C11 H17 N2 O2 S Na Sodium Pentathol by Anthrax #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# 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 www.TAB6.com