Nine Inch Nails - The Good Soldier Chords & Tabs

 

The Good Soldier Chords & Tabs

Nine Inch Nails Chords & Tabs

Version: 2 Type: Bass Tab

The Good Soldier Bass Tab

   
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THE GOOD SOLDIER (Bassline)
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 2007 Album YEAR ZERO)

Transcribed by Mitchell Gardner
	

Words and Music by Trent Reznor

Gtr I (C F Bb Eb) - 'Bass - Light Dist.'
Gtr II (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Vibraphone'

 Intro
  Q=88
 4/4
  Gtr I
  E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x-|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x--|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|


  E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x-|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x-||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||


   Verse I
    E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x-|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x--|
||o-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


  E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x-|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x--||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||


   Verse II
    E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x-|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x--|
||o-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


  E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x-|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x--||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||


 Pre-Chorus
  E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x-|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|


  E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x-|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x-||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||


   Chorus
    E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x-|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x--|
||o-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


  E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x-|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x--||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||


 Break
  E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x-|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x-||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||


   Verse III
    E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   3x
||--9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x-|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x---||
||o-------------------------------|--------------------------------o||
||o-------------------------------|--------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------|---------------------------------||


  Gtr I
  E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E S S S S S S S S  S S  S S  S S
|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x-|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h=9----x-7--x-x-||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| W                               H             E    E    E    E
|-------------------------------|-------------------19---17---17---||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||


   Chorus
     E  S S S S S S S S S S  S S  S S
||---9--9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9----x-7--x-x-|
||o-----------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|
|
|    H.                      E    E
||--15----------------------14---12---|
||o-----------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|


    E  S S S S S S   S  S  S S  S S  S S
|---9--9-7---x-x-7---9p=7h=9----x-7--x-x---||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------||
|
|  +H               +E     E    E    E
|-(12)-------------(12)---19---17---17-----||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------||


    E   S S   S  S S S S S S S  S S  S S
|---9---9-7------x-x-7-9p7h9----x-7--x-x-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
|  +E   E    +H                 E    E
|-(17)-19---(19)---------------14---12---|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

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    E  S S S S S S   S  S  S S  S S  S S
|---9--9-7---x-x-7---9p=7h=9----x-7--x-x-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
|  +H               +E     E    E    E
|-(12)-------------(12)---19---17---17---|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|


   E  S S S S S S S S S S  S S  S S     E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--9--9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9----x-7--x-x-|---9--9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x-||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|
|  H.                      E    E      +W
|-15----------------------14---12---|-(12)-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||


 Pre-Solo
  E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x-|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|


  E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x-|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x-||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||


   Solo
    E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   3x
||--9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x-|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x---||
||o-------------------------------|--------------------------------o||
||o-------------------------------|--------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------|---------------------------------||


  Gtr I
  E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E S S S S S S S S  S S  S S  S S
|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x-|-9-9-7---x-x-7-9p7h=9----x-7--x-x-||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| W                               H             E    E    E    E
|-------------------------------|-------------------19---17---17---||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||


   Instrumental Out-Chorus
     E  S S S S S S S S S S  S S  S S
||---9--9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9----x-7--x-x-|
||o-----------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|
|
|    H.                      E    E
||--15----------------------14---12---|
||o-----------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|


    E  S S S S S S   S  S  S S  S S  S S
|---9--9-7---x-x-7---9p=7h=9----x-7--x-x---||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------||
|
|  +H               +E     E    E    E
|-(12)-------------(12)---19---17---17-----||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------||


    E   S S   S  S S S S S S S  S S  S S
|---9---9-7------x-x-7-9p7h9----x-7--x-x-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
|  +E   E    +H                 E    E
|-(17)-19---(19)---------------14---12---|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|


    E  S S S S S S   S  S  S S  S S  S S
|---9--9-7---x-x-7---9p=7h=9----x-7--x-x-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
|  +H               +E     E    E    E
|-(12)-------------(12)---19---17---17---|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|


   E  S S S S S S S S S S  S S  S S     E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--9--9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9----x-7--x-x-|---9--9-7---x-x-7-9p7h9---x-7-x-x-||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|
|  H.                      E    E      +W
|-15----------------------14---12---|-(12)-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||


 Outro
  Wx4
|--------*|
|--------*|
|--------*|
|--------*|



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