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ERASER (Bassline)
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) - 'Synth'
Gtr II (E A D G) - 'Bass'

 Intro
  Q=65
 6/8
  Gtr I
  Wx12        Wx12          S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------|-----------||---------------------------|
|-----------|-----------||o-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5---5----|
|-----------|-----------||o--------------------------|
|-----------|-----------||---------------------------|


  E S S S  S  S S S S  S  S  6x
|----------------------------||-|
|---5-5-5-(5)---5-5-5-(5)---o||-|
|---------------------------o||-|
|----------------------------||-|


    S S S S S S S S S S S S   E S S S  S  S S S S  S  S   20x
||--------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5---5---|---5-5-5-(5)---5-5-5-(5)-----o||
||o-------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||--------------------------|------------------------------||


   Verse
    Gtr II
    E E E E S S E   E E E E S S S S   E E E E S S E   E E E E S S S S
||----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------||
||o---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------o||
||o---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------o||
||--6-6-6-6-6-4---|-6-6-6-6-6-4---1-|-6-6-6-6-6-4---|-6-6-6-6-6-4---1---||


   Outro
   4/4
    Q  Q  S S S S T T S S S   Q  Q  S S S S T T S S S
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||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 S S S T T S S S   Q  Q  S S S S T T S S S   4x
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||



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