• Song:

    Right Where It Belongs

  • Artist:

    Nine Inch Nails

  • Album:

    With Teeth Tour Edition

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RIGHT WHERE IT BELONGS
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 2005 Album WITH TEETH)

Transcribed by Greg Ward
        

Words and Music by Trent Reznor
Arranged by Trent Reznor

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Main Piano'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Doubled one octave up.'

 Verse 1
  Q=140
  Dm
 4/4
  Gtrs I, II
               |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|
  H.      Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q
|------------|-----------------|--------------3--|-3-5-(5)-(5)--6--|
|------------|--------------5--|-5-7-(7)-(7)-----|-----------------|
|---------5--|-5-7-(7)-(7)-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


    C                                   Bb                F
    |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|
    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q
||--6-8-(8)-(8)-----|-----------------|--------------3--|-3-5-(5)-(5)--8---|
||o-----------------|--------------5--|-5-6-(6)-(6)-----|------------------|
||---------------5--|-5-7-(7)-(7)-----|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


  Dm
  |--3---|             |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|
  Q  Q  +Q   +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q   4x
|-8-10-(10)-(10)-----|-----------------|--------------3--|-3-5-(5)-(5)--6---||
|--------------------|--------------5--|-5-7-(7)-(7)-----|-----------------o||
|-----------------5--|-5-7-(7)-(7)-----|-----------------|------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||


  C                                   Bb                F
  |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|
  Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q
|-6-8-(8)-(8)-----|-----------------|--------------3--|-3-5-(5)-(5)--5--|
|-----------------|--------------5--|-5-6-(6)-(6)-----|-----------------|
|--------------5--|-5-7-(7)-(7)-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


   Chorus 1
    Gm                                  Bb
    |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|
    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q
||--5-6-(6)-(6)-----|--------------5--|-5-6-(6)-(6)-----|--------------1---|
||o--------------3--|-3-5-(5)-(5)-----|--------------3--|-3-5-(5)-(5)------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


  F                                   C
  |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|
  Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q   3x
|-3-5-(5)-(5)-----|--------------1--|-1-0-(0)-(0)-----|--------------5---||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|--------------2--|-2-3-(3)-(3)-----|--------------2--|-2-3-(3)-(3)------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||


  Gm                                  Bb
  |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|
  Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q
|-5-6-(6)-(6)-----|--------------5--|-5-6-(6)-(6)-----|--------------1--|
|--------------3--|-3-5-(5)-(5)-----|--------------3--|-3-5-(5)-(5)-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  F                                   C
  |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|
  Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q
|-3-5-(5)-(5)-----|--------------1--|-1-0-(0)-(0)-----|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------2--|-2-3-(3)-(3)-----|--------------2--|-2-3-(3)-(3)--5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


 Verse 2
  Dm
 4/4
               |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|
  H.      Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q
|------------|-----------------|--------------3--|-3-5-(5)-(5)--6--|
|------------|--------------5--|-5-7-(7)-(7)-----|-----------------|
|-7-------5--|-5-7-(7)-(7)-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


    C                                   Bb                F
    |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|
    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q
||--6-8-(8)-(8)-----|-----------------|--------------3--|-3-5-(5)-(5)--8---|
||o-----------------|--------------5--|-5-6-(6)-(6)-----|------------------|
||---------------5--|-5-7-(7)-(7)-----|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


  Dm
  |--3---|             |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|
  Q  Q  +Q   +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q   4x
|-8-10-(10)-(10)-----|-----------------|--------------3--|-3-5-(5)-(5)--6---||
|--------------------|--------------5--|-5-7-(7)-(7)-----|-----------------o||
|-----------------5--|-5-7-(7)-(7)-----|-----------------|------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||


  C                                   Bb                F
  |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|
  Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q
|-6-8-(8)-(8)-----|-----------------|--------------3--|-3-5-(5)-(5)--5--|
|-----------------|--------------5--|-5-6-(6)-(6)-----|-----------------|
|--------------5--|-5-7-(7)-(7)-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


   Chorus 2
    Gm                                  Bb
    |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|
    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q
||--5-6-(6)-(6)-----|--------------5--|-5-6-(6)-(6)-----|--------------1---|
||o--------------3--|-3-5-(5)-(5)-----|--------------3--|-3-5-(5)-(5)------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


  F                                   C
  |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|
  Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q   3x
|-3-5-(5)-(5)-----|--------------1--|-1-0-(0)-(0)-----|--------------5---||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|--------------2--|-2-3-(3)-(3)-----|--------------2--|-2-3-(3)-(3)------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||


  Gm                                  Bb
  |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|
  Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q
|-5-6-(6)-(6)-----|--------------5--|-5-6-(6)-(6)-----|--------------1--|
|--------------3--|-3-5-(5)-(5)-----|--------------3--|-3-5-(5)-(5)-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  F                                   C
  |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|            |-3--|
  Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q    Q Q +Q  +Q   Q
|-3-5-(5)-(5)-----|--------------1--|-1-0-(0)-(0)-----|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------2--|-2-3-(3)-(3)-----|--------------2--|-2-3-(3)-(3)--5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  Gm                    Bb
                             Gtr II
  W          W          H    Q  Q    +Q   H    Q
|----------|----------|------1--3--|-(3)--5-------|
|----------|----------|------------|--------------|
|----------|----------|------------|-----------2--|
|----------|----------|------------|--------------|
|----------|----------|------------|--------------|
|----------|----------|------------|--------------|


  F                       C
  +W           W          +H     Q  Q    +Q   H    Q
|------------|----------|--------1--3--|-(3)--5-------|
|------------|----------|--------------|--------------|
|-(2)--------|----------|--------------|-----------3--|
|------------|-3--------|-(3)----------|--------------|
|------------|----------|--------------|--------------|
|------------|----------|--------------|--------------|


  Gm                       Bb
  +W           H    H      H    Q  Q    +Q   H    Q
|------------|-----------|------1--3--|-(3)--5-------|
|------------|-----------|------------|--------------|
|-(3)--------|-2---------|------------|-----------2--|
|------------|------3----|-0----------|--------------|
|------------|-----------|------------|--------------|
|------------|-----------|------------|--------------|


  F                        C
  +W           H    H      H    Q  Q    +Q   H    Q
|------------|-----------|------1--3--|-(3)--5-------|
|------------|-----------|------------|--------------|
|-(2)--------|-----------|------------|-----------3--|
|------------|-5----3----|------------|--------------|
|------------|-----------|-3----------|--------------|
|------------|-----------|------------|--------------|


  Gm                        Bb
  +W           +W           +H     Q  Q    +Q   H    Q
|------------|------------|--------1--3--|-(3)--5-------|
|------------|------------|--------------|--------------|
|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----------|-----------2--|
|------------|------------|--------------|--------------|
|------------|------------|--------------|--------------|
|------------|------------|--------------|--------------|


  F                         C
  +W           +W           +H     Q  Q    +Q   H    Q
|------------|------------|--------1--3--|-(3)--5-------|
|------------|------------|--------------|--------------|
|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----------|-----------3--|
|------------|------------|--------------|--------------|
|------------|------------|--------------|--------------|
|------------|------------|--------------|--------------|


  N.C.
  +W           +W           +H     Q  Q    +Q   H    Q
|------------|------------|--------1--3--|-(3)--5----1--|
|------------|------------|--------------|--------------|
|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----------|--------------|
|------------|------------|--------------|--------------|
|------------|------------|--------------|--------------|
|------------|------------|--------------|--------------|


  +W           +W           W          W
|-(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
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