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PIGGY (Bassline)
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 1994 Album THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL)

Transcribed by scott666
	

Words and Music by Trent Reznor

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'

   Verse
    Q=131(8=s8)
   4/4
    Gtr I
    H    Q  Q    +H     H      H    Q  Q    +H     H
||-------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
||o------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
||o-2-------5--|-(5)---------|------------|-------------|
||-------------|-------------|-5-------4--|-(4)---------|


                            1.,2.                          3.
  H    Q  Q    +H     H      H    Q  Q    +H     E E Q   3x H    H      W
|------------|-------------|------------|----------------||-----------|------||
|------------|-------------|------------|----------3p2--o||-----------|------||
|-2-------5--|-(5)---------|------------|---------------o||-----------|------||
|------------|-------------|-5-------4--|-(4)------------||-5---------|------||


   Chorus
   3/4                                                 4/4
    E E E E Q    E E E E Q    E E E E Q    E E E E Q    E E Q  E E Q
||-------------|------------|------------|------------|---------------|
||o------------|------------|------------|------------|---------------|
||o-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-2-2----|-3-3----5-5----|
||-------------|------------|------------|------------|---------------|


 3/4                                                 4/4
  E E E E Q    E E E E Q    E E E E Q    E E E E Q    E E Q  H
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------------||
|------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------o||
|-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-3-------o||
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------------||


   Verse
    H    Q  Q    +H     H      H    Q  Q    +H     H
||-------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
||o------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
||o-2-------5--|-(5)---------|------------|-------------|
||-------------|-------------|-5-------4--|-(4)---------|


  H    Q  Q    +H     H      H    Q  Q    +H     E E Q
|------------|-------------|------------|----------------||
|------------|-------------|------------|----------3p2--o||
|-2-------5--|-(5)---------|------------|---------------o||
|------------|-------------|-5-------4--|-(4)------------||


  H    Q  Q    +H     H      H    Q  Q    +H     H
|------------|-------------|------------|-------------||
|------------|-------------|------------|-------------||
|-2-------5--|-(5)---------|------------|-------------||
|------------|-------------|-5-------4--|-(4)---------||


   Chorus
   3/4                                                 4/4
    E E E E Q    E E E E Q    E E E E Q    E E E E Q    E E Q  E E Q
||-------------|------------|------------|------------|---------------|
||o------------|------------|------------|------------|---------------|
||o-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-2-2----|-3-3----5-5----|
||-------------|------------|------------|------------|---------------|


 3/4                                                 4/4
  E E E E Q    E E E E Q    E E E E Q    E E E E Q    E E Q  H
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------------||
|------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------o||
|-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-2-2----|-0-2-3-------o||
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------------||


 Interlude
  Wx2
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||


   Out-Chorus
   3/4                                                 4/4
    E E E E Q    E E E E Q    E E E E Q    E E E E Q    E E Q  E E Q
||-------------|------------|------------|------------|---------------|
||o------------|------------|-2-2-2-2----|------------|---------------|
||o-0-2-2-2----|------------|------------|-0-0-0-0----|-5-5----4-4----|
||-------------|-3-3-3-3----|------------|------------|---------------|


 3/4                                                 4/4
  E E E E Q    E E E E Q    E E E E Q    E E E E Q    W     9x
|------------|------------|------------|------------|-------||
|------------|------------|-2-2-2-2----|------------|------o||
|-0-2-2-2----|------------|------------|-0-0-0-0----|------o||
|------------|-3-3-3-3----|------------|------------|-------||


 3/4
  E E E E Q    E E E E Q    E E E E Q    E E E E Q
|------------|------------|------------|------------*|
|------------|------------|-2-2-2-2----|------------*|
|-0-2-2-2----|------------|------------|-0-0-0-0----*|
|------------|-3-3-3-3----|------------|------------*|



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