Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails - Burn guitar tab

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From: Burning.Inside@f929.n273.z1.fidonet.org (Burning Inside)

Date: 24 Sep 95 15:05:35 -0400

Subject: TAB: "Burn" by Nine Inch Nails

From: burning.inside@f929.n273.z1.fidonet.org

Burn by Nine Inch Nails

from the soundtrack for the film "Natural Born Killers"

words and music by Trent Reznor

tabbed by Tom Mallon

Tuning DADGBE

~~~~~- hold note

^r- bend full and release

- slide up/down

During the verses, there is a low synth that goes along with the bass

drums. If you want to play along with that as well, just use a D5 chord,

shaped like 00xxxx.

After "Sometimes I think I could... burn" the bass plays this, but it

sounds just as good on guitar:

E --------------------------

B --------------------------

G --------------------------

D --------------------------

A --~~~~~--------3---~~-----

D -0------6--5------3-------

After "I'm gonna burn this whole world down":

E -------------------------------------------------------

B -------------------------------------------------------

G --5/7-7--5/7--5/7-7--5/7--5/7-7-5/7------10------12----

D --5/7-7--5/7--5/7-7--5/7--5/7-7-5/7------10------12----

A --3/5-5--3/5--3/5-5--3/5--3/5-5-3/5--0-0-8---0-0-10----

D -------------------------------------------------------

A second guitar (Robin Finck, when done live) plays this underneath it:

E -------------------------------------------------------------------

B -------------------------------------------------------------------

G -------------------------------------------------------------------

D -------------------------------------------------------------------

A --9~~~~~~~~--9^r-\-3~~~~~--9~~~~~~~~-9^r-\3~~-3~~~~~~~~-/-15-------

D -------------------------------------------------------------------

There's been a lot of disputes about the lyrics, here's what I can make out

best listening to both the recording and seeing it live. All but that one

line are, in my opinion, correct.

This world rejects me

This world threw me away

This world never gave me a chance

This world gonna have to pay

Well I don't believe in no institutions

I did what you wanted me to

I'm like the cancer in your system

I've got a little surprise for you

Something inside of me has opened up its eyes

Why did you put it there? Did you not realize

This thing inside of me it screams the loudest sound

Sometimes I think I could

Burn

I look down at where you're standing

Flock of sheep are on display

Saw your lives burned up around you

I can take it all away

Something inside of me has opened up its eyes

Why did you put it there? Did you not realize

This thing inside of me it screams the loudest sound

Sometimes I think I could

I'M GONNA BURN THIS WHOLE WORLD DOWN

I never was a part of you (burn)

I never was a part of you (burn)

I am the ....

I am corruption

I am the angel of your destruction

I am perversion

Secret desire

I am your future

Swallowed up in fire

(Note: when I saw this performed at Woodstock I'm pretty sure he said "I am

religion" in that one part. However, that's not what it sounds like on the

tape, and when I saw him live the other night I couldn't make it out.)

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