Artist – Nine Inch Nails
Song – The Becoming
Album – The Downward Spiral
Tabbed by an18nin18

Standard Tuning – E, A, D, G, B, E

No one decided to put a complete tab of this song out to everyone, so here’s my interpretation.

Intro

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|-3-3-3-3---4-3-1---3-1-4-1---1---3-3-3-3---4-3-1---1-1-1-1-|
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Verse

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|-3-3-3-3---4-3-1---3-1-4-1---1---3-3-3-3---4-3-1---1-1-1-1-|
  Play x ?

Chorus

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|-3-3-3-3---4-3-1---3-1-4-1---1---3-3-3-3---4-3-1---1-1-1-1-|
  Play x ?

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|-3-3-3-3---4-3-1---3-1-4-1---1---3-3-3-3---4-3-1---1-1-1-1-|
  Play x ?

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|-3-3-3-3---4-3-1---3-1-4-1---1---3-3-3-3---4-3-1---1-1-1-1-|
  Play x ?

Middle 8

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|-5-5-5-5-5-x-3-3-3-3-3-x-|-5-5-5-5-5-x-3-3-3-3-3-x-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-x-3-3-3-3-3-x-|-3-3-3-3-3-x-1-1-1-1-1-x-|
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  Play x 2

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|-3-3-3-3-3-x-5-5-5-5-5-x-|-3-x-x-3-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-3-3-x-|-3-x-x-3-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-x-------------|-1-x-x-1-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|

Bridge

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|-3-3-3-3---4-3-1---3-1-4-1---1---3-3-3-3---4-3-1---1-1-1-1-|
  Play x ?

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|-3-3-3-3---4-3-1---3-1-4-1---1---3-3-3-3---4-3-1---1-1-1-1-|
  Play x ?

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|-3-3-3-3---4-3-1---3-1-4-1---1---3-3-3-3---4-3-1---1-1-1-1-|
  Play x ?

Outro

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|-5-5-5-5-5-x-3-3-3-3-3-x-|-5-5-5-5-5-x-3-3-3-3-3-x-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-x-3-3-3-3-3-x-|-3-3-3-3-3-x-1-1-1-1-1-x-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-x-1-1-1-1-1-x-|-------------------------|
  Play x ?

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|-------------5-5-5-5-5-x-|-------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-x-5-5-5-5-5-x-|-3-x-x-3-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-3-3-x-|-3-x-x-3-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-x-------------|-1-x-x-1-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|

And That’s it.

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