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C11 H17 N2 O2 S Na

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Song

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

E|------------||------------------|-----------------|
B|------------||o-----------------|-----------------|
G|------------||------------------|-----------------|
D|------------||------------------|-----------------|
A|------------||o-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-|
D|------------||--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

E|-------------------|------------------|
B|-------------------|-----------------o|
G|-------------------|------------------|
D|-------------------|------------------|
A|-(7)-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-o|
D|-(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

E|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
B|o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o|
G|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|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|
D|--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

E|------------------|-------------------|
B|o-----------------|-------------------|
G|------------------|-------------------|
D|------------------|-------------------|
A|o-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-11-|
D|--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

E|---------------------------|--------------------------|
B|---------------------------|-------------------------o|
G|---------------------------|--------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------------------|
A|-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-o|
D|-(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

E|------------------|------------------|
B|o-----------------|------------------|
G|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|
A|o-8-8-8-6-8-8-8-6-|-8-8-8-6-8-8-8-10-|
D|--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

E|-----------------------|-------------------------||
B|-----------------------|------------------------o||
G|-----------------------|-------------------------||
D|-----------------------|-------------------------||
A|-11-11-11-8-11-11-11-8-|-11-11-11-8-11-11-11-10-o||
D|-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

E|-----------------|------------------|
B|-----------------|------------------|
G|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|------------------|
A|-8-8-8-6-8-8-8-6-|-8-8-8-6-8-8-8-10-|
D|-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

E|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
B|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
G|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-----------------------|-11----------------------------|
A|-11-11-11-8-11-11-11-8-|-11---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
D|-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

E|------------------|-------------------|
B|o-----------------|-------------------|
G|------------------|-------------------|
D|------------------|-------------------|
A|o-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-11-|
D|--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

E|---------------------------|-------------------------|
B|---------------------------|-------------------------|
G|---------------------------|-------------------------|
D|---------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-10-|
D|-(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

E|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
A|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-6-|-(6)------6-5-|
D|-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

E|-----------------------||-----------------||
B|----------------------o||-----------------||
G|-----------------------||-----------------||
D|-----------------------||-----------------||
A|-(5)--4b6===(4)r(4)---o||-(5)------(5)/---||
D|-(5)-------------------||-(5)------(5)/---||

Interlude

Ab5 G5

Gtr I

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

E|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-6---6---6---6-6-|-5---5---5---5-5-|
D|-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

E|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-6---6---6---6-6-|-5---5---5---5-5-|
D|-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.

E|-----------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------|-------------------------|
G|-----------------|-------------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------------|
A|-6---6---6---6-6-|-5---4b6====(4)r(4)------|
D|-6---6---6---6-6-|-5-----------------------|

|

| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

E|-----------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------|-------------------------|
G|-----------------|-------------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------------|
A|-6---6---6---6-6-|-5---5-------5------5-5--|
D|-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

E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
A|-6---6---6---6-6-|-5---5---5---5-5-|-6---6---6---6-6-|-5---5---5---5-5--||
D|-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

E|-----------------|----------|----------------|-------||
B|o----------------|----------|----------------|------o||
G|-----------------|----------|----------------|-------||
D|-----------------|----------|----------------|-------||
A|o-8-----5-8------|----------|-6-----3-6------|------o||
D|--8-8-8-5-8------|----------|-6-6-6-3-6------|-------||

Guitar Solo

Bb5 G5Bb5

Gtr I

PM|

E E E E H +W

E|-----------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------|
A|-8-----5-8-------|-(8)---------------|
D|-8-8-8-5-8-------|-(8)---------------|

|

| Gtr II

| ~~~~~~~~ ~~~

| E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E

E|-----------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------|-------------------|
G|-----6-8-6-------|-------6-8-6-------|
D|-8-8-------8-6-8-|-(8)-8-------8-6-8-|
A|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------|

Ab5 F5Ab5

PM|

E E E E H +W

E|-----------------------|----------------------|
B|-----------------------|----------------------|
G|-----------------------|----------------------|
D|-----------------------|----------------------|
A|--6------3-6-----------|-(6)------------------|
D|--6--6-6-3-6-----------|-(6)------------------|

|

|~~~~~ ~

| |-3-|

| +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

E|-----------------------|----------------------|
B|-----------------------|----------------------|
G|-------6-8-8b10==8-8-8-|--8r8p6---8-6b9-------|
D|-(8)-8-----------------|--------8-------8-6-8-|
A|-----------------------|----------------------|
D|-----------------------|----------------------|

Bb5 G5Bb5

PM|

E E E E H +W

E|--------------------|--------------------|
B|--------------------|--------------------|
G|--------------------|--------------------|
D|--------------------|--------------------|
A|--8------5-8--------|-(8)----------------|
D|--8--8-8-5-8--------|-(8)----------------|

|

| ~~~ ~~~~~~~~

| +E E E E E Q E +E E E E E Q E

E|--------------------|--------------------|
B|--------------------|------------------6-|
G|-------6---8-[6]----|-------[6]---8-6----|
D|-(8)-8---8--------8-|-(8)-8-----8--------|
A|--------------------|--------------------|
D|--------------------|--------------------|

Ab5 F5 Ab5

PM|

E E E E H +W

E|---------------------|-------------------------|
B|---------------------|-------------------------|
G|---------------------|-------------------------|
D|---------------------|-------------------------|
A|--6-------3--6-------|-(6)---------------------|
D|--6--6-6--3--6-------|-(6)---------------------|

|

| ~~~

| +E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E

E|---------------------|-------------------------|
B|-(6)-----------------|--------------------/16--|
G|-------6-----8-6--10-|-----8---/13---10--------|
D|-----8---[8]---------|-------------------------|
A|---------------------|-------------------------|
D|---------------------|-------------------------|

Bb5 G5Bb5

PM|

E E E E H +W

E|------------------------|---------------------|
B|------------------------|---------------------|
G|------------------------|---------------------|
D|------------------------|---------------------|
A|---8------5--8----------|--(8)----------------|
D|---8--8-8-5--8----------|--(8)----------------|

|

| ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~

| +H E E E E +H E E E E

E|------------------------|---------------------|
B|-(16)-------16-14-13-14-|-(14)----14-13-14-16-|
G|------------------------|---------------------|
D|------------------------|---------------------|
A|------------------------|---------------------|
D|------------------------|---------------------|

Ab5 F5 Ab5

PM---|

E E E E H +W

E|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|--6-----------3--6----------|--(6)------------------------|
D|--6--6-----6--3--6----------|--(6)------------------------|

|

| ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~

| E S S E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E

E|-13-16p13----13-------------|-----------------------------|
B|----------16----16-14-13-14-|-(14)-------13-(13)----------|
G|----------------------------|------13-15---------12-13-15-|
D|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|-----------------------------|

Bb5 G5 Bb5

PM|

E E E E H +W

E|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--8-----------5--8----------|--(8)---------------------------|
D|--8-----8--8--5--8----------|--(8)---------------------------|

|

| ~~~~~~~~~

| S S E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E

E|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-13h14p13----13-------------|--------------------------------|
G|----------15----15-13-12-13-|-(13)-------12b14r(12)----------|
D|----------------------------|------13-15------------11-13-15-|
A|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|----------------------------|--------------------------------|

Ab5 F5 Ab5

PM---|

E E E E H +W

E|----------------------------|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------|----------------------------||
G|----------------------------|----------------------------||
D|----------------------------|----------------------------||
A|--6-----------3--6----------|-(6)------------------------||
D|--6--6-----6--3--6----------|-(6)------------------------||

|

| ~~

| E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E

E|----------------------------|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------|----------------------------||
G|-12h13p12----12-------------|----------------------------||
D|----------15----15-13-11-13-|-11h13p11-10-11-10----------||
A|----------------------------|-------------------13-11-13-||
D|----------------------------|----------------------------||

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

E|---------------------|--------------------|
B|o--------------------|--------------------|
G|---------------------|--------------------|
D|---------------------|--------------------|
A|o---8------5-8-----5-|---8------5-8-----5-|
D|----8--8-8-5-8-8-8-5-|---8--8-8-5-8-8-8-5-|

|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| +W +W

E|---------------------|--------------------|
B|o--------------------|--------------------|
G|---------------------|--------------------|
D|---------------------|--------------------|
A|o-(13)---------------|-(13)---------------|
D|---------------------|--------------------|

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

E|--------------------|---------------------||
B|--------------------|--------------------o||
G|--------------------|---------------------||
D|--------------------|---------------------||
A|---6------3-6-----3-|---6------3-6-----3-o||
D|---6--6-6-3-6-6-6-3-|---6--6-6-3-6-6-6-3--||

|

|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| +W +W

E|--------------------|---------------------||
B|--------------------|--------------------o||
G|--------------------|---------------------||
D|--------------------|---------------------||
A|-(13)---------------|-(13)---------------o||
D|--------------------|---------------------||

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

E|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
B|o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
G|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
D|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
A|o-8-----5-8-----5-|-8-----5-8-----5-|-6-----3-6-----3-|-6-----3-6-----3-o||
D|--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

E|-----------------|-----------------|---------------*|
B|-----------------|-----------------|---------------*|
G|-----------------|-----------------|---------------*|
D|-----------------|-----------------|---------------*|
A|-6-----3-6-----3-|-6-----3-6-----3-|-8-8-(8)-------*|
D|-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

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