• Song:

    The Only Time

  • Artist:

    Nine Inch Nails

  • Album:

    When the Whip Comes Dow...

keep in mind this is an acoustic version.  it's not supposed to sound exactly the 
same, just pretty much be recognizable as the same song

the rhythm to this tab is tricky to understand unless you're familiar with the 
song. I'd try to diagram it but my music theory knowledge is rudimentary at best 
and I'd make a mess of it. If you get confused, just listen to the song. I swear, 
the tab does make sense if you're playing the right rhythm.

Intro:
 Am D C
 Am D C
 
- the rhythm in the intro is repeated through the beginning of the verse

     Am     
I'm drunk. 

D     C         Am                 D C
  Right now i'm so in love with you. 

         Am                     D       C           Am
And i don't want to think too much about what we should or shouldn't 

  D  C
do. 

                 Am             G            D            C
Lay my hands on Heaven and the sun and the moon and the stars. 

           Am             G              D           C
While the devil wants to fuck me in the back of his car. 

 Am                        D     C          Am    D   C
nothing quite like the feel of something new. 


*chorus
                      E
Maybe i'm all messed up. 

 G                    D
Maybe i'm all messed up. 

           C                E
Maybe i'm all messed up in you. 

           G              D  
Maybe i'm all messed up. 

C                     E
Maybe i'm all messed up. 

  G                   D
Maybe i'm all messed up. 

           C                E
Maybe i'm all messed up in you. 

           G              D      C
Maybe i'm all messed up. 

the same rhythm from the intro comes back)

              Am           D     C      Am    D    C
This is the only time i really feel alive. 

             Am            D     C      Am    D     C
This is the only time i really feel alive. 


   Am      D
I swear. 

C            Am              D    C
I just found everything i need. 

      Am                      D          C            Am          D   C
The sweat in your eyes the blood in your veins are listening to me. 

                Am             G            D        C
Well i want to wrap it up and swim in it until i drown. 

    Am     G          D     C
My moral standing is lying down. 

  Am                     D    C         Am    D    C
Nothing quite like the feel, something new.


chorus
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