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Frayed tab by Metallica

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The frayed ends of sanity
Performed by Metallica
Music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett.
Words by James Hetfield
>From the album "...and justice for all" (1988)
Transcribed by Ludvig Forssblad - Niemistoe Custom Guitartech AB
- Niemistoe Productions AB


The rhythm is not correct, you'll have to listen to the tune to
figure it out

Intro:


e-|----------------------------------|
B-|----------------------------------|
G-|----------5---------------4-------|
D-|-2--------5-------2-------4-------|
A-|-2--------3-------2-------2-------|
E-|-0----------------0---------------|
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
Riff 1 Repeat 6 times
                            P.M..|
e-|----------------------------------------------------------|
B-|----------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-----3----------3---------------3-----------3-------------|
D-|-2---3---2------3---2-------2---3---2-------3---2---------|
A-|-2---1---2------1---2-------2---1---2-------1---2---------|
E-|-0-------0--X-X-----0---X-X-0-------0---X-X-----0---0-0-0-|

Main riff:
   P.M.|   |.|   |   |.|
e-|----------------------------------|
B-|----------------------------------|
G-|---------3--------3---------------|
D-|-2-------3--------3-----4-------3\|
A-|-2-------1--------1-----4-------3\|
E-|-0-0-0-0------0-0-----0-2---0-0-1\|

Add 1:
   P.M.|   |.|
e-|--------------------------------|
B-|--------------------------------|
G-|---------3--------3-------3-3-3-|
D-|-2-------3--------3-------3-3-3-|
A-|-2-------1--------1-------1-1-1-|
E-|-0-0-0-0------0-0---------------|

Add 2:
   P.M.|   |.|
e-|----------------------------------------|
B-|----------------------------------------|
G-|---------3--------3------3-3------3-3-3-|
D-|-2-------3--------3------3-3------3-3-3-|
A-|-2-------1--------1----X-1-1------1-1-1-|
E-|-0-0-0-0------0-0-----------------------|

Verse 1:
    P.M   |.|   |.|   |.|   |.|
e-|-------------------------------------------
B-|-------------------------------------------
G-|-------------------------------------------
D-|-2-------2---------------------------------
A-|-2-------2-------7-------7-------7-------7-
E-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-6---0-0-6---0-0-5---0-0-5-

 |.|   |.|
--------------------|
--------------------|
--------------------|
--------------------|
-----7--------------|
-0-0-4---0-0-2br2br-|

Verse 2:

e-|---------------|
B-|---------------|
G-|-4---3---2-----|
D-|-4---3---2---6-|
A-|-2---1---0---6-|
E-|-------------4-|

Prechorus (very drunken rhythm):
  P.M      |.|     |.|    |.|
e-|-------------------------------------------------
B-|-------------------------------------------------
G-|-------------------------------------------------
D-|------5/5-7--------5/5-7-------5-5-------5-6-7-8-
A-|------5/5-7--------5/5-7-------5-5-------5-6-7-8-
E-|-0-0--3/3-5----0-0-3/3-5---0-0-3-3---0-0-3-4-5-6-

 |.|     |.|     |.|    |.|
------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------|
------5/5-7-------5-5-2-------5-5-------5-6-7-8-|
------5/5-5-------5-5-2-------5-5-------5-6-7-8-|
--0-0-3/3-5---0-0/3-3-0---0-0/3-3---0-0-3-4-5-6-|

Chorus:
          P.M          P.M
e-|------------------------------------------------------
B-|------------------------------------------------------
G-|------------------------------4-----------------------
D-|-2------4------5-6-7-8-2------4------5-6-7-8-2------5-
A-|-2------4------5-6-7-8-2------2------5-6-7-8-2------5-
E-|-0------2------3-4-5-6-0-------------3-4-5-6-0------3-

      P.M         P.M..| |...........|
------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------9------7----------5-6-7-8---------|
-----4------5-6-7-8-9------7--5-6-7-8-5-6-7-8-5-6-7-8-|
-----4------5-6-7-8-7------5--5-6-7-8-3-4-5-6-5-6-7-8-|
-----2------3-4-5-6-0---------3-4-5-6---------3-4-5-6-|

Riff 2a(rhythm guitar plays B5):
      P.M.|    |.....|
e-|---------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------|
D-|-2h4p2---------------------------|
A-|---------5-4-2-2h4p2---------2-5-|
E-|---------------------5-3-2-5-----|

Riff 3a(rhythm guitar plays C#5):
       P.M.|    |.....|
e-|----------------------------------|
B-|----------------------------------|
G-|----------------------------------|
D-|-----4h6p-------------------------|
A-|-4--------7-6-4-4h6p4---------4-7-|
E-|----------------------7-5-4-7-----|

Add 3:

e-|--------|
B-|--------|
G-|--------|
D-|--4---4-|
A-|--2---2-|
E-|--------|

Riff 2b(rhythm guitar plays B5):
       P.M.|    |.....|
e-|-----------------------------------|
B-|-----------------------------------|
G-|-----2h4p2-------------------------|
D-|-0---2h4p2-4-2-0-0h2p0---------0h4-|
A-|-2---------5-4-2-2h4p2-4-2-0-4-2h5-|
E-|-----------------------5-3-2-5-----|

Riff 3b(rhythm guitar plays C#5):
       P.M.|    |.....|
e-|-----------------------------------|
B-|-----------------------------------|
G-|-----4h6p4-------------------------|
D-|-2---4h6p4-6-4-3-2h4p2---------2h6-|
A-|-4---------7-6-4-4h6p4-6-4-2-6-4h7-|
E-|-----------------------7-5-4-7-----|

Riff 4:
  D5               D#5
       P.M.|      |...|      |...|
e-|-------------------------------------------------
B-|-------------------------------------------------
G-|-----5h7p5-----------5h7p5-----------6h8p6-------
D-|-7---5h7p5-7-5-3-7---5h7p5-7-5-3-8---6h8p6-8-6-4-
A-|-5---------8-7-5-5---------8-7-5-6---------9-8-6-
E-|-------------------------------------------------
      |....|
------------------|
------------------|
------6h8p6-------|
--8---6h8p6-------|
--6---------9-8-6-|
------------------|

Riff 5:
  E5
                   P.M.......|
e-|----------------------------------------------
B-|-8---7h8p7---8---7h8p7---8p7---7h8p7----------
G-|-9---7h9p7---9---7h9p7---9p7---7h9p7---9------
D-|-9---7h9p7---9---7h9p7---9p7---7h9p7---10-7-5-
A-|---------------------------------------10-7-5-
E-|------------------------------------------9-7-

    |...........|
-------------------------------|
-------------------------------|
--4h5p4-----------------4-7-9--|
--5h7p5-7--5-4---4-7----5-7-9--|
--7h9p7-9--7-5---5-9----7-9-10-|
--------10-8-7---7-10----------|

Riff 6:
  P.M.....|    |.....|    |.....|
e-|-----------------------------------------------
B-|-----------------------------------------------
G-|-----------------------------------------------
D-|-----------------------------------------------
A-|-------------7p5h7---------7p5h7---------7p5h7-
E-|-0---0-0-0---------0-0-0---------0-0-0---------

 |..|  |..|  |...|     |...|     |...|
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
--------------------------7p5h7---------7p5h7-------
--0-0-7---0-0-6---0-0-0---------0-0-0---------0-0-0-

    |..|   |.|
--------------------------|
--------------------------|
--------------------------|
--------------------------|
--7p5h7-----6-------5p0---|
--------7-7-----6-6-----3-|

Add 4
e-|-----------------------------|
B-|-----------------------------|
G-|-----------------------------|
D-|-5p4h5------5p4h5------5p4h5-|
A-|-----------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------|

Add 5
e-|-----------------------------|
B-|-----------------------------|
G-|-----------------------------|
D-|-9p7h9------9p7h9------9p7h9-|
A-|-----------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------|

Add 6
e-|--------------------------------------|
B-|--------------------------------------|
G-|--------------------------------------|
D-|-14p12h14------14p12h14------14p12h14-|
A-|--------------------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------------|


Solo: I got this somewhere, it's anything but complete. I can't
play the damn thing anyway.

e-|------|-t14p10p7---t14p10p7---t14---(14)p10p7---t14p10p7-
B-|---//-|--------------------------------------------------
G-|-5//--|--------------------------------------------------
D-|-7/---|--------------------------------------------------
A-|------|--------------------------------------------------
E-|------|--------------------------------------------------

-t14/15p10p7---t14/15p10p7---t14/15p10p7h(10)--t17p10p7--
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------

-t14/15p10p7---t14t14p10p7---t14/15p10p7-t14-t14p10p7--
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------

-t15p10p7---t14p10p7---t15p10p7---t14p10p7---t15p10p7--
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------

-t14p10p7---t15p10p7---5-----------------------------------
-----------------------5---h2---(2)/---17b/\/\/\full/\/\/\-
-----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------

-----------/\/\full/\/\----------------14---17p14-------14--
-17b---17b/---------------(17)------17--------------17------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------
-17p14---17p14---17b---14-------------------------------
----------------------------16---14---16p14-----14-16b--
----------------------------------------------16--------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------

----------17p14-------------------------------------------
-14-17p14-------17p14-------14h17p14----------------------
----------------------17b------------16---14------14-16b--
---------------------------------------------16-----------
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------
-14-14h17p14---------14-17p14---14-17p14----14h17p14-----
---------------17b------------17---------16----------16--
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------|
-14h17p-14----14h17p14-|
-----------16----------|
-----------------------|
-----------------------|
-----------------------|

I haven't got more than this, maybe it's totally wrong, I
haven't played more than the beginning, that part sounds
quite good.
The rhythm guitar plays very weird and unfinished
lines, the rhythm varies between 4/4, 3/4 and 5/4:

   P.M......|
e-|----------------|
B-|----------------|
G-|-------------3--|
D-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3--|
A-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-1--|
E-|----------------|

   P.M...................|   P.M.  P.M.
e-||-----------------------------------------
B-||*----------------------------------------
G-||-----------------------------------------
D-||-----------------------------------------
A-||*----------------------------------------
E-||-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-7---0-0-6---0-0-

P.M............|   |.|   |..................|
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
-0---0-0-0---0-0-7---0-0-6---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-

  |  |  |  |  |    P.M...........|
-----------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------
---------------------8-------------------------
---------7-0-6-------8-------------------------
-7-0-6-0-------0-7-0-6------0---0-0-0---0-0-7\-

 P.M....................|  |.|   |.............
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
-------------------------4-------3-----------------
-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-----2-2-----2-2-2---2-2-2-
                    Play twice
 ..|   |.|   |.................|   |-|
----------------------------------------------||
---------------------------------------------*||
----------------------------------------------||
----------------------------------------------||
-----4-------3-----------------------4-------*||
-2-2-----2-2-----2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-----2-2--||

  P.M...................|   |.|  |.............|
e-|---------------------------------------------------
B-|---------------------------------------------------
G-|---------------------------------------------------
D-|---------------------------------------------------
A-|---------------------------------------------------
E-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-7---0-0-6---0-0-0---0-0-0-

 P.M   |.|   |.................|   |.|
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
-0-0-7---0-0-6---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-7---0-0-

 P.M...................|  |.|   |............|
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
-------------------------4-------3-----------------
-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-----2-2-----2-2-2---2-2-2-

 P.M   |.|   |.................|   |.|
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
-----4-------3-----------------------4-------
-2-2-----2-2-----2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-----2-2-

 P.M...................|   |.|   |...........|
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-7---0-0-6---0-0-0---0-0-0-
---------------------------------------------------

 P.M   |.|   |..................|
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
-----7-------6-----------------------
-0-0-----0-0-----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-
-------------------------------------

  |  |  |  |  |    |.............|   |.|
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
---------------------8--------------------------------
---------7-0-6-------8--------------------------------
-7-0-6-0-------0-7-0-6------0---0-0-0---0-0-7---0-0-6-
------------------------------------------------------

 P.M...............|   |.|   |.................|
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-7---0-0-6---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-
-----------------------------------------------------

  |  |  |  |  |   |........|
-------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------|
---------------------9---------------|
---------7-0-6-------9---9-9-9-9-9-9-|
-7-0-6-0-------0-7-0-7---9-9-9-9-9-9-|
-------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-|
That was the solo stuff

Riff 7:
   P.M  |  |.|  |   |......|
e-|---------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------|
D-|-5-----7---9-----5---7-9---------|
A-|-7-----5---7-----7---5-7---------|
E-|---0-0---0---0-0---0-----0-0-0-0-|

Riff 9:
       P.M..|    |......|
e-|-------------------------------------|
B-|-8---7h8p7---------------------------|
G-|-9---7h9p7-7--6-4-4-6-4----------4h6-|
D-|-9---7h9p7-9--7-5-5h7p5-7--5-4-7-5h7-|
A-|-----------10-9-7-7h9p7-9--7-5-9-7h9-|
E-|------------------------10-8-7-10----|

Add 7
e-|----------------------|
B-|----------------------|
G-|-3---3------3---3---3-|
D-|-3---3------3---3---3-|
A-|-1---1------1---1---1-|
E-|----------------------|


Chorus 2:
          P.M          P.M
e-|------------------------------------------------------
B-|------------------------------------------------------
G-|------------------------------4-----------------------
D-|-2------4------5-6-7-8-2------4------5-6-7-8-2------5-
A-|-2------4------5-6-7-8-2------2------5-6-7-8-2------5-
E-|-0------2------3-4-5-6-0-------------3-4-5-6-0------3-

       P.M          |.....|
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
--------------------9------7--------------9------7--
-----4------5-6-7-8-9------7------5-6-7-8-9------7--
-----4------5-6-7-8-7------5------5-6-7-8-7------5--
-----2------3-4-5-6-0-------------3-4-5-6-0---------

 P.M...| |............|
-------------------------|
-------------------------|
---------5-6-7-8---------|
-5-6-7-8-5-6-7-8-5-6-7-8-|
-5-6-7-8-3-4-5-6-5-6-7-8-|
-3-4-5-6---------3-4-5-6-|


Riff 8:
   P.M.|   |.|   |       |-|  |.|  |
e-|------------------------------------------------------
B-|------------------------------------------------------
G-|---------3-------3-----3-3---3---3-----3------3-------
D-|-2-------3-------3-----3-3---3---3-----3------3----4--
A-|-2-------1-------1---1-1-1---1---1-----1------1----4--
E-|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-------------------0-0----0-0----0-2--

 |..|
--------|
--------|
--------|
-----3\-|
-----3\-|
-0-0-1\-|

Riff 9:
   P.M...................|
e-|---------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------|
D-|-2-------------------------3-3-3-|
A-|-2-------------------------1-1-1-|
E-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|

End:

e-|-----------------|
B-|-----------------|
G-|-9---------------|
D-|-9------------\2-|
A-|-7------------\2-|
E-|-0------------\0-|

That's the riffs, fellas. I'm sure I've forgotten some part
somewhere but...anyway, the following is a list of when to
play them:

Intro x1
Riff 1 x6
Main riff x3
Add 1 x1 (drums enter)
Main riff x3
Add 1 x1
Main riff x1
Add 2 x1
Main riff x1
Verse 1 x1
Main riff x2
Verse 1 x2
Main riff x1
Verse 2 x1
Main riff x1
Verse 2 x1
Main riff x2
Prechorus x1
Chorus 1 x1
Main riff x3
Add 2 x1
Verse 1 x1
Main riff x2
Verse 1 x1
Main riff x1
Verse 2 x1
Main riff x1
Verse 2 x1
Main riff x2
Prechorus x1
Chorus 1 x1
Main riff x4
Riff 2a x4
Riff 3a x2
Riff 2a x2
Add 3 x1
Riff 2b x2
Riff 3b x2
Riff 4 x1
Riff 5 x1
Drumsolo
Riff 6 x2
Riff 6 x1 with add 4
Riff 6 x0,5 with add 5
Riff 6 x0,5 with add 6
Guitarsolo
Riff 7 x4
Add 3 x1
Riff 2a x2
Riff 11 x1
Riff 7 x4
Add 3 x1
Riff 11 x2
Riff 2a x1
Add 3 x1
Riff 2a x1
Add 3 x1
Add 7 x1
Main riff x3
Add 2 x1
Verse 1 x1
Main riff x2
Verse 1 x1
Main riff x1
Verse 2 x1
Main riff x1
Verse 2 x1
Main riff x2
Prechorus x1
Chorus 2 x1
Main riff x3
Add 2 x1
Main riff x3
Riff 8 x1
Main riff x2
Riff 9 x1
Riff 7 x5
End

Phew, that was a tough one! How can they remember all this
parts?

Here is the lyrics:
Verse 1:
Never hunger.......
I have fallen .....
Struggle within.....
Now the candle .......
Verse 2:
Twisting under s.......
Falling deep ...
Chorus 1:
Old habits .........
Fighting the ......
Growing ....
Everyone's after me .........
Frayed ends of sanity.....
Verse 1:
Birth of terror........
I'm the slave of .......
Never warnings........
As I wait for the ......
Verse 2:
Loss of interest......
Waves of fear ......
Chorus
Verse 1:
Into ruin.....
Hostage of this ......
Hell is set free......
Feel the undertow ......
Verse 2:
Height, hell, time.......
Life, death, want, waste......
Chorus

That's it lads!
Mail corrections and stuff like that to:
Niemistoe_AB@hotmail.com

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