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

Transcribed by Zach Kraemer
	

Words and Music by Trent Reznor


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Synth'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Clean Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Piano'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Distorton 1'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion 2'

   Intro
    Q=65
    N.C.
   6/8
    Gtr I
    S S S S S S S S E. S   S S S S S S S S E. S
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-2--x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-2--x-|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|


  S S S S S S S S E. S  4x Wx24
|-----------------------||---------|
|----------------------o||---------|
|-----------------------||---------|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-2--x--||---------|
|----------------------o||---------|
|-----------------------||---------|


    Gtr II
     E        S  E    S  S      S  S   S  S  S     E        S  E    S  S       S  S   S  S  S
||--------------16---16-------------------------|-------------16---16-------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------------|---------------------13b13.5-13-13--13-13-13-|
||--14pb15r==14---------14b15==14-14--14-14-14r-|-14pb15r==14---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|
|   Gtr I
|    S     S  S  S S  S  S      S  E.        S     S     S  S  S S  S  S       S  E.        S
||----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
||---x-----x--x--x-x--x--x------x--2---------x--|--x-----x--x--x-x--x--x-------x--2---------x-|
||o---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|


   E        S  E    S  S     S  S   S  S  S    E        S  E    S  S      S  S   S  S  S    10x
|-------------13---13-----------------------|-------------13---13----------------------------||
|-13pb14r==13---------13b14-13-13--13-13-13-|-13pb14r==13-----------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------14b15==14-14--14-14-14r----||
|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||
|
|  S     S  S  S S  S  S     S  E.        S    S     S  S  S S  S  S      S  E.        S    10x
|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||
|--x-----x--x--x-x--x--x-----x--2---------x-|--x-----x--x--x-x--x--x------x--2---------x-----||
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||


   Verse
    N.C.
    Gtr III
    E. E. +Q.     E. E. +Q.     E. E. +Q.     E. E. +Q.
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-------------|-2--4--(4)---|-------------|-2--4--(4)---o||
||--3--5--(5)---|-------------|-3--5--(5)---|--------------||
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||


 Outro
  F5
 4/4
  Gtr IV
  PM    PM--------------|         PM--------------|
  Q  Q  S S S S T T S S S   Q  Q  S S S S T T S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3--3--------3-----3-----|-3--3--------3-----3-----|
|-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|


        PM--------------|         PM--------------|
  Q  Q  S S S S T T S S S   Q  Q  S S S S T T S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-3--3--------3-----3-----|-3--3--------3-----3-------|
|-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|-1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|


          PM------------------------|         PM------------------------|
    Q  Q  S S S  S       T   T S  S S   Q  Q  S S S  S       T   T S  S S
||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||--3--3---------3-------------3------|-3--3---------3-------------3------|
||o-3--3--3-3-3--3-------3---3-3--3-3-|-3--3--3-3-3--3-------3---3-3--3-3-|
||--1--1--1-1-1--1-------1---1-1--1-1-|-1--1--1-1-1--1-------1---1-1--1-1-|
|
|   Gtr V
|   Q  Q  S E    S      +S     E.       Q  Q  S E    S      +S     E.
||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||--3S=5--8-8---10b11==(10)r---8------|-3S=5--8-8---10b11==(10)r---8------|


        PM------------------------|         PM------------------------|
  Q  Q  S S S  S       T   T S  S S   Q  Q  S S S  S       T   T S  S S     3x
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-3--3---------3-------------3------|-3--3---------3-------------3----------||
|-3--3--3-3-3--3-------3---3-3--3-3-|-3--3--3-3-3--3-------3---3-3--3-3----o||
|-1--1--1-1-1--1-------1---1-1--1-1-|-1--1--1-1-1--1-------1---1-1--1-1-----||
|
| Q  Q  S E    S      +S     E.       Q  Q  S E    S      +S     E.         3x
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------o||
|-3S=5--8-8---10b11==(10)r---8------|-3S=5--8-8---10b11==(10)r---8----------||



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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