Nine Inch Nails
The Downward Spiral
Piggy
Bass/Guitar/Keyboard tab
Transcribed by aaron nolan
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PIGGY

I tabbed this because all the other versions I have seen have been wrong, this song has EVERYTHING except the drum tab.

keyboard note values

T = Triplet
R = Rest
W = Whole Note
H = Half Note
Q = Quarter Note
E = 8th Note
S = 16th Note


the first number represents in what octave to play in,
the second letter represents the note to play,
and the third letter represents how many counts each note gets


[heypig]

bass guitar

g|----------------------------------|
d|------------------------------3-2-|
a|-----5-------------5--------------|
e|--7-----5--4---7----5--4----------|

play 4 times

"hey pig, yea you, black and blue n' broken bones, you left me here I'm all alone, my little piggy needed something new"

[chorus]

bass guitar

g|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-5-7-7-7-7---5-7-7-7-7---5-7-7-7-7----5-7-7-7-7--8-8-10-10------------------------------|

g|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-5-7-7-7-7---5-7-7-7-7---5-7-7-7-7----5-7-7-7-7--5-7-8----------------------------------|

play 2 times

"nothing can stop me now, cuz I don't care anymore, nothing can stop me now cuz I don't care, nothing can stop me now cuz I don't care anymore, nothing can stop me now cuz I just don't care"

[heypig]

bass guitar

g|----------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------3--2-|
a|-----5--------------5-------------|
e|--7-----5--4---7----5--4----------|

keyboard

3GH - 3FH - 2DH - 2D#H

"hey pig, nothings turning out the way I planned, hey pig theres something I hoped you could help me understand, what am I supposed to do? I lost my ship because of you"

play both the bass and the keyboard at the same time during this part of the song 4 times

[chorus]

bass

g|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-5-7-7-7-7---5-7-7-7-7---5-7-7-7-7----5-7-7-7-7--8-8-10-10------------------------------|

g|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-5-7-7-7-7---5-7-7-7-7---5-7-7-7-7----5-7-7-7-7--5-7-8-------------------------------|

play 2 times

"nothing can stop me now, cuz I don't care anymore, nothing can stop me now cuz I don't care, nothing can stop me now cuz I don't care anymore, nothing can stop me now cuz I just don't care"

[secondchorus]

g|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|-----------------------------7-7-7-7--------5-5-4-4--------------------------7-7-7-7--------------------------------|
e|-5-7-7-7-7--3-3-3-3-----------5-5-5-----------5-7-7-7-7--3-3-3-3-----------5-5-5------------------------------------|

"nothing can stop me now, nothing can stop me now, nothing can stop me now, nothing can stop me now, nothing can stop me now, nothing can stop me now, nothing can stop me, nothing can stop me now, nothing can stop me now, NOTHING CAN STOP ME NOW"

play 14 times 

(optional guitar riff)

you can work this riff in towards the end of the song, maybe on the bass's tenth time through the second chourus, but make sure that you don't end while this riff is still going.

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------------------------------|
g|-5--7-7-7-7--3-3-3-3-----------5--10-10--9--9----------|
d|-5--7-7-7-7--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--5--10-10--9--9----------|
a|-3--5-5-5-5--1-1-1-1--5-5-5-5--3--8---8--7--7----------|
e|----------------------3-3-3-3--------------------------|
play 2-4 times distorted

[endingriff]

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------|
g|----2------2---0--------------2----2---0-------------------|
d|--------------------4--2--1------2---------4--2--1---------|
a|-------2---------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|

play 4 times near the end

KEYBOARD

[keyboard riff]

4BW-5AH-5GQ-5FQ-5GQ-5FbQ-5EE-5DbE

play this 6 times towards the end of the song, and then the keyboard will be the only instrument playing at the end, and it will play 2 more times through alone.

email me at [email protected], if you need any help figuring out this tab.