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THE ONLY TIME
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 1989 Album PRETTY HATE MACHINE)

Transcribed by Adam Steele
	

Words and Music by Trent Reznor
Arranged by Trent Reznor

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Synth'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Synth'

 Verse
  Q=90
  N.C.     A5 (x022xx@1)         D5 (xx023x@1)  C5 (x355xx@1)      A5 (x022xx@1)         D5 (xx023x@1)  C5 (x355xx@1)2/4      4/4
  Gtr I
  H        q  q  H      e. e. q  Q.     q  q  H      e. e. q  Q.
|------||-------------|---------------|------------|-----------------||
|------||o------------|---------------|------------|----------------o||
|------||-------------|---------------|------------|-----------------||
|------||--2--2-------|-7--7--5-------|-2--2-------|-7--7--5---------||
|------||o-0--0-------|-5--5--3-------|-0--0-------|-5--5--3--------o||
|------||-------------|---------------|------------|-----------------||


  A5 (x022xx@1)  N.C.     D5 (xx023x@1)  C5 (x355xx@1)      A5 (x022xx@1)  N.C.     D5 (xx023x@1)  C5 (x355xx@1) q  q  E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q    e. e. q  Q.     q  q  E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q    e. e. q  Q.
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|-2--2----5----|-7--7--5-------|-2--2----5----|-7--7--5-------|
|-0--0---------|-5--5--3-------|-0--0---------|-5--5--3-------|
|-------3------|---------------|-------3------|---------------|


  A5 (x022xx@1)         D5 (xx023x@1)  C5 (x355xx@1)      A5 (x022xx@1)         D5 (xx023x@1)  C5 (x355xx@1) q  q  H      e. e. q  Q.     q  q  H      e. e. q  Q.
|------------|---------------|------------|---------------|
|------------|---------------|------------|---------------|
|------------|---------------|------------|---------------|
|-2--2-------|-7--7--5-------|-2--2-------|-7--7--5-------|
|-0--0-------|-5--5--3-------|-0--0-------|-5--5--3-------|
|------------|---------------|------------|---------------|


   Chorus
    N.C.
    Gtr III
    S S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S E (022100@1) ES (022100@1)S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S ES (022100@1)S E||------------------------|---------------1-------| (022100@1)||o-----------------------|-------3-5-----------3-|
||----------------------2-|-4---------------------|
||------0-2-----4-6-------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||--0-1-----0-1-----0-1---|---0-1-----0-1---0-1---|


  S S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S E (022100@1) ES (022100@1)S S ES (022100@1)S S ES (022100@1)S  S  S
|-----------------------|-----------------------10-12---||
|-----------------------|---------------3-5------------o||
|---------------------2-|-4-----------------------------||
|-----0-2-----4-6-------|-------0-2---------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------------o||
|-0-1-----0-1-----0-1---|---0-1-----0-1-----0-1---------||


   Verse
    A5 (x022xx@1)         D5 (xx023x@1)  C5 (x355xx@1)      A5 (x022xx@1)         D5 (xx023x@1)  C5 (x355xx@1)   Gtr I
    q  q  H      e. e. q  Q.     q  q  H      e. e. q  Q.
||-------------|---------------|------------|-----------------||
||o------------|---------------|------------|----------------o||
||-------------|---------------|------------|-----------------||
||--2--2-------|-7--7--5-------|-2--2-------|-7--7--5---------||
||o-0--0-------|-5--5--3-------|-0--0-------|-5--5--3--------o||
||-------------|---------------|------------|-----------------||


   Breakdown
    A5 (x022xx@1)                D5 (xx023x@1)           C5 (x355xx@1)     Gtr II
    E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E ES (022100@1)S   +E    E (022100@1)  E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E  S S S S
||--------------------|-------------------------8-5-|
||o---5-5-7-7-8-8-----|------/5----5-7-7-8--8-5-----|
||----------------7-5-|-(5)------------------------|
||--------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-------------------|-----------------------------|
||--------------------|-----------------------------|
|
|   Gtr I
|   q   q   H            e.     e.   q   Q.
||--------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-------------------|-----------------------------|
||--------------------|-----------------------------|
||--2---2-------------|--7------7----5--------------|
||o-0---0-------------|--5------5----3--------------|
||--------------------|-----------------------------|


  A5 (x022xx@1)                D5 (xx023x@1)           C5 (x355xx@1) E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E ES (022100@1)S   +E    E (022100@1)  E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E  S S S S
|-------------------|-------------------------8-5--||
|---5-5-7-7-8-8-----|------/5----5-7-7-8--8-5-----o||
|---------------7-5-|-(5)-------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-------------------|------------------------------||
|
| q   q   H            e.     e.   q   Q.
|-------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-------------------|------------------------------||
|-2---2-------------|--7------7----5---------------||
|-0---0-------------|--5------5----3--------------o||
|-------------------|------------------------------||


   Verse
    A5 (x022xx@1)         D5 (xx023x@1)  C5 (x355xx@1)      A5 (x022xx@1)         D5 (xx023x@1)  C5 (x355xx@1)   Gtr I
    q  q  H      e. e. q  Q.     q  q  H      e. e. q  Q.
||-------------|---------------|------------|-----------------||
||o------------|---------------|------------|----------------o||
||-------------|---------------|------------|-----------------||
||--2--2-------|-7--7--5-------|-2--2-------|-7--7--5---------||
||o-0--0-------|-5--5--3-------|-0--0-------|-5--5--3--------o||
||-------------|---------------|------------|-----------------||


  A5 (x022xx@1)  N.C.     D5 (xx023x@1)  C5 (x355xx@1)      A5 (x022xx@1)  N.C.     D5 (xx023x@1)  C5 (x355xx@1) q  q  E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q    e. e. q  Q.     q  q  E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q    e. e. q  Q.
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|-2--2----5----|-7--7--5-------|-2--2----5----|-7--7--5-------|
|-0--0---------|-5--5--3-------|-0--0---------|-5--5--3-------|
|-------3------|---------------|-------3------|---------------|


  A5 (x022xx@1)         D5 (xx023x@1)  C5 (x355xx@1)      A5 (x022xx@1)         D5 (xx023x@1)  C5 (x355xx@1) q  q  H      e. e. q  Q.     q  q  H      e. e. q  Q.
|------------|---------------|------------|---------------|
|------------|---------------|------------|---------------|
|------------|---------------|------------|---------------|
|-2--2-------|-7--7--5-------|-2--2-------|-7--7--5-------|
|-0--0-------|-5--5--3-------|-0--0-------|-5--5--3-------|
|------------|---------------|------------|---------------|


   Chorus
      N.C.
    Gtr III
    S S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S E (022100@1) ES (022100@1)S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S ES (022100@1)S E||------------------------|---------------1-------| (022100@1)||o-----------------------|-------3-5-----------3-|
||----------------------2-|-4---------------------|
||------0-2-----4-6-------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||--0-1-----0-1-----0-1---|---0-1-----0-1---0-1---|


  S S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S E (022100@1) ES (022100@1)S S ES (022100@1)S S ES (022100@1)S  S  S
|-----------------------|-----------------------10-12---||
|-----------------------|---------------3-5------------o||
|---------------------2-|-4-----------------------------||
|-----0-2-----4-6-------|-------0-2---------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------------o||
|-0-1-----0-1-----0-1---|---0-1-----0-1-----0-1---------||


 Breakdown
  N.C.
  Gtr II
  E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E ES (022100@1)S   +E    E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E ES (022100@1)S S S
|-------------------|---------------------8-5-|
|---5-5-7-7-8-8-----|------/5-5-7-7-8-8-5-----|
|---------------7-5-|-(5)--------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|


  E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E ES (022100@1)S   +E    E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E ES (022100@1)S S S
|-------------------|---------------------8-5-|
|---5-5-7-7-8-8-----|------/5-5-7-7-8-8-5-----|
|---------------7-5-|-(5)--------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|


                                                                    Gtr I
                                                                    <
  E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E ES (022100@1)S   +E    E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E ES (022100@1)S S S   E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E ES (022100@1)S   W
|-------------------|---------------------8-5-|-------------------|------|
|---5-5-7-7-8-8-----|------/5-5-7-7-8-8-5-----|---5-5-7-7-8-8-----|------|
|---------------7-5-|-(5)--------------------|---------------7-5-|------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|-0----|


   Interlude
    N.C.
    Gtr III
    S S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S E (022100@1) ES (022100@1)S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S ES (022100@1)S E||------------------------|---------------1-------| (022100@1)||o-----------------------|-------3-5-----------3-|
||----------------------2-|-4---------------------|
||------0-2-----4-6-------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||--0-1-----0-1-----0-1---|---0-1-----0-1---0-1---|


  S S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S E (022100@1) ES (022100@1)S S ES (022100@1)S S ES (022100@1)S  S  S   3x
|-----------------------|-----------------------10-12---||
|-----------------------|---------------3-5------------o||
|---------------------2-|-4-----------------------------||
|-----0-2-----4-6-------|-------0-2---------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------------o||
|-0-1-----0-1-----0-1---|---0-1-----0-1-----0-1---------||


  N.C.
  Gtr II
  E (022100@1) E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1) E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1) S S   +E    E (022100@1) E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1) ES (022100@1)S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------8-5-|
|-----5-5-7---7-8-8-------|------/5---5-7-7---8-8-5-----|
|---------------------7-5-|-(5)------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| S S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S E (022100@1)    E (022100@1)  S S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S ES (022100@1)S E|-------------------------|-------------------1---------| (022100@1)|-------------------------|-----------3-5-----------3---|
|---------------------2---|--4--------------------------|
|-----0-2-----4-6---------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-0-1-----0-1-----0-1-----|-------0-1-----0-1---0-1-----|


  E (022100@1) E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1) E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1) S S
|--------------------------|
|-----5-5-7---7-8-8--------|
|---------------------7-5--|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|
| S S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S E|--------------------------| (022100@1)|--------------------------|
|---------------------2----|
|-----0-2-----4-6----------|
|--------------------------|
|-0-1-----0-1-----0-1------|


  Wx8
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|


      N.C.
    E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E ES (022100@1)S   +E    E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E ES (022100@1)S S S
||--------------------|---------------------8-5-|
||o---5-5-7-7-8-8-----|------/5-5-7-7-8-8-5-----|
||----------------7-5-|-(5)--------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------------|


  E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E ES (022100@1)S   +E    E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E ES (022100@1)S S S
|-------------------|---------------------8-5----||
|---5-5-7-7-8-8-----|------/5-5-7-7-8-8-5-------o||
|---------------7-5-|-(5)-----------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------------o||
|-------------------|----------------------------||


 Outro
  N.C.
  Gtr III
  S S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S E (022100@1) ES (022100@1)S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S ES (022100@1)S E|-----------------------|---------------1-------| (022100@1)|-----------------------|-------3-5-----------3-|
|---------------------2-|-4---------------------|
|-----0-2-----4-6-------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-1-----0-1-----0-1---|---0-1-----0-1---0-1---|


  S S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S E (022100@1) ES (022100@1)S S ES (022100@1)S S ES (022100@1)S  S  S
|-----------------------|-----------------------10-12--|
|-----------------------|---------------3-5------------|
|---------------------2-|-4----------------------------|
|-----0-2-----4-6-------|-------0-2--------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-0-1-----0-1-----0-1---|---0-1-----0-1-----0-1--------|


  N.C.
  S S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S E (022100@1) ES (022100@1)S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S ES (022100@1)S E|-----------------------|---------------1-------| (022100@1)|-----------------------|-------3-5-----------3-|
|---------------------2-|-4---------------------|
|-----0-2-----4-6-------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-1-----0-1-----0-1---|---0-1-----0-1---0-1---|


  S S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E S S E (022100@1) ES (022100@1)S S ES (022100@1)S S EQ (022100@1)|-----------------------|----------------------*|
|-----------------------|---------------3-5----*|
|---------------------2-|-4--------------------*|
|-----0-2-----4-6-------|-------0-2------------*|
|-----------------------|----------------------*|
|-0-1-----0-1-----0-1---|---0-1-----0-1--------*|



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 (x24432@1) - 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