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C11 H17 N2 O2 S Na Sodium Pentathol

Anthrax

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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