Closer
View chords used in this chart
INTRO (drums...I don't play drums, sorry)
1ST VERSE (bass w/wah pedal)
1:----5---------3-------5--------3--0--------
2:-------------------------------------3--0--
3:-3-----x--3-3----x-3-----3--3--------------
4:-------------------------------------------
1ST CHORUS (clean bass and one clean guitar)
Bass
1:---------------
2:---------------
3:------x-1-x-2--
4:-1-------------
Guitar
1:------1-----------
2:------------------
3:------------------
4:-3--------3---4---
5:-3----------3---4-
6:-1--1---1---------
2ND VERSE (bass w/wah pedal, one guitar w/chorus pedal, one clean
guitar)
Bass
(Same as 1st verse)
Guitar 1 (w/chorus pedal)
1:----------------------------3~~~/12~~~-
2:-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-6~~~~~~~-------------
3:---------------------------------------
4:---------------------------------------
5:---------------------------------------
6:---------------------------------------
Guitar 2 (clean)
1:----------------------------3333-4444--
2:-5555555555555555-66666666-------------
3:---------------------------------------
4:---------------------------------------
5:---------------------------------------
6:---------------------------------------
2ND CHORUS (clean bass and two clean guitars)
Bass
(Same as 1st Chorus)
Guitar 1
(Same as 1st Chorus)
Guitar 2
1:--------------------------------
2:----------------------4----4----
3:----2----3--3--5------5----5----
4:----3----5--5--6----------------
5:--------------------------------
6:--------------------------------
INTERLUDE (clean bass, one guitar w/chorus pedal, one guitar
w/distortion
pedal)
Bass
1:---------------------------
2:---------------------------
3:---------------------------
4:-0-0-0-1-------------------
Guitar 1 (w/chorus pedal)
(same as 2nd Verse)
Guitar 2 (w/distortion pedal, after a few repetitions)
1:------------------------------
2:------------------------------
3:--------6-5-------------------
4:-2--2-3-6-5--6-7--6-8--6-5-4--
5:-2--2-3-4-3--6-7--6-8--6-5-4--
6:-0--0-1------4-5--4-6--4-3-2--
PRE-OUTRO (clean bass, one guitar w/chorus pedal, one guitar w/wah
pedal)
Bass
(same as interlude)
Guitar 1 (w/chorus pedal)
(same as 2nd Verse)
Guitar 2 (w/wah pedal)
1:-----------------------
2:-----------------------
3:-----------------------
4:-3----3----3----1-3-1--
5:---3---------3---------
6:---------4-------------
OUTRO (bass w/wah pedal, two guitars w/chorus pedals)
Bass (w/wah pedal)
1:---------------------------8-
2:-10--8--10--8-8--10--8-10----
3:-----------------------------
4:-----------------------------
Guitar 1 (w/chorus pedal)
(same as 2nd verse)
Guitar 2 (w/chorus pedal, after a few repetitions)
1:-----------------------------------------------------------
2:-----------------------------------------------------------
3:-----------------------------------------------------------
4:-5~~~-3~~~~~~~-3~~~-2~~~~~~~-1~~~----------------3~~~~~~~~-
5:----------------------------------5~~~~~~~-1-1-0-----------
6:-----------------------------------------------------------
then, by itself
1:-------------------------------------------------------------------
2:-------------------------------------------------------------------
3:-12~~~-10~~~~~~~-10~~~-9~~~~~~~--------------------------10~~~~~~~-
4:--------------------------------13~~~-12~~~~~~~-13-13-12-----------
5:-------------------------------------------------------------------
6:-------------------------------------------------------------------
THE END!!!
From: at118@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael Stutz)
Subject: TAB: "Closer" Nine Inch Nails (new & improved)
[additions at end of document]
This is the latest single from NIN off the downward spiral-a cool
song,an easy song...
CLOSER
--------
Note that this may not be totally correct, as I'm trying to adapt a
synth line to guitar-note the tuning...this song is played best with an
envelope filter, but for those who don't have one, a wah sounds ok...
Tuning (low to high):C,G,D,G,B,E
Main "riff"
E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
G|------5-----3----------|
C|--0------------5--3--0-|
I know that there's lots more to it, but I haven't figured it out
yet,and I've got a lot of other things to tab out...E-Mail me if there's
anything
you want posted, and I'll see about tabbing it...
cianyde@zero.cypher.com
grndlprime@aol.com
P.S. Guitar For The Practicing Musician printed music for "March of the
Pigs"-I MIGHT type that up, eventually, but don't hole your breath... | |
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Nine Inch Nails -- "Closer"
This thing's loaded with layers of guitar. The song starts out sparse,
adding parts as it goes; the first big line is the main keyboard riff,
which is described earlier by cianyde@zero.cypher.com. Following are
some more lines, transcribed as best I could.
[at 1:04]
"I want to fuck you like an animal," etc.
This line repeats. Use an octaver to get real low pitches, or use the
tuning suggested earlier.
E-----------------------E
B-----------------------B
G-----------------------G
D------------------1----D
A----3--3----1--3-------A
E-----------------------E
[at 3:45]
Here, like cianyde said about the main riff, you'll want to use an envelope
filter (preferred) or a wah. Something's going on here with two C notes
being played an octave apart, but I know there's more to it than this:
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------E
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------B
G-----5-----5-----5--------5-----5-----5-----5-----5----------------------G
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------D
A--------3-----3-----3--3-----------3-----3-----3-----3-------------------A
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------E
[at 4:47]
Pretty easy, a 'typical' rock pattern:
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------E
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------B
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------G
D----------------------------------------------1--------------------------D
A---3-----1-----3-----1--1---3-----1-----3--------------------------------A
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------E
These lines are simple -- but again, you have to get the rhythm down.
Think Prince; at its heart, this is very much a black tune. Real black
funk is where, I think, Reznor gets many of his rhythms.
[at 5:09]
Here's another funk/blues riff that you can hear in the background.
Bend the D# to _almost_ an E, then hit the low C.
E-----------------------E
B-----------------------B
G----8(9)---------------G
D-----------------------D
A----------10-----------A
E-----------------------E
[at 5:51]
This is the riff at the end of the song, but note that it's also played
quietly in the background for a while before (I first hear it at 5:30,
but knowing Reznor, its probably layered in there somewhere before that,
even). If you have a whammy bar, you can try playing it by plucking the
string with your thumb while pulling down on the whammy and letting go
right away; doing this with each note makes for a cool effect (different
from the album, but cool nonetheless).
Oh -- you'll want to play this line with as clean a tone as you can muster.
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------E
B---20---18-----18---17-----16---15-----11--11--10--13--------------------B
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------G
D--------------------------------------------------------10---------------D
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------A
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------E
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------E
B---20---18-----18---17-----16---15-----11--11--10--13--------------------B
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------G
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------D
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------A
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------E
-- Michael Stutz
at118@po.cwru.edu 95.01.02
How to play Closer
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is C. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.