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THE FRAIL
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 1999 Double Album THE FRAGILE)
Transcribed by unregistered
Words and Music by Trent Reznor
Arranged by Allen Mueller
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Piano'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'String Ensemble'
Q=121
4/4
Gtr I
W H. Q +W W
|-3--------|------------|------------|----------|
|----------|-1----------|------------|----------|
|----------|---------3--|-(3)--------|-0--------|
|----------|------------|------------|----------|
|----------|------------|------------|----------|
|----------|------------|------------|----------|
W H. Q +H. Q W
|-3--------|-10-------1--|-(1)---------|------|
|----------|-------------|----------1--|-0----|
|----------|-------------|-------------|------|
|----------|-------------|-------------|------|
|----------|-------------|-------------|------|
|----------|-------------|-------------|------|
W H. Q +W W
|-0--------|-1----------|------------|----------|
|----------|---------1--|-(1)--------|----------|
|----------|------------|------------|-4--------|
|----------|------------|------------|----------|
|----------|------------|------------|----------|
|----------|------------|------------|----------|
W H. Q +W W
|-3--------|------------|------------|------|
|----------|-1----------|------------|------|
|----------|---------3--|-(3)--------|-0----|
|----------|------------|------------|------|
|----------|------------|------------|------|
|----------|------------|------------|------|
W H. Q +H. Q W
|----------|-1----------|-------------|----------|
|-5--------|------------|-------------|-3--------|
|----------|---------3--|-(3)------5--|----------|
|----------|------------|-------------|----------|
|----------|------------|-------------|----------|
|----------|------------|-------------|----------|
W H. Q +W W
|-1--------|---------3--|-(3)--------|------|
|----------|-1----------|------------|-3----|
|----------|------------|------------|------|
|----------|------------|------------|------|
|----------|------------|------------|------|
|----------|------------|------------|------|
W H. Q +H. Q W
|-3--------|-10-------1--|-(1)---------|------|
|----------|-------------|----------1--|-0----|
|----------|-------------|-------------|------|
|----------|-------------|-------------|------|
|----------|-------------|-------------|------|
|----------|-------------|-------------|------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nine_inch_nails/the_frail_tab_ver_3.html ]
W H. Q +W W W W
|-0--------|-1----------|------------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|------------|------------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|---------3--|-(3)--------|-0--------|----------|------|
|----------|------------|------------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|------------|------------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|------------|------------|----------|----------|------|
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
Gtr II
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W W W +W +W +W
|----------|----------|-8--------|-(8)--------|-(8)--------|-(8)----|
|----------|----------|-1--------|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-(1)----|
|----------|----------|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|----------|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|----------|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|----------|----------|------------|------------|--------|
+W +W +W W +W
|-(8)--------|-(8)--------|-(8)--------|-10--------|-(10)----*|
|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-13--------|-(13)----*|
|------------|------------|------------|--5--------|--(5)----*|
|------------|------------|------------|-----------|---------*|
|------------|------------|------------|-----------|---------*|
|------------|------------|------------|-----------|---------*|
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
