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TERRIBLE LIE
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 B E) - 'Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Lead 1'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Lead 2'

 Intro
  Q=90
  N.C.                 B5
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx7          H.      S S E
|------------|---------------||
|------------|---------------||
|------------|---------4-4---||
|------------|---------4-4---||
|------------|---------2-2---||
|------------|---------------||


   Verse
    $
    C#5                                        B5
    q  H.        W          W          H.      S S E   4x
||-------------|----------|----------|-----------------||
||o------------|----------|----------|----------------o||
||--6----------|----------|----------|---------4-4-----||
||--6----------|----------|----------|---------4-4-----||
||o-4----------|----------|----------|---------2-2----o||
||-------------|----------|----------|-----------------||


   Chorus
    C#5
     q           H.                      W
||------------------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
||---6--------------------------------|--------------------------|
||---6--------------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--4--------------------------------|--------------------------|
||------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|
|   Gtr II
|    S  S  S  S  e   S  e  S  e  e  e    e S S S S S e e S  e  e
||------------------------------12-12-|--------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
||------------------------------------|--------------------------|
||--11----11----11--11-14-14-12-------|-14-----------------14-14-|
||o----14----14-----------------------|----7---7---7-9-7---------|
||------------------------------------|------9---9-------9-------|


                                                         D.S.
                                                       B5
  W                              H.                    S S E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|------------------------4-4-----||
|-----------------------------|------------------------4-4-----||
|-----------------------------|------------------------2-2----o||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S S  e  S  e e  e    e  S S S S S  e  S  e Q
|------------------------9----|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------12-|-------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|---------------14-14-12------|-14------------14-12-14---------||
|-7---7---7---7---------------|-----7---7---7-----------------o||
|---9---9---9-----------------|-------9---9--------------------||


 Bridge
  N.C.                  B5
  Gtr I
  Wx15          H.      S S E
|-------------|---------------||
|-------------|---------------||
|-------------|---------4-4---||
|-------------|---------4-4---||
|-------------|---------2-2---||
|-------------|---------------||


   Verse
    C#5                                        B5
    q  H.        W          W          H.      S S E   4x
||-------------|----------|----------|-----------------||
||o------------|----------|----------|----------------o||
||--6----------|----------|----------|---------4-4-----||
||--6----------|----------|----------|---------4-4-----||
||o-4----------|----------|----------|---------2-2----o||
||-------------|----------|----------|-----------------||


   Chorus
    C#5
     q           H.                      W
||------------------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
||---6--------------------------------|--------------------------|
||---6--------------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--4--------------------------------|--------------------------|
||------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|
|   Gtr II
|    S  S  S  S  e   S  e  S  e  e  e    e S S S S S e e S  e  e
||------------------------------12-12-|--------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
||------------------------------------|--------------------------|
||--11----11----11--11-14-14-12-------|-14-----------------14-14-|
||o----14----14-----------------------|----7---7---7-9-7---------|
||------------------------------------|------9---9-------9-------|


                                                       B5
  W                              H.                    S S E  4x
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|------------------------4-4----||
|-----------------------------|------------------------4-4----||
|-----------------------------|------------------------2-2---o||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S S  e  S  e e  e    e  S S S S S  e  S  e Q      4x
|------------------------9----|-------------------------------||
|--------------------------12-|------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|---------------14-14-12------|-14------------14-12-14--------||
|-7---7---7---7---------------|-----7---7---7----------------o||
|---9---9---9-----------------|-------9---9-------------------||


   Outro
    C#5                                                          B5
     W                                    +H.                     S S  E
||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||---6----------------------------------|-(6)---------------------4-4----|
||---6----------------------------------|-(6)---------------------4-4----|
||o--4----------------------------------|-(4)---------------------2-2----|
||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
|   Gtr II
|    S  S  S  S  e    S  e  S  e   e  e    e   S S S S S e e   S  e    e
||--------------------------------12-12-|--------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--11----11----11---11-14-14-12--------|-14---------------------14---14-|
||o----14----14-------------------------|------7---7---7-9-7-------------|
||--------------------------------------|--------9---9---------9---------|
|
|   Gtr III
|    S  S  S  E    S  S  e  S  Q.          S S S E   S S e S E    Q
||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||---------4-------6--------------------|------4-----6-------------------|
||--------------------------4-----------|------------------4-------------|
||o--2h=4----------------0-----4--------|--2h4-----------0---4----4------|
||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|


  C#5
  q       H.                       W
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-6-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-6-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-4-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| S S S S S  S S  e  S  e  e  e    e   S S S S S  e  S  e Q
|--------------------------9----|----------------------------|
|----------------------------12-|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------14-14-12-------|-14-------------14-12-14----|
|-7---7---7----7----------------|------7---7---7-------------|
|---9---9----9------------------|--------9---9---------------|
|
| S S S E    S S  e  S  Q.         S S S E   S S  e  S  E Q
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----4------7------------------|------4-----6---------------|
|--------------------4----------|--------------------4-------|
|-2h4-------------0-----4-------|--2h4------------0-----4-4--|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|


                                                               B5
   W                                    +H.                     S S  E
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--6----------------------------------|-(6)---------------------4-4----|
|--6----------------------------------|-(6)---------------------4-4----|
|--4----------------------------------|-(4)---------------------2-2----|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
|  S  S  S  S  e    S  e  S  e   e  e    e   S S S S S e e   S  e    e
|-------------------------------12-12-|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-11----11----11---11-14-14-12--------|-14---------------------14---14-|
|----14----14-------------------------|------7---7---7-9-7-------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------9---9---------9---------|
|
|  S  S  S  E    S  S  e  S  Q.          S S S E   S S e S E    Q
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------4-------6--------------------|------4-----6-------------------|
|-------------------------4-----------|------------------4-------------|
|--2h=4----------------0-----4--------|--2h4-----------0---4----4------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|


  C#5
  q       H.                       W                          4x
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-6-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-6-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-4-----------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|
| S S S S S  S S  e  S  e  e  e    e   S S S S S  e  S  e Q   4x
|--------------------------9----|-----------------------------||
|----------------------------12-|----------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------14-14-12-------|-14-------------14-12-14-----||
|-7---7---7----7----------------|------7---7---7-------------o||
|---9---9----9------------------|--------9---9----------------||
|
| S S S E    S S  e  S  Q.         S S S E   S S  e  S  E Q   4x
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------o||
|-----4------6------------------|------4-----6----------------||
|--------------------4----------|--------------------4--------||
|-2h4-------------0-----4-------|--2h4------------0-----4-4--o||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------||


  Wx4
|--------*|
|--------*|
|--------*|
|--------*|
|--------*|
|--------*|



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