• Song:

    Wish

  • Artist:

    Nine Inch Nails

  • Album:

    When the Whip Comes Dow...

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WISH
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 1992 EP BROKEN)

Transcribed by Andy Aledort
	

Words and Music by Trent Reznor

D5x (xx023x@1)5 7 7 x x
	
Eb5x (xx134x@1)6 8 8 x x
	
F5x (133xxx@1)8 10 10 x x
	
C5x (x355xx@1)3 5 5 x x

G53 (355xxx@1)5 5 x x x
	
G#54 (133xxx@4)6 6 x x x
	
F5I
1 3 3 x x x
	
Dx (xx0232@1)5 7 7 7 x

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr.1 - Trent Reznor'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr.2 - Trent Reznor'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr.3 - Trent Reznor'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Synth - Trent Reznor'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Synth (w/echo FX) - Trent Reznor'

 Intro          Verse
  Moderately Fast Rock Q=144
  N.C.
 4/4
  Gtr IV
  Wx8             E (022100@1)S  S  Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q
|------------||-----------------------|-----------------|
|------------||o----------------------|-----12--12--13--|
|------------||--14h16p14-12--12--14--|-14--------------|
|------------||-----------------------|-----------------|
|------------||o----------------------|-----------------|
|------------||-----------------------|-----------------|


  D5 (xx023x@1)                EbD5                          EbD5
  Gtrs I, II
  ES (022100@1)S +S  S E+S (022100@1) S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1) a (x02210@1)E. S +S  S E+S (022100@1) S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E  E (022100@1) 3x
|---------------------------|--------------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-----||
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-----||
|-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5----o||
|---------------------------|--------------------------------||


  N.C.
  Gtr IV
   E (022100@1)S  S  Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----12--12--13--|
|-14h16p14-12--12--14--|-14--------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|


  D5 (xx023x@1)                EbD5                          EbD5
  Gtrs I, II
  ES (022100@1)S +S  S E+S (022100@1) S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1) a (x02210@1)E. S +S  S E+S (022100@1) S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E|---------------------------|-------------------------------| (022100@1)|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-----|
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-----|
|-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5-----|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|


                      EbD5                          EbD5
  ES (022100@1)S +S  S E+S (022100@1) S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1) a (x02210@1)E. S +S  S E+S (022100@1) S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E  E|---------------------------|------------------------------|| (022100@1)|---------------------------|------------------------------||
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---||
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---||
|-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---||
|---------------------------|------------------------------||


 Chorus
  $
  $$
  F5 (133xxx@1)               C5 (x355xx@1)  H     Q   +Q      H.      +Q
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
|-10----10--(10)--|-5-------(5)--|
|-10----10--(10)--|-5-------(5)--|
|--8-----8---(8)--|-3-------(3)--|
|------------------|---------------|


  D5 (xx023x@1)                EbD5                          EbD5
  ES (022100@1)S +S  S E+S (022100@1) S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1) a (x02210@1)E. S +S  S E+S (022100@1) S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E  E|---------------------------|------------------------------| (022100@1)|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|
|-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|


  F5 (133xxx@1)              C5 (x355xx@1) G5 (355xxx@1)name="chord_133xxx@4">G#5  D5 (xx023x@1)                EbD5
   H.       +Q      H    Q  Q    ES (022100@1)S +S  S E+S (022100@1) S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E|-----------------|------------|---------------------------| (022100@1)|-----------------|------------|---------------------------|
|-10-------(10)--|-5----------|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|
|-10-------(10)--|-5----5--6--|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|
|--8--------(8)--|-3----5--6--|-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|
|-----------------|------3--4--|---------------------------|


                      To Coda
                      To Coda
                        EbD5
  a (x02210@1)E. S +S  S E+S (022100@1) S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E  E|------------------------------|| (022100@1)|------------------------------||
|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---||
|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---||
|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---||
|------------------------------||


   Verse
    N.C.
    Gtr IV
     H     Q   Q     Q   Q   Q  Q
||----------------|---------13s=8--|
||o---------------|----------------|
||------------10--|----------------|
||--12----12------|-10--10---------|
||o---------------|----------------|
||----------------|----------------|


  D5 (xx023x@1)                EbD5                          EbD5
  Gtrs I, II
  ES (022100@1)S +S  S E+S (022100@1) S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1) a (x02210@1)E. S +S  S E+S (022100@1) S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E  E|---------------------------|---------------------------------|| (022100@1)|---------------------------|--------------------------------o||
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7------||
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7------||
|-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5-----o||
|---------------------------|---------------------------------||


  N.C.
  Gtr IV
   H     Q   Q     Q   Q  Q  Q
|---------------|------------8--|
|---------------|---------------|
|-----------10--|---------------|
|-12----12------|-10--10--------|
|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|


  D5 (xx023x@1)                EbD5                          EbD5
  Gtrs I, II
  ES (022100@1)S +S  S E+S (022100@1) S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1) a (x02210@1)E. S +S  S E+S (022100@1) S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E  E|---------------------------|------------------------------| (022100@1)|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|
|-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|


  N.C.
  Gtr IV
   H     Q   Q     Q   Q   Q  Q
|---------------|---------13s=8--|
|---------------|----------------|
|-----------10--|----------------|
|-12----12------|-10--10---------|
|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|


                                               D.S. al Coda
    D5 (xx023x@1)                EbD5                          EbD5
    Gtrs I, II
    ES (022100@1)S +S  S E+S (022100@1) S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1) a (x02210@1)E. S +S  S E+S (022100@1) S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E  E||----------------------------|-------------------------------|| (022100@1)||o---------------------------|------------------------------o||
||--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7----||
||--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7----||
||o-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---o||
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||


   Interlude
    &
    D5 (xx023x@1)       C5 (x355xx@1)          G#5 (133xxx@4)      F5 (133xxx@1)   Gtrs III, V
    <          <             <          <
    W          H.      E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E   W          W     4x
||-----------|-------------|----------|-------||
||o----------|-------------|----------|------o||
||--7--------|-5-----------|----------|-------||
||--7--------|-5-----------|-6--------|-3-----||
||o-5--------|-3-----------|-6--------|-3----o||
||-----------|---------4s3-|-4--------|-1-----||


                                        D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
    D5 (xx023x@1)                EbD5                          EbD5
    Gtrs I, II
    ES (022100@1)S +S  S E+S (022100@1) S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1) a (x02210@1)E. S +S  S E+S (022100@1) S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E  E (022100@1)4x
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o---------------------------|------------------------------o||
||--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7----||
||--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7----||
||o-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---o||
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||


 Chorus
  &&
  F5 (133xxx@1)               C5 (x355xx@1)  H     Q   +Q      H.      +Q
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
|-10----10--(10)--|-5-------(5)--|
|-10----10--(10)--|-5-------(5)--|
|--8-----8---(8)--|-3-------(3)--|
|------------------|---------------|


  D5 (xx023x@1)                EbD5                          EbD5
  ES (022100@1)S +S  S E+S (022100@1) S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1) a (x02210@1)E. S +S  S E+S (022100@1) S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E  E|---------------------------|------------------------------| (022100@1)|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|
|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|
|-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|


  F5 (133xxx@1)              C5 (x355xx@1) G5 (355xxx@1)name="chord_133xxx@4">G#5  D5 (xx023x@1)              EbD5
   H.       +Q      H    Q  Q    ES (022100@1)S +E  E+S (022100@1) S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E|-----------------|------------|-------------------------| (022100@1)|-----------------|------------|-------------------------|
|-10-------(10)--|-5----------|-7-7-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-8-7---|
|-10-------(10)--|-5----5--6--|-7-7-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|
|--8--------(8)--|-3----5--6--|-5-5-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-6-5---|
|-----------------|------3--4--|-------------------------|


                        EbD5
  a (x02210@1)E. S +S  S E+S (022100@1) S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E  E|-------------------------------| (022100@1)|-------------------------------|
|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7----|
|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7----|
|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5----|
|-------------------------------|


   Out-Chorus
                               1.,2.                            3.
    D5 (xx023x@1)                EbD5                          EbD5          C5 (x355xx@1)name="chord_133xxx@4">G#5 F5I
    ES (022100@1)S +S  S E+S (022100@1) S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1) a (x02210@1)E. S +S  S E+S (022100@1) S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E  E (022100@1)3x Q  Q  Q   Q
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||--------------||
||o---------------------------|------------------------------o||--------------||
||--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7----||-7--5---------||
||--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7-5-|-5h=7--7-(7)-7-7-(7)-7-8-7----||-7--5--6--3--||
||o-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---|-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)-5-6-5---o||-5--3--6--3--||
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||-------4--1--||


   Outro
    D5 (xx023x@1)       Eb5 (xx134x@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D       D5 (xx023x@1)       Eb5 (xx134x@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
    Q.   E+E (022100@1) ES (022100@1)S S S   Q.   E+E (022100@1) ES (022100@1)S S S
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------7-----|----------------7-----|
||--7----7-(7)-8-x-7-----|-7----7-(7)-8-x-7-----|
||--7----7-(7)-8-x-7-----|-7----7-(7)-8-x-7-----|
||o-5----5-(5)-6-x-5-0-0-|-5----5-(5)-6-x-5-0-0-|
||-----------------------|----------------------|


  D5 (xx023x@1)       Eb5 (xx134x@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D       D5 (xx023x@1)name="chord_x355xx@1">C5 G#5F5I (133xxx@4)  Q.   E+E (022100@1) ES (022100@1)S S S   Q  Q  Q   Q
|----------------------|-----------------||
|----------------7-----|----------------o||
|-7----7-(7)-8-x-7-----|-7--5------------||
|-7----7-(7)-8-x-7-----|-7--5--6--3-----||
|-5----5-(5)-6-x-5-0-0-|-5--3--6--3----o||
|----------------------|-------4--1-----||


  D5 (xx023x@1)           Eb5 (xx134x@1) D (xx0232@1)     D5 (xx023x@1)           Eb5 (xx134x@1) D (xx0232@1) Q.       E+E (022100@1) E (022100@1) S S S S   Q.       E+E (022100@1) E (022100@1) S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------7-----|----------------------7-----|
|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|
|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|
|-5--------5-(5)-6---x-5-0-0-|-5--------5-(5)-6---x-5-0-0-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| S  S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)E (022100@1)S S E (022100@1) E (022100@1)   S  S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)E (022100@1)S S E (022100@1) E|----------------------------|----------------------------| (022100@1)|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x---------|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x---------|
|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x-3---5---|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x-3---5---|
|-x--x-3-1-3--4--x-x---------|-x--x-3-1-3--4--x-x---------|


  D5 (xx023x@1)           Eb5 (xx134x@1) D (xx0232@1)     D5 (xx023x@1)        C5 (x355xx@1)        G#5 (133xxx@4)          F5I
  Q.       E+E (022100@1) E (022100@1) S S S S    Q           Q           Q              Q
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------7-----|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|--7-----------5----------------------------------------|
|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|--7-----------5-----------6-------------3-------------|
|-5--------5-(5)-6---x-5-0-0-|--5-----------3-----------6-------------3-------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------4-------------1-------------|
|
|                               PM---------------------------------------------|
| S  S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)E (022100@1)S S E (022100@1) E (022100@1)    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S     S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x---------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x-3---5---|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-x--x-3-1-3--4--x-x---------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13b17-13-13-13-13-13-13-13----|


  D5 (xx023x@1)           Eb5 (xx134x@1) D (xx0232@1)     D5 (xx023x@1)           Eb5 (xx134x@1) D (xx0232@1) Q.       E+E (022100@1) E (022100@1) S S S S   Q.       E+E (022100@1) E (022100@1) S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------7-----|----------------------7-----|
|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|
|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|
|-5--------5-(5)-6---x-5-0-0-|-5--------5-(5)-6---x-5-0-0-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| S  S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)E (022100@1)S S E (022100@1) E (022100@1)   S  S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)E (022100@1)S S E (022100@1) E|----------------------------|----------------------------| (022100@1)|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x---------|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x---------|
|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x-3---5---|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x-3---5---|
|-x--x-3-1-3--4--x-x---------|-x--x-3-1-3--4--x-x---------|


  D5 (xx023x@1)           Eb5 (xx134x@1) D (xx0232@1)     D5 (xx023x@1)        C5 (x355xx@1)        G#5 (133xxx@4)          F5 (133xxx@1) Q.       E+E (022100@1) E (022100@1) S S S S    Q           Q           Q              Q
|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------*|
|----------------------7-----|------------------------------------------------------*|
|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|--7-----------5---------------------------------------*|
|-7--------7-(7)-8---x-7-----|--7-----------5-----------6-------------3------------*|
|-5--------5-(5)-6---x-5-0-0-|--5-----------3-----------6-------------3------------*|
|----------------------------|--------------------------4-------------1------------*|
|
|                               PM------------------------------------------|
| S  S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)E (022100@1)S S E (022100@1) E (022100@1)    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S     S  S  S  S  S  S S
|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------*|
|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------*|
|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------*|
|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x---------|------------------------------------------------------*|
|-x--x-5-3-5--6--x-x-3---5---|------------------------------------------------------*|
|-x--x-3-1-3--4--x-x---------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13b16-13-13-13-13-13-13------*|



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 (x24432@1) - 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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