The Mark Has Been Made Chords & Tabs
The Mark Has Been Made Tab
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THE MARK HAS BEEN MADE
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 1999 Double Album THE FRAGILE (RIGHT))
Transcribed by Zach Kraemer
Music by Trent Reznor
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Cello'
Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'Acoustic'
Gtr IV (D A D G B E) - 'Slight dist.'
Gtr V (D A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Gtr VI (D A D G B E) - 'Clean Guitar 2'
Part I
Q=76
N.C. D5 G5/D
4/4
Gtr I
Q. E E +E +E +E +Q E +E +S +S Q E
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-|-(7)--7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-5---4--|
|--------5----------------|------5----------------5--(5)-|
|------0------------------|------------------------------|
D5 G5/D
+Q. E E +E +E +E +E E E +E +E Q E
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-(4)-----7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-|-(7)---7-(7)b8==(7)r5---4--|
|-(5)-----5----------------|-------5------------5--(5)-|
|-------0------------------|-----0---------------------|
D5 G5/D
+Q. E E +E +E +E +Q E +E +S +S Q E
||---------------------------|------------------------------|
||o--------------------------|------------------------------|
||---------------------------|------------------------------|
||--(4)-----7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-|-(7)--7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-5---4--|
||o-(5)-----5----------------|------5----------------5--(5)-|
||--------0------------------|------------------------------|
D5 G5/D
+Q. E E +E +E +E +E E E +E +E Q E 3x
|--------------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------o||
|--------------------------|----------------------------||
|-(4)-----7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-|-(7)---7-(7)b8==(7)r5---4---||
|-(5)-----5----------------|-------5------------5--(5)-o||
|-------0------------------|-----0----------------------||
N.C.
Gtr III
W W E E E E Q. E +E Q E Q Q
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|---5-4-0-3----2-|-(2)------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|-----5--0-5--3--|
|
| Gtr II
| >
| E E E E Q. E +E Q E Q Q W W
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----5-4-0-3----2-|-(2)------------|----------------|----------------|
|-(0)--------------|-----5--0-3--5--|-0--------------|----------------|
W W E E E E Q. E +E Q E Q Q
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|---5-4-0-3----2-|-(2)------------|
|-(0)--------------|----------------|----------------|-----5--0-3--5--|
|
| >
| E E E E Q. E +E Q E Q Q W W
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----5-4-0-3----2-|-(2)------------|----------------|----------------|
|-(0)--------------|-----5--0-3--5--|-0--------------|----------------|
W W E E E E Q. E +E Q E Q Q
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|---5-4-0-3----2-|-(2)------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|-----5--0-5--3--|
|
| >
| E E E E Q. E +E Q E Q Q W W
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----5-4-0-3----2-|-(2)------------|----------------|----------------|
|-(0)--------------|-----5--0-3--5--|-0--------------|----------------|
Part II
Tempo 2 Q=70
N.C.
Gtr IV
E E Q E Q +E S S E Q E Q +E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-x-x-3b4--x-3b4--(3)-|-x-x---3b4--x-3b4--(3)-|
|-x-5------x----------|-x-x-5-0----x----------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
S S E Q S S Q E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-3-----3b4--x-x-3b4--0-|-<3>-<3>---x-x---0-3-<3>-x-x-3-<3>---|
|-x-x-5------x-x--------|--x---x----x-x-----x--x--------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|
S S E Q E Q +E S S E Q E Q +E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-x-x---3b4--x-3b4--(3)-|-x-x---3b4--x-3b4--(3)-|
|-x-x-5-0----x----------|-x-x-5-0----x----------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
S S E Q E Q +E S S E Q E Q +E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-x-x---3b4--x-3b4--(3)-|-x-x---3b4--x-3b4--(3)-|
|-x-x-5-0----x----------|-x-x-5-0----x----------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
S S E Q E Q +E S S E Q E Q +E
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||--x-x---3b4--x-3b4--(3)-|-x-x---3b4--x-3b4--(3)-|
||o-x-x-5-0----x----------|-x-x-5-0----x----------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
S S E Q E Q +E S S E Q E Q +E
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------o||
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-x-x---3b4--x-3b4--(3)-|-x-x---3b4--x-3b4--(3)---||
|-x-x-5-0----x----------|-x-x-5-0----x-----------o||
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
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Part III (Intro Reprise)
A Tempo Q=76
N.C. D5 G5/D D
Gtr I
Q. E E +E +E +E +Q E +E +S +S Q E
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-|-(7)--7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)--5-----4--|
|--------5----------------|------5-----------------5----(5)-|
|------0------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| Gtr VI
| W Q E E E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------5--------------4-----3--|
|-------------------------|------4-(4)s====3------(3)s2-----|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
D5 G5/D D
+Q. E E +E +E +E +E E E +E +E Q E
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-(4)-----7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-|-(7)---7-(7)b8==(7)r=5-----4---|
|-(5)-----5----------------|-------5-------------5----(5)--|
|-------0------------------|-----0-------------------------|
|
| +W Q E E E E E E
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-(3)----------------------|----------5----------4-----3---|
|--------------------------|-------4-(4)s====3--(3)s2------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
D5 G5/D D
+Q. E E +E +E +E +Q E +E +S +S Q E
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-(4)-----7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-|-(7)--7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)--5-----4--|
|-(5)-----5----------------|------5-----------------5----(5)-|
|-------0------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| +W Q E E E E E E
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-(3)----------------------|---------5--------------4-----3--|
|--------------------------|------4-(4)s====3------(3)s2-----|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
D5 G5/D D
+Q. E E +E +E +E +E E E +E +E Q E
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-(4)-----7-(7)b8==(7)r(7)-|-(7)---7-(7)b8==(7)r=5-----4---|
|-(5)-----5----------------|-------5-------------5----(5)--|
|-------0------------------|-----0-------------------------|
|
| +W Q E E E E E E
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-(3)----------------------|----------5----------4-----3---|
|--------------------------|-------4-(4)s====3--(3)s2------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
Part IV
Tempo 2 Q=70
N.C.
Gtr V
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||---------------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------8-|
||--0-12s11-0-11s10-0-10s9-0-9s8-x-7-x---|
|
| Gtr VI
| W
||---------------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------|
F#b5 Fb5 Eb5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------8--o||
|-0-12s11-0-11s10-0-10s9-0-9s8-x-7-x-----||
|
| Q E E E E E E
|----------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------o||
|------------5----5----4---4---3---3-----||
|------------4----4----3---3---2---2-----||
|---------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------||
N.C.
Gtrs I, V
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x
||----------------------------------------||
||o--------------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------------||
||----------------------------------------||
||o------------------------------------8-o||
||--0-12s11-0-11s10-0-10s9-0-9s8-x-7-x----||
D5 C#5 C5 B5 Bb5 A5 F5
Gtr V
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------10--|
|---12s11---11s10---10s9---9s8---7----8--|
|-0-12s11-0-11s10-0-10s9-0-9s8-x-7-x-----|
D5 C#5 C5 B5 Bb5 A5 F5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------10-|
||o---12s11---11s10---10s9---9s8---7----8-|
||--0-12s11-0-11s10-0-10s9-0-9s8-x-7-x----|
D5 C#5 C5 B5 Bb5 A5 F5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------10---||
|---12s11---11s10---10s9---9s8---7----8--o||
|-0-12s11-0-11s10-0-10s9-0-9s8-x-7-x------||
Outro
N.C. F#b5Fb5 Eb5 F#b5 Fb5 Eb5
Gtr VI
W Q E E E E E E Q Q H Q E E E E E E
|----------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|----------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|----------|----5-5s4-4s3-3-|----(5)-------|----5-5s4-4s3-3-|
|----------|----4-4s3-3s2-2-|----(4)-------|----4-4s3-3s2-2-|
|----------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|----------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
F#b5 N.C.
PM
Q Q H W Wx16
|--------------|----------|---------*|
|--------------|----------|---------*|
|----(5)-------|----------|---------*|
|----(4)-------|----------|---------*|
|--------------|----------|---------*|
|--------------|----------|---------*|
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
