"HAPPINESS IN SLAVERY"


by Nine Inch Nails--bassline
from the 1992 cd "Broken"
music and lyrics by Trent Reznor
transcribed by Keef Thorburn

INTRO: ( 16 bars of synth & drum noises )

VERSE: ( with mild distortion )

G-----------------------------------|
D--------------------------5--3----|
A-----------------------------------|
E--0-3--4-3----0-3-4-3-----------|

CHORUS (synth arranged for bass )

G-------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------|
E--1-1--1--1--1--1-1--2-1--1--1-1--1--1--|

BRIDGE:
Slave screams, he spends his life learning conformity

G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-4-5--6--|

INTRO
VERSE
CHORUS
BRIDGE X 4
VERSE
CHORUS
DISTORTED DRUM AND SYNTH INTERLUDE
VERSE
CHORUS X 5

Slave screams, he thinks he knows what he wants
Slave screams, thinks he has something to say
Slave screams, he hears but doesn’t want to listen
Slave screams, he’s being beat into submission
Don’t open your eyes, you won’t like what you see
The devils of truth steal the souls of the free
Don’t open your eyes, take it from me
I have found, you can find happiness in slavery

Slave screams, he spends his life learning conformity
Slave screams, he claims he has his own identity
Slave screams, he’s going to cause the system to fall
Slave screams, but he’s glad to be chained to that wall
Don’t open your eyes, you won’t like what you see
The blind have been blessed with security
Don’t open your eyes, take it from me
I have found, you can find happiness in slavery
I don’t know where I am, I don’t know where I’ve been
Human junk, just words and so much skin
Stick my hands through the cage of this endless routine
Just some flesh caught in this big broken machine

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