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THE PERFECT DRUG
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 1997 Album THE LOST HIGHWAY SOUNDTRACK)
Transcribed by lazybandit
Words and Music by Trent Reznor
Arranged by Trent Reznor
F#5
2 4 4 x x x
E5
x 7 9 9 x x
F5
1 3 3 x x x
Gm/F
1 1 x 0 x x
G#sus2/F
1 1 x 1 x x
Eb5/F
1 1 1 x x x
Bb5
x 1 3 3 x x
C5
x 3 5 5 x x
D5
x 5 7 7 x x
E5open
0 2 2 x x x
A5(type 2)
5 7 7 x x x
Bb5/F
x x 3 3 x x
B5/F#
x x 4 4 x x
C5/G
x x 5 5 x x
Eb5/Bb
x 1 1 x x x
E5/B
x 2 2 x x x
F5/C
x 3 3 x x x
G#5/Eb
x x 1 1 x x
A5/E
x x 2 2 x x
C5/Ab
4 x 5 5 x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'clean (slightly over driven)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Heavy distrotion '
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Synth'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Piano'
Intro
Q=160
Bb5/F B5/F# C5/G Eb5/BbE5/B F5/C G#5/EbA5/E Bb5/F Eb5/BbE5/B F5/C
4/4
Gtr I
PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|-----------------|
||--3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-|------------------||-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3-|-----------------|
||--3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3--||-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3-|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3-|
||o-----------------|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3-o||-----------------|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3-|
||------------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
1st Verse
Bb5/F B5/F# C5/G Eb5/BbE5/B F5/C Bb5/F B5/F# C5/G Eb5/BbE5/B F5/C
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-|-----------------|-3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-|------------------|
||--3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3-|-3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3--|
||o-----------------|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3-|-----------------|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3--|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Bb5/F B5/F# C5/G Eb5/BbE5/B F5/C G#5/EbA5/E Bb5/F Eb5/BbE5/B F5/C
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-|-----------------|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3-|------------------||
|-3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3-|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3-|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3--||
|-----------------|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3-|-----------------|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3-o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
Pre-Chorus
C5 C5/C5 D5 E5
Gtr II
q +e E Q Q Q Q Q Q 4x
||-----------------|----------------||
||o----------------|---------------o||
||--5--(5)-5-5--5--|----5/--7/--9---||
||--5--(5)-5-5--5--|----5/--7/--9---||
||o-3--(3)-3----3--|----3/--5/--7--o||
||-----------4-----|----------------||
1st Chorus
F#5 A5(type 2) E5
Gtr 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
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/-|-----------------|
N.C.
Wx3
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
Pre-Verse
Bb5/F B5/F# C5/G Eb5/BbE5/B F5/C Bb5/F B5/F# C5/G Eb5/BbE5/B F5/C
Gtr I
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-|-----------------|-3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3-|-3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3-|
|-----------------|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3-|-----------------|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
2nd Verse
Bb5/F B5/F# C5/G Eb5/BbE5/B F5/C Bb5/F B5/F# C5/G Eb5/BbE5/B F5/C
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-|-----------------|-3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-|------------------|
||--3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3-|-3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3--|
||o-----------------|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3-|-----------------|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3--|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Bb5/F B5/F# C5/G Eb5/BbE5/B F5/C G#5/EbA5/E Bb5/F Eb5/BbE5/B F5/C
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-|-----------------|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3-|------------------||
|-3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3-|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3-|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3--||
|-----------------|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3-|-----------------|-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3-o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
Pre-Chorus
C5 C5/C5 D5 E5
Gtr II
q +e E Q Q Q Q Q Q 4x
||--------------------|-------------------||
||o-------------------|------------------o||
||--5-----(5)-5-5--5--|-------5/--7/--9---||
||--5-----(5)-5-5--5--|-------5/--7/--9---||
||o-3-----(3)-3----3--|-------3/--5/--7--o||
||--------------4-----|-------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| H Q Q H Q Q 4x
||--------------------|-------------------||
||o-------------------|------------------o||
||--9b10--------9-----|-9b10------9-------||
||--------------------|-------------------||
||o-------------------|------------------o||
||--------------------|-------------------||
2nd Chorus
F#5 A5(type 2) E5
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 6x
||------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------o||
||------------------|------------------|------------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---||
||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---||
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/-|-------------------||
Interlude
N.C.
Gtr III
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-6S8-8-|-8-8-8-6S8-8-8-5S|=8-8-8-8-8-8-6S8-|-8-8-8-8-6S8-8-8-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5S8-8-8-8-8-8-6S|=8-8-8-8-8-8-6S8-|-8-8-8-5S8-8-8-8-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-6S8-8-8-8-8-|-8-6S8-8-8-8-5S8-|-8-8-8-8-8-6S8-8-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-6S8-8-8-|-8-5S8-8-8-8-8-8-|-6S8-8-8-8-8-8-6S|=8-8-8-5S8-8-8-8-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Instrumental
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Wx10
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-8-8-6S8-8-8-8-8-|-8-6S8-8-8-5S8---|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
E5open B5/C5/G B5/C5/G E5open
Gtr II
E q E Q Q E q E Q Q E q E H E q E H
||---------------|---------------||-||--------------|--------------||
||o--------------|--------------o||-||o-------------|-------------o||
||---------4--5--|--------4--5---||-||--------------|--------------||
||--2-2----4--5--|-2-2----4--5---||-||--2-2---------|-2-2----------||
||o-2-2----------|-2-2----------o||-||o-2-2---------|-2-2---------o||
||--0-0----------|-0-0-----------||-||--0-0---------|-0-0----------||
Drum Solo
N.C.
Wx5
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
N.C.
Q +Q H W Q +Q H W Wx3
||------------------|----------|-----------------|-----------||--------|
||o-----------------|----------|-----------------|----------o||--------|
||--9b11--(9)-------|----------|-9b11--(9)-------|-----------||--------|
||------------------|----------|-----------------|-----------||--------|
||o-----------------|----------|-----------------|----------o||--------|
||------------------|----------|-----------------|-----------||--------|
Outro
F5 Gm/F G#sus2/F
Gtr I
E E H +Q +W E E H +Q E E H +Q
||----------------|------------|---------------|----------------|
||o---------------|------------|---------------|----------------|
||----------------|------------|-----0----(0)--|-----1----(1)---|
||------3----(3)--|-(3)--------|---------------|----------------|
||o---3-----------|------------|---1-----------|---1------------|
||--1-------------|------------|-1-------------|-1--------------|
F5 Eb5/F Bb5
E E H +Q +W W E E H +Q 3x
|---------------|------------|-----------|----------------||
|---------------|------------|-----------|---------------o||
|---------------|------------|-----------|-----3----(3)---||
|-----3----(3)--|-(3)--------|-^1--------|---3------------||
|---3-----------|------------|-^1--------|-1-------------o||
|-1-------------|------------|-^1--------|----------------||
F5 Gm/F G#sus2/F
Gtr I
E E H +Q +W E E H +Q E E H +Q
||-----------------|------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||o----------------|------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||-----------------|------------|-----0------(0)--|------1------(1)---|
||-------3----(3)--|-(3)--------|-----------------|-------------------|
||o----3-----------|------------|---1-------------|----1--------------|
||---1-------------|------------|-1---------------|--1----------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| W W H H H H
||--16-------------|-15---------|-8------10-------|-11------18--------|
||o-13-------------|-13---------|-5-------7-------|--8------15--------|
||-----------------|------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||-----------------|------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||o----------------|------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||-----------------|------------|-----------------|-------------------|
F5 Eb5/F Bb5
E E H +Q +W W E E H +Q
|----------------|------------|-----------|-----------------||
|----------------|------------|-----------|----------------o||
|----------------|------------|-----------|------3----(3)---||
|------3----(3)--|-(3)--------|-^1--------|----3------------||
|----3-----------|------------|-^1--------|--1-------------o||
|--1-------------|------------|-^1--------|-----------------||
|
| W W W W
|-16-------------|-15---------|-13--------|-11--------------||
|-13-------------|-13---------|-10--------|--8-------------o||
|----------------|------------|-----------|-----------------||
|----------------|------------|-----------|-----------------||
|----------------|------------|-----------|----------------o||
|----------------|------------|-----------|-----------------||
N.C.
Gtr IV
W W H H H H
|-16--------|-15--------|-8----10----|-11----18----|
|-13--------|-13--------|-5-----7----|--8----15----|
|-----------|-----------|------------|-------------|
|-----------|-----------|------------|-------------|
|-----------|-----------|------------|-------------|
|-----------|-----------|------------|-------------|
W W W W
|-16--------|-15--------|-13--------|-11----*|
|-13--------|-13--------|-10--------|--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
