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PIGGY (Bassline)
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 1994 Album THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL)
Transcribed by scott666
Words and Music by Trent Reznor
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Verse
Q=131(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
H Q Q +H H H Q Q +H H
||-------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
||o------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
||o-2-------5--|-(5)---------|------------|-------------|
||-------------|-------------|-5-------4--|-(4)---------|
1.,2. 3.
H Q Q +H H H Q Q +H E E Q 3x H H W
|------------|-------------|------------|----------------||-----------|------||
|------------|-------------|------------|----------3p2--o||-----------|------||
|-2-------5--|-(5)---------|------------|---------------o||-----------|------||
|------------|-------------|-5-------4--|-(4)------------||-5---------|------||
Chorus
3/4 4/4
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E Q E E Q
||-------------|------------|------------|------------|---------------|
||o------------|------------|------------|------------|---------------|
||o-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-2-2----|-3-3----5-5----|
||-------------|------------|------------|------------|---------------|
3/4 4/4
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E Q H
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------------||
|------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------o||
|-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-3-------o||
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------------||
Verse
H Q Q +H H H Q Q +H H
||-------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
||o------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
||o-2-------5--|-(5)---------|------------|-------------|
||-------------|-------------|-5-------4--|-(4)---------|
H Q Q +H H H Q Q +H E E Q
|------------|-------------|------------|----------------||
|------------|-------------|------------|----------3p2--o||
|-2-------5--|-(5)---------|------------|---------------o||
|------------|-------------|-5-------4--|-(4)------------||
H Q Q +H H H Q Q +H H
|------------|-------------|------------|-------------||
|------------|-------------|------------|-------------||
|-2-------5--|-(5)---------|------------|-------------||
|------------|-------------|-5-------4--|-(4)---------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nine_inch_nails/piggy_btab_ver_8.html ]
Chorus
3/4 4/4
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E Q E E Q
||-------------|------------|------------|------------|---------------|
||o------------|------------|------------|------------|---------------|
||o-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-2-2----|-3-3----5-5----|
||-------------|------------|------------|------------|---------------|
3/4 4/4
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E Q H
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------------||
|------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------o||
|-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-3-------o||
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------------||
Interlude
Wx2
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
Out-Chorus
3/4 4/4
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E Q E E Q
||-------------|------------|------------|------------|---------------|
||o------------|------------|-2-2-2-2----|------------|---------------|
||o-0-2-2-2----|------------|------------|-0-0-0-0----|-5-5----4-4----|
||-------------|-3-3-3-3----|------------|------------|---------------|
3/4 4/4
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q W 9x
|------------|------------|------------|------------|-------||
|------------|------------|-2-2-2-2----|------------|------o||
|-0-2-2-2----|------------|------------|-0-0-0-0----|------o||
|------------|-3-3-3-3----|------------|------------|-------||
3/4
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q
|------------|------------|------------|------------*|
|------------|------------|-2-2-2-2----|------------*|
|-0-2-2-2----|------------|------------|-0-0-0-0----*|
|------------|-3-3-3-3----|------------|------------*|
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
