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THE BEGINNING OF THE END
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 2007 Album YEAR ZERO)
Transcribed by Mitchell Gardner
Words and Music by Trent Reznor
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Gtr. I (Dist.) [left pan]'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Gtr. II (Noise Dist.)'
Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'Gtr. III (Noise Dist.)'
Drum Intro
Q=138
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4
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Verse I N.C. E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E||--------------------|-----------------|||o-------------------|-----------------|||--7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-|||--x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-|-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-|||o-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-|||--------------------|-----------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||-/7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-7-7-7---5-5-5-5--||--x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-|-x-x-x---x-x-x-x--||-/5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5-5-5---3-3-3-3--||--------------------|------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|||-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------o|||-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-7-7-7---5-5-5-5--|||-x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-|-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-|-x-x-x---x-x-x-x--|||-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-o|||-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------||
Chorus I N.C. E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------||-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------||-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------||-8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-|-8-8-8---8-8-8-8\-|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5-5-5---5-5-5---||-x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-|-x-x-x---x-x-x-x--|-x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-|-x-x-x---x-x-x---||-8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-|-8-8-8---8-8-8-8\-|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5-5-5---5-5-5-0-|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------||-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------||-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-7-7-7---5-5-5---|-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-||-x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-|-x-x-x---x-x-x---|-x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-|-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-||-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5-5-5---3-3-3-0-|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-||-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|||-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|||-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|||-8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-|-8-8-8---8-8-8-8\-|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-|||-x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-|-x-x-x---x-x-x-x--|-x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-|-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-|||-8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-|-8-8-8---8-8-8-8\-|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-||
Break N.C. Gtr I E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|--------------------||--7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|---7--7-7---5-5-5-5-||--x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-|---x--x-x---x-x-x-x-||--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|---5--5-5---3-3-3-3-||--------------------|--------------------|
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| Gtr II| TP TP| W +W|--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|--------------------||-11-----------------|-(11)---------------||--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|--------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------------------|--------------------|||----------------------|--------------------|||---7--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|---7--7-7---5-5-5-5-|||---x--x-x-x-----x-x-x-|---x--x-x---x-x-x-x-|||---5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|---5--5-5---3-3-3-3-|||----------------------|--------------------||
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| TP TP| +W +W|----------------------|--------------------|||----------------------|--------------------|||-(11)-----------------|-(11)---------------|||----------------------|--------------------|||----------------------|--------------------|||----------------------|--------------------||
Verse II N.C. E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------------------|--------------------||----------------------|--------------------||---7--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|---7--7-7---5-5-5-5-||---x--x-x-x-----x-x-x-|---x--x-x---x-x-x-x-||---5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|---5--5-5---3-3-3-3-||----------------------|--------------------|
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| TP TP| W +W|----------------------|--------------------||----------------------|--------------------||-(11)-----------------|-(11)---------------||----------------------|--------------------||---9------------------|--(9)---------------||----------------------|--------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------------------|--------------------||----------------------|--------------------||---7--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|---7--7-7---5-5-5-5-||---x--x-x-x-----x-x-x-|---x--x-x---x-x-x-x-||---5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|---5--5-5---3-3-3-3-||----------------------|--------------------|
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| TP TP| +W +W|----------------------|--------------------||----------------------|--------------------||-(11)-----------------|-(11)---------------||----------------------|--------------------||--(9)-----------------|--(9)---------------||----------------------|--------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|-------------------||--------------------|-------------------||--7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|--7--7-7---5-5-5-5-||--x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-|--x--x-x---x-x-x-x-||--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|--5--5-5---3-3-3-3-||--------------------|-------------------|
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| TP TP| W +W|--------------------|-------------------||--------------------|-------------------||-\7-----------------|-(7)---------------||--------------------|-------------------||-\5-----------------|-(5)---------------||--------------------|-------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------------------|-------------------||---------------------|-------------------||--7--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|--7--7-7---5-5-5-5-||--x--x-x-x-----x-x-x-|--x--x-x---x-x-x-x-||--5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|--5--5-5---3-3-3-3-||---------------------|-------------------|
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| TP TP| +W +W|---------------------|-------------------||---------------------|-------------------||-(7)-----------------|-(7)---------------||---------------------|-------------------||-(5)-----------------|-(5)---------------||---------------------|-------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------------------|--------------------||---------------------|--------------------||---7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|---7--7-7---5-5-5-5-||---x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-|---x--x-x---x-x-x-x-||---5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|---5--5-5---3-3-3-3-||---------------------|--------------------|
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| TP TP| W +W|---------------------|--------------------||---------------------|--------------------||-/11-----------------|-(11)---------------||---------------------|--------------------||--/9-----------------|--(9)---------------||---------------------|--------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------------------|--------------------||----------------------|--------------------||---7--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|---7--7-7---5-5-5-5-||---x--x-x-x-----x-x-x-|---x--x-x---x-x-x-x-||---5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|---5--5-5---3-3-3-3-||----------------------|--------------------|
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| TP TP| +W +W|----------------------|--------------------||----------------------|--------------------||-(11)-----------------|-(11)---------------||----------------------|--------------------||--(9)-----------------|--(9)---------------||----------------------|--------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|-------------------||--------------------|-------------------||--7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|--7--7-7---5-5-5-5-||--x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-|--x--x-x---x-x-x-x-||--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|--5--5-5---3-3-3-3-||--------------------|-------------------|
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| TP TP| W +W|--------------------|-------------------||--------------------|-------------------||-\7-----------------|-(7)---------------||--------------------|-------------------||-\5-----------------|-(5)---------------||--------------------|-------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------------------|-------------------|||---------------------|-------------------|||--7--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|--7--7-7---5-5-5-5-|||--x--x-x-x-----x-x-x-|--x--x-x---x-x-x-x-|||--5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|--5--5-5---3-3-3-3-|||---------------------|-------------------||
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| TP TP| +W +W|---------------------|-------------------|||---------------------|-------------------|||-(7)-----------------|-(7)---------------|||---------------------|-------------------|||-(5)-----------------|-(5)---------------|||---------------------|-------------------||
Chorus II N.C. E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|---------------------||--------------------|---------------------||--------------------|---------------------||--8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-|---8--8-8---8-8-8-8\-||--x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-|---x--x-x---x-x-x-x--||--8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-|---8--8-8---8-8-8-8\-|
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| TP TP| W +W|--------------------|---------------------||--------------------|---------------------||-12-----------------|-(12)----------------||--------------------|---------------------||-10-----------------|-(10)----------------||--------------------|---------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|--------------------||--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|---5--5-5---5-5-7---||--x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-|---x--x-x---x-x-x---||--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|---5--5-5---5-5-7-0-|
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| TP TP| W +W|--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|--------------------||-14-----------------|-(14)---------------||--------------------|--------------------||-12-----------------|-(12)---------------||--------------------|--------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|--------------------||--7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|---7--7-7---5-5-5-5-||--x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-|---x--x-x---x-x-x-x-||--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|---5--5-5---3-3-3-3-||--------------------|--------------------|
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| TP TP| W +W|--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|--------------------||-11-----------------|-(11)---------------||--------------------|--------------------||--9-----------------|--(9)---------------||--------------------|--------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------------------|--------------------||----------------------|--------------------||---7--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|---7--7-7---5-5-5-5-||---x--x-x-x-----x-x-x-|---x--x-x---x-x-x-x-||---5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|---5--5-5---3-3-3-3-||----------------------|--------------------|
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| TP TP| +W +W|----------------------|--------------------||----------------------|--------------------||-(11)-----------------|-(11)---------------||----------------------|--------------------||--(9)-----------------|--(9)---------------||----------------------|--------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|---------------------||--------------------|---------------------||--------------------|---------------------||--8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-|---8--8-8---8-8-8-8\-||--x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-|---x--x-x---x-x-x-x--||--8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-|---8--8-8---8-8-8-8\-|
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| TP TP| W +W|--------------------|---------------------||--------------------|---------------------||-12-----------------|-(12)----------------||--------------------|---------------------||-10-----------------|-(10)----------------||--------------------|---------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|--------------------|||--------------------|--------------------|||--------------------|--------------------|||--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|---5--5-5---5-5-7---|||--x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-|---x--x-x---x-x-x---|||--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|---5--5-5---5-5-7-0-||
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| TP TP| W +W|--------------------|--------------------|||--------------------|--------------------|||-14-----------------|-(14)---------------|||--------------------|--------------------|||-12-----------------|-(12)---------------|||--------------------|--------------------||
Interlude N.C. Gtr II TP TP TP TP W +W +W +W|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------||-----------|-------------|-------------|---------||-11--------|-(11)--------|-(11)--------|-(11)----||-----------|-------------|-------------|---------||--9--------|--(9)--------|--(9)--------|--(9)----||-----------|-------------|-------------|---------|
TP TP TP TP W +W W +W|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------||-----------|-------------|-----------|---------||-12--------|-(12)--------|-14--------|-(14)----||-----------|-------------|-----------|---------||-10--------|-(10)--------|-12--------|-(12)----||-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|
Gtr I W W W H E E E E|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|||-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|||-----------|-------------|-------------|---------5-5-5-5-|||-----------|-------------|-------------|---------x-x-x-x-|||-----------|-------------|-------------|---------3-3-3-3-|||-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------------||
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| Gtr II| TP TP TP TP| W +W +W +W|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|||-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|||-11--------|-(11)--------|-(11)--------|-(11)------------|||-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|||--9--------|--(9)--------|--(9)--------|--(9)------------|||-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------------||
Kaoss Solo N.C. E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|---------------------||--------------------|---------------------||--------------------|---------------------||--8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-|---8--8-8---8-8-8-8\-||--x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-|---x--x-x---x-x-x-x--||--8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-|---8--8-8---8-8-8-8\-|
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| TP TP| W +W|--------------------|---------------------||--------------------|---------------------||-12-----------------|-(12)----------------||--------------------|---------------------||-10-----------------|-(10)----------------||--------------------|---------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|--------------------||--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|---5--5-5---5-5-7---||--x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-|---x--x-x---x-x-x---||--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|---5--5-5---5-5-7-0-|
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| TP TP| W +W|--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|--------------------||-14-----------------|-(14)---------------||--------------------|--------------------||-12-----------------|-(12)---------------||--------------------|--------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|--------------------||--7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|---7--7-7---5-5-5-5-||--x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-|---x--x-x---x-x-x-x-||--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|---5--5-5---3-3-3-3-||--------------------|--------------------|
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| TP TP| W +W|--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|--------------------||-11-----------------|-(11)---------------||--------------------|--------------------||--9-----------------|--(9)---------------||--------------------|--------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------------------|--------------------||----------------------|--------------------||---7--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|---7--7-7---5-5-5-5-||---x--x-x-x-----x-x-x-|---x--x-x---x-x-x-x-||---5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|---5--5-5---3-3-3-3-||----------------------|--------------------|
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| TP TP| +W +W|----------------------|--------------------||----------------------|--------------------||-(11)-----------------|-(11)---------------||----------------------|--------------------||--(9)-----------------|--(9)---------------||----------------------|--------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|---------------------||--------------------|---------------------||--------------------|---------------------||--8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-|---8--8-8---8-8-8-8\-||--x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-|---x--x-x---x-x-x-x--||--8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-|---8--8-8---8-8-8-8\-|
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| TP TP| W +W|--------------------|---------------------||--------------------|---------------------||-12-----------------|-(12)----------------||--------------------|---------------------||-10-----------------|-(10)----------------||--------------------|---------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|--------------------|||--------------------|--------------------|||--------------------|--------------------|||--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|---5--5-5---5-5-7---|||--x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-|---x--x-x---x-x-x---|||--5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|---5--5-5---5-5-7-0-||
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| TP TP| W +W|--------------------|--------------------|||--------------------|--------------------|||-14-----------------|-(14)---------------|||--------------------|--------------------|||-12-----------------|-(12)---------------|||--------------------|--------------------||
Outro
N.C.
Gtr III
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TP TP TP TP
W +W +W +W
|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------||-----------|-------------|-------------|---------||-----------|-------------|-------------|---------||-12--------|-(12)--------|-(12)--------|-(12)----||-----------|-------------|-------------|---------||-----------|-------------|-------------|---------|
TP TP TP TP +W +W +W +W|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------*||-------------|-------------|-------------|---------*||-------------|-------------|-------------|---------*||-(12)--------|-(12)--------|-(12)--------|-(12)----*||-------------|-------------|-------------|---------*||-------------|-------------|-------------|---------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
