Nine Inch Nails has some great songs, this happens to be one of them. I swam through google and found some sheet music that seems to be pretty close to what Reznor sings and plays.
The music isn’t to difficult and that is saying quite a bit considering my skill at playing the piano. However, this song is syncopated all to hell and sprinkled with dissonances that you have to sing like you mean it.
For instance, the piano accompaniment (B minor in my score) starts with an F# and the vocals start with an F natural. Those two notes clash like crazy, and if you’re not on board from beat one, you’re not coming back unscathed.
The tonic, of course, is practice :)
Johny Cash’s version.
bleatmop
Mystro
Dead Wild Roses 
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January 9, 2015 at 7:56 am
albertaD
Amazing song. And perhaps just as heartbreaking when Johnny Cash sings it.
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January 9, 2015 at 1:49 pm
The Intransigent One
That’s funny, I thought the tonic would be B-natural.
Ba-dum-ching!
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January 9, 2015 at 5:33 pm
The Arbourist
@Alberta D
I’ll post that too, as I agree JC does a wonderful job as well.
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January 10, 2015 at 5:40 am
bleatmop
I still prefer the version that appeared on the downward spiral.
The song chills me every time I listen to it. I love that entire album. I actually stole it from my brother when it came out and then I purchased the 10 year anniversary edition (and that was over ten years ago). March of the Pigs remains my favourite song on the album.
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January 10, 2015 at 2:18 pm
anonymous
I prefer this live version.
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