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
