T1: Ryan, [email protected], Nine Inch Nails, The Day the World Went
Away, 21/9/99
S1: I checked every site for this tab but couldnt find it so i did it
myself.
Thanks, Song: The Day the World Went Away
Artist: Nine Inch Nails
Album: The Day the World Went Away EP/The Fragile(?)
INTRO (quiet then at 0:29 it goes hard with long downstrokes:)
C#5 B5 E5 F#5
E|—————————————————————————————|
B|—————————————————————————————|
G|———————————————9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9—11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11—|
D|—11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11—9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9—9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9—11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11—|
A|—11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11—9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9—7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7—9—9—9—9—9—9—9—9—|
E|—9—9—9—9—9—9—9—9—7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7———————————————|
(On the third time through the above riff (0:59), another guitar comes in
and plays this:)
E|———————|
B|———————|
G|—9—6—8—4—-| (x 8)
D|———————|
A|———————|
E|———————|
VERSE
(The bass plays this very quietly with long downstrokes during the verse)
G|———————————————————————|
D|———————————————————————|
A|————————————7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9—|
E|—9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7———————————-|
I’d listen to the words he’d say
But in his voice I heard decay
The plastic face forced to portray
All the insides left cold and gray
There is a place that still remains
It eats the fear it eats the pain
The sweetest price you’ll have to pay
The day the whole world went away
(Around (1:58) a mandolin (or something like that) comes in and plays
something that sounds
like:)
E|—————————|
B|—7—5—5—6—6—7—7—|
G|—8—6—6—7—7—8—8—| (this is played a number of times. Listen
to the CD for the
D|—9—7—7—8—8—9—9—| exact arrangement)
A|—————————|
E|—————————|
OUTRO
(The long downstrokes of C#5, B5, E5 and F#5 are played again along
with:)
E|———————————-|
B|———————————-|
G|—4—6—4—9——9—9—8—9—| (I know this part actually is sung
by voices (na na),
D|———————————-| but I’m sure a guitar plays along
with them)
A|———————————-|
E|———————————-|
Tabbed by Ryan Liddell
