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The Fragile Bass

(ver. 3)
Nine Inch Nails

THE FRAGILE (Bassline)
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 1999 Album THE FRAGILE)

	



Gtr I (C G C F) - 'Picked Bass 1'
Gtr II (C G C F) - 'Picked Bass 2'
Gtr III (C G C F A D) - 'Synth'

 Verse
  Q=75
             A    G          G      D   C#A
 4/4
             Gtr I
  W          Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E E E E  E
|----------|---------------|------------------|
|----------|-7----5-5----5-|-5----5-----------|
|----------|---------------|--------5-5-4-(0)-|
|----------|-7-----------5-|-5----5-----------|


  A    G          G      A
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q   Q
|---------------|-----------------|
|-7----5-5----5-|-5----5-7\-------|
|---------------|-----------------|
|-7-----------5-|-5----5-7\-------|


  A               G        D         A           G          A
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E E E E  E    Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q   Q
|---------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|
|-7----5-5----5-|-5----5-----------|-7----5-5----5-|-5----5-7\-----|
|---------------|--------5-5-4-(0)-|---------------|---------------|
|-7-----------5-|-5----5-----------|-7-----------5-|-5----5-7\-----|


  A               G                  A               G
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E E E E  E    Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q   Q
|---------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|
|-7----5-5----5-|-5----5-----------|-7----5-5----5-|-5----5-7\-----|
|---------------|--------5-5-4-(0)-|---------------|---------------|
|-7-----------5-|-5----5-----------|-7-----------5-|-5----5-7\-----|


  A               G                  A               G
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E E E E  E    Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q   Q
|---------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|
|-7----5-5----5-|-5----5-----------|-7----5-5----5-|-5----5-7\-----|
|---------------|--------5-5-4-(0)-|---------------|---------------|
|-7-----------5-|-5----5-----------|-7-----------5-|-5----5-7\-----|


 Chorus
  N.C.
                                                       3/4
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-0-0--|


 4/4                                                   2/4
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-|


 Verse
  A                         G
 4/4
   Q     E  E  Q     E  E    Q     E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|--7--------5--5--------5-|--5--------5--------------|
|-------------------------|--------------5--5--4-(0)-|
|--7--------------------5-|--5--------5--------------|
|
| Gtr II
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-12----12----12----12----|-12----12----12----12-----|
|----10----10----10----10-|----10----10----10----10--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|


  A                         G
   Q     E  E  Q     E  E    Q     E  E  Q      Q
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|--7--------5--5--------5-|--5--------5--7\-----------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|--7--------------------5-|--5--------5--7\-----------|
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E
|-12----12----12----12----|-12----12----12-----12-----|
|----10----10----10----10-|----10----10-----10----10--|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|


  A                         G
   Q     E  E  Q     E  E    Q     E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|--7--------5--5--------5-|--5--------5--------------|
|-------------------------|--------------5--5--4-(0)-|
|--7--------------------5-|--5--------5--------------|
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-12----12----12----12----|-12----12----12----12-----|
|----10----10----10----10-|----10----10----10----10--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|


  A                         G
                           2/4
   Q     E  E  Q     E  E    Q     E  E
|-------------------------|-------------|
|--7--------5--5--------5-|--5--------5-|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|--7--------------------5-|--5--------5-|
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E
|-12----12----12----12----|-12----12----|
|----10----10----10----10-|----10----10-|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|


 Chorus
  N.C.
 4/4
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0--|


  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|


 Bridge
  Wx2
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|


  N.C.
   W                                     W
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|  s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E    s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E
|-13-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


   W                                     W
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
|  s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E    s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|


   W                                     W
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
|  s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E    s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E
|-13-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


   W                                     W
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
|  s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E    s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|


  F                                     C
   W                                     W
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--8----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-10----------------------------------|
|
|  s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E    s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E
|-13-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


  Eb
   W                                    +W
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--6----------------------------------|-(6)-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
|  s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E    s   s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13--15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|


  F                                     C
   W                                     W
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--8----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-10----------------------------------|
|
|  s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E    s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E
|-13-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


  Eb
   W                                    +W
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--6----------------------------------|-(6)-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
|  s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E    s   s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E  s  s  E
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13--15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|


 Bridge Continued
  N.C.
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5---------|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5---------|
|-----------------|---------0-0-0-0-|-----------------|---------0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5---------|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5---------|
|-----------------|---------0-0-0-0-|-----------------|---------0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5---------|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5---------|
|-----------------|---------0-0-0-0-|-----------------|---------0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5---------|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5---------|
|-----------------|---------0-0-0-0-|-----------------|---------0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


 Out-Chorus
  N.C.
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|


  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-*|



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
            
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