• Song:

    Head Like a Hole

  • Artist:

    Nine Inch Nails

  • Album:

    When the Whip Comes Dow...

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HEAD LIKE A HOLE (Bassline)
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 1989 Album PRETTY HATE MACHINE)

Transcribed by scott666
	

Words and Music by Trent Reznor

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

 Intro
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx12             E E E  E E  E E E   E E Q  Q  Q
|-------------||---------------------|--------------|
|-------------||o--------------------|--------------|
|-------------||o--------------------|--------------|
|-------------||--12-0-0-13-0-10-0-0-|-5-0-4--0--1--|


                                          Verse
   E E E  E E  E E E   E E Q  H     3x      E E E  E E  E E E   E E Q  Q  Q
|--------------------|--------------||-||---------------------|---------------|
|--------------------|-------------o||-||o--------------------|---------------|
|--------------------|-------------o||-||o--------------------|---------------|
|-12-0-0-13-0-10-0-0-|-5-0-4--0-----||-||--12-0-0-13-0-10-0-0-|-5-0-4--0--1---|


                                      Chorus
   E E E  E E  E E E   E E Q  H     4x Wx16
|--------------------|--------------||---------||
|--------------------|-------------o||---------||
|--------------------|-------------o||---------||
|-12-0-0-13-0-10-0-0-|-5-0-4--0-----||---------||


   Interlude
     E E E  E E  E E E   E E Q  Q  Q     E E E  E E  E E E   E E Q  H
||---------------------|--------------|--------------------|--------------||
||o--------------------|--------------|--------------------|-------------o||
||o--------------------|--------------|--------------------|-------------o||
||--12-0-0-13-0-10-0-0-|-5-0-4--0--1--|-12-0-0-13-0-10-0-0-|-5-0-4--0-----||


   Verse
     E E E  E E  E E E   E E Q  Q  Q     E E E  E E  E E E   E E Q  H     4x
||---------------------|--------------|--------------------|--------------||
||o--------------------|--------------|--------------------|-------------o||
||o--------------------|--------------|--------------------|-------------o||
||--12-0-0-13-0-10-0-0-|-5-0-4--0--1--|-12-0-0-13-0-10-0-0-|-5-0-4--0-----||


 Chorus         Interlude
  Wx16           Wx4             E E E  E E  E E E   E E Q  Q  Q
|-------------||------------||---------------------|--------------|
|-------------||------------||o--------------------|--------------|
|-------------||------------||o--------------------|--------------|
|-------------||------------||--12-0-0-13-0-10-0-0-|-5-0-4--0--1--|


                                          Pre-Chorus
   E E E  E E  E E E   E E Q  H             E E E  E E  E E E   E E Q  Q  Q
|--------------------|--------------||-||---------------------|---------------|
|--------------------|-------------o||-||o--------------------|---------------|
|--------------------|-------------o||-||o--------------------|---------------|
|-12-0-0-13-0-10-0-0-|-5-0-4--0-----||-||--12-0-0-13-0-10-0-0-|-5-0-4--0--1---|


                                      Out-Chorus     Outro
   E E E  E E  E E E   E E Q  H        Wx32           Wx20
|--------------------|--------------||-------------||---------*|
|--------------------|-------------o||-------------||---------*|
|--------------------|-------------o||-------------||---------*|
|-12-0-0-13-0-10-0-0-|-5-0-4--0-----||-------------||---------*|



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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