The Good Soldier Nine Inch Nails
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] W [A] W [Am/G] W [Esus4/A] 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]Gtr I[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-|------------------|------------------|
|
| 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] W [A] W [Am/G] W [Esus4/A] W
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------|| |-----------|--------------|-----------|-------|| |-----------|--------------|-----------|-------|| |-----------|--------------|-----------|-------|| |-----------|--------------|-----------|-------|| |-----------|--------------|-----------|-------||
|
| W H H W W
|-----------|---------9----|-----------|-------|| |-10--------|-(10)---------|-10--------|-10----|| |--9--------|--(9)---------|--9--------|--9----|| |--9--------|--11----------|-10--------|--9----|| |-12--------|-(12)---------|-10--------|-12----|| |-----------|--------------|-----------|-------||
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] E E E E E E E E [Esus4/A] 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
--------------- 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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