7b7.5r(7)--7b7.5r(7)--7b7.5r(7)--7b7.5r(7)-|
||o---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
Gsus2 D5
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------9-----10---||
|-14-----14--14-----14--14-----12--12-----12--|-12-----12--12-----10--10-----12------------o||
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|
| ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
| E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|--7b7.5r(7)--7b7.5r(7)--7b7.5r(7)--7b7.5r(7)-|--7b7.5r(7)--7b7.5r(7)--7b7.5r(7)-7b7.5r(7)--||
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
A Bm7
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
Gtrs V, VI
~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-|-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-|
Gsus2 D5
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
> <
~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-|-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)--|
A Bm7
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
Gtrs V, VI
~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-|-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-|
Gsus2 A E B
Q Q Q Q W W
| | | |
/ / / /
~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
E +E E +E E +E E +E Q. E +E. +S +Q W
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------|------*|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------|------*|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------|------*|
|-----------------------------------------|-7----2-(2)b3==(2)r(2)--|------*|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------|-2----*|
|-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-5b5.5r(5)-|------------------------|------*|
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
- 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
