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C11 H17 N2 O2 S NA (SODIUM PENTATHOL)
As recorded by Anthrax
(From the 1993 Album SOUND OF WHITE NOISE)
Transcribed by Mike Sheehan
Words and Music by Charlie Benante, Scott Ian & John Bush
D5
0 0 x x x x
F5
3 3 x x x x
G5
5 5 x x x x
Ab5
6 6 x x x x
A5
7 7 x x x x
Bb5
8 8 x x x x
C5
10 10 x x x x
C#5
11 11 x x x x
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Scott Ian'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Dan Spitz'
Intro
Q=183
Bb5 N.C.
4/4
Gtrs I, II
Wx4 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------||------------------|-----------------|
|------------||o-----------------|-----------------|
|------------||------------------|-----------------|
|------------||------------------|-----------------|
|------------||o-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-|
|------------||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
Bb5
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------o||
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|------------------||
|-(7)-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-o||
|-(8)-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-o||
||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||
C5 C#5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||------------------|-------------------|
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-11-|
||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-11-|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------o||
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-o||
|-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--||
Verse
Bb5
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----|
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------8-----------8---|---------8-----------8---|
|---------8-----------8---|---------8-----------8---|
|-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8---|-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8---|
C#5
PM------| PM------|
S S S S E E S S S S E E
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-------------11---------------11---|
|-------------11---------------11---|
|-11-11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11-11---|
PM------| PM------|
S S S S E E S S S S E E
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-------------11---------------11---|
|-------------11---------------11---|
|-11-11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11-11---|
Bb5
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----|
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------8-----------8---|---------8-----------8---|
|---------8-----------8---|---------8-----------8---|
|-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8---|-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8---|
$
D5 Bb5
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----|
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------0-----------0---|---------0-----------0---|---------8-----------8---|
|---------0-----------0---|---------0-----------0---|---------8-----------8---|
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---|-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8---|
C#5
PM----| PM----| PM------| PM------|
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------8-----------8---|-------------11---------------11---|
|---------8-----------8---|-------------11---------------11---|
|-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8---|-11-11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11-11---|
PM------| PM------|
S S S S E E S S S S E E
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-------------11---------------11---|
|-------------11---------------11---|
|-11-11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11-11---|
Bb5
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----|
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------8-----------8---|---------8-----------8---|
|---------8-----------8---|---------8-----------8---|
|-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8---|-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8---|
D5
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----|
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------0-----------0---|---------0-----------0---||
|---------0-----------0---|---------0-----------0---||
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---||
Pre Chorus
Bb5 AbBb5 Ab5 Bb5 AbBb5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|------------------|
||------------------|------------------|
||o-8-8-8-6-8-8-8-6-|-8-8-8-6-8-8-8-10-|
||--8-8-8-6-8-8-8-6-|-8-8-8-6-8-8-8-10-|
C#5 BbC#5 Bb5 C#5 BbC#5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------o||
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-11-11-11-8-11-11-11-8-|-11-11-11-8-11-11-11-10-o||
|-11-11-11-8-11-11-11-8-|-11-11-11-8-11-11-11-10--||
Bb5 AbBb5 Ab5 Bb5 AbBb5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-8-8-8-6-8-8-8-6-|-8-8-8-6-8-8-8-10-|
|-8-8-8-6-8-8-8-6-|-8-8-8-6-8-8-8-10-|
C#5 BbC#5 Bb5 C#5
E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------|-11----------------------------||
|-11-11-11-8-11-11-11-8-|-11---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--||
|-11-11-11-8-11-11-11-8-|-11---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--||
A5 N.C. A5 N.C.
PM--| PM--|
E E E E H +W E E E E H W
||---------------|------------|--------------|-------||
||o--------------|------------|--------------|------o||
||---------------|------------|--------------|-------||
||---------------|------------|--------------|-------||
||o-7------------|------------|-7------------|------o||
||--7-7-7-7-6----|-(6)--------|-7-7-7-7-6----|-5-----||
A5N.C. AbN.C. F5N.C. F5Ab5 A5N.C. AbN.C. F5N.C. F5D5
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-7-------6-------|-3-------3-6----|-7-------6-------|-3-------3-0----o||
||--7-0-0-0-6-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-6----|-7-0-0-0-6-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-3-0-----||
Chorus
Bb5 C5 C#5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||------------------|-------------------|
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-11-|
||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-11-|
C5
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-10-|
|-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-10-|
To Coda
Bb5 Ab5 G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H. E E
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-6-|-(6)------6-5-|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-6-|-(6)------6-5-|
1. 2.
D.S. al Coda
N.C. G5
+Q Q +E +Q. H. +Q
|-----------------------||-----------------||
|----------------------o||-----------------||
|-----------------------||-----------------||
|-----------------------||-----------------||
|-(5)--4b6===(4)r(4)---o||-(5)------(5)/---||
|-(5)-------------------||-(5)------(5)/---||
Interlude
Ab5 G5
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6---6---6---6-6-|-5---5---5---5-5-|
|-6---6---6---6-6-|-5---5---5---5-5-|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6---6---6---6-6-|-5---5---5---5-5-|
|-6---6---6---6-6-|-5---5---5---5-5-|
Ab5 G5 N.C.
E E E E E E E E Q Q +E +Q.
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-6---6---6---6-6-|-5---4b6====(4)r(4)------|
|-6---6---6---6-6-|-5-----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-6---6---6---6-6-|-5---5-------5------5-5--|
|-6---6---6---6-6-|-5---5-------5------5-5--|
Ab5 G5 Ab5 G5
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-6---6---6---6-6-|-5---5---5---5-5-|-6---6---6---6-6-|-5---5---5---5-5--||
|-6---6---6---6-6-|-5---5---5---5-5-|-6---6---6---6-6-|-5---5---5---5-5--||
Bb5 G5Bb5 Ab5 F5Ab5
PM| PM|
E E E E E E Q W E E E E E E Q W
||-----------------|----------|----------------|-------||
||o----------------|----------|----------------|------o||
||-----------------|----------|----------------|-------||
||-----------------|----------|----------------|-------||
||o-8-----5-8------|----------|-6-----3-6------|------o||
||--8-8-8-5-8------|----------|-6-6-6-3-6------|-------||
Guitar Solo
Bb5 G5Bb5
Gtr I
PM|
E E E E H +W
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-8-----5-8-------|-(8)---------------|
|-8-8-8-5-8-------|-(8)---------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~~~~~ ~~~
| E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----6-8-6-------|-------6-8-6-------|
|-8-8-------8-6-8-|-(8)-8-------8-6-8-|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
Ab5 F5Ab5
PM|
E E E E H +W
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|--6------3-6-----------|-(6)------------------|
|--6--6-6-3-6-----------|-(6)------------------|
|
|~~~~~ ~
| |-3-|
| +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-------6-8-8b10==8-8-8-|--8r8p6---8-6b9-------|
|-(8)-8-----------------|--------8-------8-6-8-|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
Bb5 G5Bb5
PM|
E E E E H +W
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--8------5-8--------|-(8)----------------|
|--8--8-8-5-8--------|-(8)----------------|
|
| ~~~ ~~~~~~~~
| +E E E E E Q E +E E E E E Q E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|------------------6-|
|-------6---8-[6]----|-------[6]---8-6----|
|-(8)-8---8--------8-|-(8)-8-----8--------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
Ab5 F5 Ab5
PM|
E E E E H +W
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|--6-------3--6-------|-(6)---------------------|
|--6--6-6--3--6-------|-(6)---------------------|
|
| ~~~
| +E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-(6)-----------------|--------------------/16--|
|-------6-----8-6--10-|-----8---/13---10--------|
|-----8---[8]---------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
Bb5 G5Bb5
PM|
E E E E H +W
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|---8------5--8----------|--(8)----------------|
|---8--8-8-5--8----------|--(8)----------------|
|
| ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
| +H E E E E +H E E E E
|------------------------|---------------------|
|-(16)-------16-14-13-14-|-(14)----14-13-14-16-|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
Ab5 F5 Ab5
PM---|
E E E E H +W
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--6-----------3--6----------|--(6)------------------------|
|--6--6-----6--3--6----------|--(6)------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
| E S S E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-13-16p13----13-------------|-----------------------------|
|----------16----16-14-13-14-|-(14)-------13-(13)----------|
|----------------------------|------13-15---------12-13-15-|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
Bb5 G5 Bb5
PM|
E E E E H +W
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--8-----------5--8----------|--(8)---------------------------|
|--8-----8--8--5--8----------|--(8)---------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~
| S S E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-13h14p13----13-------------|--------------------------------|
|----------15----15-13-12-13-|-(13)-------12b14r(12)----------|
|----------------------------|------13-15------------11-13-15-|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
Ab5 F5 Ab5
PM---|
E E E E H +W
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|--6-----------3--6----------|-(6)------------------------||
|--6--6-----6--3--6----------|-(6)------------------------||
|
| ~~
| E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|-12h13p12----12-------------|----------------------------||
|----------15----15-13-11-13-|-11h13p11-10-11-10----------||
|----------------------------|-------------------13-11-13-||
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
Outro
Bb5 G5Bb5 G5 Bb5 G5Bb5 G5
PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o---8------5-8-----5-|---8------5-8-----5-|
||----8--8-8-5-8-8-8-5-|---8--8-8-5-8-8-8-5-|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +W +W
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o-(13)---------------|-(13)---------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
Ab5 F5Ab5 F5 Ab5 F5Ab5 F5
PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|---6------3-6-----3-|---6------3-6-----3-o||
|---6--6-6-3-6-6-6-3-|---6--6-6-3-6-6-6-3--||
|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +W +W
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|-(13)---------------|-(13)---------------o||
|--------------------|---------------------||
1.,2.,3.
Bb5 G5Bb5 G5 Bb5 G5Bb5 G5 Ab5 F5Ab5 F5 Ab5 F5Ab5 F5
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-8-----5-8-----5-|-8-----5-8-----5-|-6-----3-6-----3-|-6-----3-6-----3-o||
||--8-8-8-5-8-8-8-5-|-8-8-8-5-8-8-8-5-|-6-6-6-3-6-6-6-3-|-6-6-6-3-6-6-6-3--||
4.
Ab5 F5Ab5 F5 Ab5 F5Ab5 F5 Bb5
PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q H
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------*|
|-6-----3-6-----3-|-6-----3-6-----3-|-8-8-(8)-------*|
|-6-6-6-3-6-6-6-3-|-6-6-6-3-6-6-6-3-|-8-8-(8)-------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
