The Good Soldier Chords & Tabs
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THE GOOD SOLDIER
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 G C) - 'Gtr. I (Heavy Dist.)'
Gtr II (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Synth I'
Gtr III (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Synth II'
Intro
Q=88
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
Verse I
N.C.
Wx4
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
N.C.
Q E E E E Q E E H. Q E E E E Q E E H.
|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|-----------||
|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|-----------||
|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|-----------||
|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|-----------||
|------------------------|-x-----------|------------------------|-x---------||
|-0----3b3.5-0-/6b6.5-0--|-x-----------|-0----3b3.5-0-/6b6.5-0--|-x---------||
Verse II
N.C.
Q E E E E Q E E H E E
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|-x----------------|
|-0----3b3.5-0-/6b6.5-0--|-x--------3b3.5-0-|
PM-| PM-|
Q E E E E Q E E Q S S E S S S S
|-------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------7b7.5----|-x------(7)-(7)---(7)-(5)-x-x--|
|-0----3-0-------0--|-x-----------------------------|
N.C.
Q E E E E Q E E H.
|------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------|-x-----------|
|-0----3b3.5-0-/6b6.5-0--|-x-----------|
Q E E E E Q E E H E. +S
|------------------------|----------------------||
|------------------------|----------(8)b9.5-(8)-||
|------------------------|----------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------||
|------------------------|-x--------------------||
|-0----3b3.5-0-/6b6.5-0--|-x--------------------||
Pre-Chorus
N.C.
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
Chorus
Esus4/A A Am/G Esus4/A
W W W W
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------|
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------|
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------|
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------|
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------|
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------|
|
| Gtr II
| W H H W W
|-----------|---------9----|-----------|-------|
|-10--------|-(10)---------|-10--------|-10----|
|--9--------|--(9)---------|--9--------|--9----|
|--9--------|--11----------|-10--------|--9----|
|-12--------|-(12)---------|-10--------|-12----|
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------|
Esus4/A A Am/G Esus4/A
PM-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|--------------------|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------------|------------------||
|
| W H H W W
|------------------|------------9-------|------------------|------------------||
|-10---------------|-(10)---------------|-10---------------|-10---------------||
|--9---------------|--(9)---------------|--9---------------|--9---------------||
|--9---------------|--11----------------|-10---------------|--9---------------||
|-12---------------|-(12)---------------|-10---------------|-12---------------||
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------||
Break
N.C.
Wx2
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
Verse III
N.C.
Gtr I
Q E E E E Q E E H.
|------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------|-x-----------|
|-0----3b3.5-0-/6b6.5-0--|-x-----------|
PM-| PM-|
Q E E E E Q E E Q S S E S S S S
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------/7b7.5----|-x------(7)-(7)---(7)-(5)-x-x--|
|-0----3b3.5-0--------0--|-x-----------------------------|
N.C.
Q E E E E Q E E H E. +S
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|----------5b6.5-(5)-|
|------------------------|-x------------------|
|-0----3b3.5-0-/6b6.5-0--|-x------------------|
Q E E E E Q E E H.
|------------------------|-----------||
|------------------------|-----------||
|------------------------|-----------||
|------------------------|-----------||
|------------------------|-x---------||
|-0----3b3.5-0-/6b6.5-0--|-x---------||
Chorus
Esus4/A A Am/G Esus4/A
Gtr I
PM-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W H H W W
|------------------|------------9-------|------------------|------------------|
|-10---------------|-(10)---------------|-10---------------|-10---------------|
|--9---------------|--(9)---------------|--9---------------|--9---------------|
|--9---------------|--11----------------|-10---------------|--9---------------|
|-12---------------|-(12)---------------|-10---------------|-12---------------|
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------|
Esus4/A A Am/G Esus4/A
PM-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|--------------------|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------------|------------------||
|
| W H H W W
|------------------|------------9-------|------------------|------------------||
|-10---------------|-(10)---------------|-10---------------|-10---------------||
|--9---------------|--(9)---------------|--9---------------|--9---------------||
|--9---------------|--11----------------|-10---------------|--9---------------||
|-12---------------|-(12)---------------|-10---------------|-12---------------||
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------||
Pre-Solo
Esus4/A A Am/G Esus4/A
W W W W
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------||
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------||
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------||
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------||
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------||
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------||
|
| W H H W W
|-----------|---------9----|-----------|-------||
|-10--------|-(10)---------|-10--------|-10----||
|--9--------|--(9)---------|--9--------|--9----||
|--9--------|--11----------|-10--------|--9----||
|-12--------|-(12)---------|-10--------|-12----||
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------||
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Solo
Esus4/A A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|--9-9-9-----------|--11--11-11-----------|
|--------5-5-5-5-5-|------------7-7-7-7-7-|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|
| W H H
|------------------|--------------9-------|
|-10---------------|-(10)-----------------|
|--9---------------|--(9)-----------------|
|--9---------------|--11------------------|
|-12---------------|-(12)-----------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
Am/G Esus4/A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-16-16-16----------------|---------------------------|
|----------12-12-12-14-14-|-------------------14p12---|
|-------------------------|-12-12-12-11-11-11---------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------0-|
|
| W W
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-10----------------------|-10------------------------|
|--9----------------------|--9------------------------|
|-10----------------------|--9------------------------|
|-10----------------------|-12------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
Esus4/A A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|--9-9-9-----------|--11--11-11-----------|
|--------5-5-5-5-5-|------------7-7-7-7-7-|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|
| W H H
|------------------|--------------9-------|
|-10---------------|-(10)-----------------|
|--9---------------|--(9)-----------------|
|--9---------------|--11------------------|
|-12---------------|-(12)-----------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
Am/G Esus4/A
|--3--|
E E E E E E E E E. E. E. E +E E S S E
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-16-16-16----------------|------------------------------||
|----------12-12-12-14-14-|------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-12h14p12--11-(11)-11---------||
|-------------------------|----------------------12p10-0-||
|
| W W
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-10----------------------|-10---------------------------||
|--9----------------------|--9---------------------------||
|-10----------------------|--9---------------------------||
|-10----------------------|-12---------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
Instrumental Out-Chorus
Esus4/A A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|--9-9--9---------------|--11--11--11---------------|
|-----------5--5--5-5-5-|---------------7--7--7-7-7-|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|
| W H H
|-----------------------|------------------9--------|
|-10--------------------|-(10)----------------------|
|--9--------------------|--(9)----------------------|
|--9--------------------|--11-----------------------|
|-12--------------------|-(12)----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| Q +E E +H Q +E E +H
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-/9---(9)--------------|-/11-----(11)--------------|
|----------\5-(5)-------|--------------\7-(7)-------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
Am/G Esus4/A
|--3--|
E E E E E E E E E. E. E. E +E E S S E
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--16-16--16--------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------12--12--12-14-14-|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-12h14p12--11-(11)-11---------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------12p10-0-|
|
| W W
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--10---------------------------|-10---------------------------|
|---9---------------------------|--9---------------------------|
|--10---------------------------|--9---------------------------|
|--10---------------------------|-12---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| |--3--|
| Q +E E +Q Q E. E. E. E +E E S S E
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-/16----(16)-------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------\12-(12)----14----|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-12h14p12--11-(11)-11---------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------12p10-0-|
Esus4/A A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|--9-9--9---------------|--11--11--11---------------|
|-----------5--5--5-5-5-|---------------7--7--7-7-7-|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|
| W H H
|-----------------------|------------------9--------|
|-10--------------------|-(10)----------------------|
|--9--------------------|--(9)----------------------|
|--9--------------------|--11-----------------------|
|-12--------------------|-(12)----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Q +E E +H Q +E E +H
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-/9---(9)--------------|-/11-----(11)--------------|
|----------\5-(5)-------|--------------\7-(7)-------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
Am/G Esus4/A
|--3--|
E E E E E E E E E. E. E. E +E E S S E
|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
|--16-16--16--------------------|------------------------------||
|--------------12--12--12-14-14-|------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-12h14p12--11-(11)-11---------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------12p10-0-||
|
| W W
|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
|--10---------------------------|-10---------------------------||
|---9---------------------------|--9---------------------------||
|--10---------------------------|--9---------------------------||
|--10---------------------------|-12---------------------------||
|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
|
| |--3--|
| Q +E E +Q Q E. E. E. E +E E Q
|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
|-/16----(16)-------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------\12-(12)----14----|------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-12h14p12--11-(11)-11---------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------12------||
Outro
Esus4/A N.C.
Gtr II
>
W +H H W W
|-----------|--------------|----------|------*|
|-10--------|-(10)---------|----------|------*|
|--9--------|--(9)---------|----------|------*|
|--9--------|--(9)---------|----------|------*|
|-12--------|-(12)---------|----------|------*|
|-----------|--------------|----------|------*|
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
