Nine Inch Nails - Closer (Version 3) bass tab
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John Vettese (spex49d@prodigy.com)
Michael Stutz at118@po.cwru.edu
Subject: n/nine_inch_nails/closer.tab
Title: Closer
(Track 5 on 'Downward Spiral')
By: Nine Inch Nails
(Lyrics by Trent Reznor; Music by Trent Reznor)
Transcribed by Dr. James Q. Faix Esq., Attorney at Law
Gee wilickers, I sure did have a fun time figuring this one out,
especially since the whole rest of the internet has the same tab
that someone just copied and pasted on to different sites. And
other than the 1 or 2 correct riffs, it sucks. I did find a bass
tab that was different, but I think whoever wrote it was only
playing bass for about 5 minutes at the time. So, I took it upon
myself to write up the first accurate and complete tab for the
song. I've transcribed every riff I heard in the whole song
except the drums and faint backwards piano part (which wouldn't
work anyway). This is actually a revision of what I originally
wrote up. I've made it more accurate, and tried to make it easier
to read.
Some of it may not be 100% accurate because its hard to hear one
riff when there's like five staticy synths layered on top of each
other, in addition to a bass and somewhat staticy electronic drums.
But its probably the best tab you'll find without buying the book.
I actually think almost all of this is just synths; probably all
the bass parts really are. It also seems like he layers a lot of
synths on top of each other playing the same thing, but with
different effects. Kinda like a chorus effect of synths.
You could do a pretty good job of this song with just 2 guitars
and a bass, but I threw everything in, in case you wanted it.
Actually Guitars 4 & 5 and Bass 2 barely do anything at all.
If you want it arranged for 2 or 3 guitars and a bass e-mail me
and I'll send you that, I have the file because I figured it out
for my band's setup but I didn't want to submit 3 Closers to OLGA.
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Here's how the riffs are labeled:
BR1 (B1) = Bass Riff 1 (Played on Bass 1)
GR4 (G2) = Guitar Riff 4 (Played on Guitar 2)
[]'s indicate what it sounds like on the cd
{}'s indicate a decent substitute
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G|---5----33h5p3---5----30--------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------31^----------------------------------|
A|-3---33--------3---33-----------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
BR1 (B1) (0:21-1:03, 1:25-2:29, 2:51-3:01 4:26-5:51)
(The 3h5p3 is kinda slow, it's not a trill thing)
[Bubble-ish wah] {Wah}
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------x1-x2------------------------------------------------|
E|-1-1-1-1------------------------------------------------------|
BR1 (B1) (1:04-1:25, 2:30-2:50)
[Light fuzz, maybe very slight wah] {same}
E|---1----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----1---------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------3---4-------------------------------------------------|
D|-3---33---3---4-----------------------------------------------|
A|-3------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-11-----------------------------------------------------------|
GR1 (G1) (1:04-1:24, 2:29-2:50)
[Synth-ish guitar w/fuzz] {Med./heavy fuzz}
E|----------------------------x333-4444-------------------------|
B|-x5555555-x5555555-x6666666-----------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
GR2 (G1) (1:25-2:28, 2:50-3:00, 4:26-5:51)
(Dub in 5:08-5:51)
[Ticking sound] {Clean}
E|----------------------------3~~~/12~~-------------------------|
B|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-6~~~~~~~-----------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
GR3 (G2) (1:46-2:28, 2:50-5:51)
[Synth] {Classical vibrato, maybe reverb}
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------4-4--------------------------------------------|
G|-2---2-3-3-5-5-5-5-2------------------------------------------|
D|-0h3-3-5-5-6-6-----0------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
GR4 (G2) (2:29-2:50)
[Synth, sounds kinda organ-ish]
{Wah, light fuzz/compression, maybe slight delay}
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-1112---------------------------------------------------------|
BR3 (B2) (3:01-4:23)
[Synthy wah/auto-wah, fuzz] {Auto-wah/wah, light fuzz}
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------6-5-----6-5--------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-3-6-5-6-7-6-5-6-88-654-----------------------------------|
A|-2-2-3-4-3-6-7-4-3-6-88-654-----------------------------------|
e|-0-0-1-----4-5-----4-66-432-----------------------------------|
GR5 (G1&2) (3:18-3:43) (Guitar 1 comes in at 3: )
[Med./heavy fuzz, increasing vol.] {same}
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-331-------1-33--3---3----------------------------------------|
A|-------------------3------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------4---------------------------------------|
BR4 (B1) (3:44-4:26)
[Light/med. fuzz, wah] {same}
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-13p8-13p8-13p8-13p8-13--8h13-8h13-13p8-13p8-13---------------|
GR6 (G1) (3:44-4:26)
(I think they all might actually be pull-offs, it could
just be some tricky wah usage)
[Synth, sounds like synthy wah, light fuzz]
{Wah, light/med. fuzz}
E|-------------|------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------|------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------|------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-5-6-8-89--|--8-8-9-8-12-10---------------------------------|
A|-3-3-4-6-67--|--6-6-7-8-10--8---------------------------------|
e|-------------|------------------------------------------------|
GR7 (G3) (4:16-4:47) (Gets louder at 4:27)
(Sometimes after the first part x3, play the second part)
[Med./heavy fuzz] {same}
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-/3-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
BR5 (B2) (4:48-5:49)
(Dubbed)
[Med./heavy fuzz/dist., turns to screechish sound]
{Med./heavy fuzz/dist.; slide, maybe with slide, from
behind 3rd fret to on top of it and slowly ease off
string to harmonic position}
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------6---------------------------------------------|
e|-8-6-8-66-8-6-8-----------------------------------------------|
GR8 (G1) (4:48-5:51)
[Synth, sounds kinda organ-ish, I think theres a
turntable or some weird synth paired with it giving it a
wah-ish sound]
{Wah, light fuzz/compression, slight delay}
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-8-7-----------8-7-----------8-7-----------8-7----------------|
A|-6-5h6p5h6p5---6-5h6p5h6p5---6-5h6p5h6p5---6-5h6p5h6p5--------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
GR9 (G3) (5:09-5:51)
(The 5h6p5h6p5 is kinda like a slow trill, you probably
won't hear it at first on the cd; they're faint but
they're there)
[Med./heavy fuzz] {same}
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9/8/7--------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7/6/5--------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
GR10 (G4) (5:09-5:51)
(If sounds like its just part of Riff 9, but you can hear
it overlapping on the cd.)
[Med./heavy fuzz] {same}
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-12~~10~~-10~~9~~-8~~7~~-3-3-2-5------------------------------|
D|-10~~-8~~--8~~7~~-6~~5~~-1-1-0-3-5~~--------------------------|
A|---------------------------------3~~--------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
GR11 (G5) (5:30-5:51)
[Synth, sounds organ-ish]
{Classical vibrato; light fuzz, small delay, maybe
reverb}
E|-15~~13~~-13~~12~~-11~~10~~-----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------11-11-10-13-----------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------(10)-------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
GR12 (Any Guitar) (5:52-6:12)
(The 2nd time leave out the 10 and let the 13 ring)
[Piano] {Classical vibrato; clean, maybe reverb}
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