The Perfect Drug tab by Nine Inch Nails

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"The Perfect Drug" by Nine Inch Nails
Track 3 of "Lost Highway" Soundtrack

Transcribed by S'punk

I've been looking at the other submittions of 'The Perfect Drug' and
none have them been entirely complete or correct so I took the liberty
to submit a complete and correct version.

Normal Tuning
 / - slide
 P.M. - palm muting
 ^ - bend (bend will be stated above the note)

Intro:
e|------------------------------------------------
BB|------------------------------------------------
G+G|--333-444-55-------------333-444-55-------------
D MajorD|--333-444-55-111-222-33--333-444-55-111-222-33--
A augmentedA|-------------111-222-33-------------111-222-33--
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------
  |P.M............................................|

e|--------------------------------------- |
BB|--------------------------------------- |
G+G|--333-444-55-------------111-222-33---- |
D MajorD|--333-444-55-111-222-33--111-222-33-1-- |
A augmentedA|-------------111-222-33-------------1-- |
E MajorE|--------------------------------------- |
  |P.M..................................|

Verse 1: (immediatley after Intro finishes)
e|-----------------------------------------------
BB|-----------------------------------------------
G+G|-333-444-55-------------333-444-55-------------
D MajorD|-333-444-55-111-222-33--333-444-55-111-222-33--
A augmentedA|-------------111-222-33------------111-222-33--
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------
  P.M..........................................|

e|---------------------------------------------- |
BB|---------------------------------------------- |
G+G|-333-444-55-------------111-222-33------------ | play twice
D MajorD|-333-444-55-111-222-33--111-222-33-111-222-33- |
A augmentedA|------------111-222-33-------------111-222-33- |
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------- |
  P.M..........................................|

1st "and I want you..." part:
e|--------------------- |
BB|--------------------- |
G+G|--5--5--5---5//7//9-- |
D MajorD|--5--5--5---5//7//9-- | play 4 times
A augmentedA|--3--3------3//5//7-- |
E MajorE|--------4------------ |

First chorus:
e|------------------------------------- |
BB|------------------------------------- |
G+G|------------------------------------- |
D MajorD|-4444444444444444/77777777-99999999-- | play only once first
A augmentedA|-4444444444444444/77777777-77777777-- | chorus
E MajorE|-2222222222222222/55555555----------- |

Second verse intro:
e|----------------------------------------------- |
BB|----------------------------------------------- |
G+G|-333-444-55-------------333-444-55------------- |
D MajorD|-333-444-55-111-222-33--333-444-55-111-222-33-- |
A augmentedA|------------111-222-33-------------111-222-33-- |
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------- |
  P.M...........................................|

Second verse:
e|-----------------------------------------------
BB|-----------------------------------------------
G+G|-333-444-55-------------333-444-55-------------
D MajorD|-333-444-55-111-222-33--333-444-55-111-222-33--
A augmentedA|-------------111-222-33------------111-222-33--
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------
  P.M..........................................|

e|---------------------------------------------- |
BB|---------------------------------------------- |
G+G|-333-444-55-------------111-222-33------------ | play twice
D MajorD|-333-444-55-111-222-33--111-222-33-111-222-33- |
A augmentedA|------------111-222-33-------------111-222-33- |
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------- |
  P.M..........................................|

Second "and I want you..." part:
  1/2   1/2
e|---------------------- |
BB|---------------------- |
G+G|-9^^^^^--9^^^^^^^^^^-- |
D MajorD|---------------------- | play 4 times
A augmentedA|---------------------- |
E MajorE|---------------------- |

Second chorus:
e|------------------------------------- |
BB|------------------------------------- |
G+G|------------------------------------- |
D MajorD|-4444444444444444/77777777-99999999-- | play 6 times
A augmentedA|-4444444444444444/77777777-77777777-- |
E MajorE|-2222222222222222/55555555----------- |

Interlude before instrumental solo:
(Actually synth, use a harmonizer pedal for best effects)
e|-------------------------------------- |
BB|-------------------------------------- |
G+G|-------------------------------------- | play 8 times
D MajorD|--8-8-8-8-8-6/8-8-8-8-8-6/-8-8-8-5/8-- |
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------- |
E MajorE|-------------------------------------- |

During instrumental solo:
e|-------------------------------------------
BB|-------------------------------------------
G+G|--------4----5---------------4----5--------
D MajorD|-2-2----4----5--------2-2----4----5--------
A augmentedA|-2-2------------------2-2------------------
E MajorE|-0-0------------------0-0------------------

e|-------------------------------------------
BB|-------------------------------------------
G+G|--------4----5---------------4----5--------
D MajorD|-2-2----4----5--------2-2----4----5--------
A augmentedA|-2-2------------------2-2------------------
E MajorE|-0-0------------------0-0------------------

e|-------------------------------------------
BB|-------------------------------------------
G+G|-------------------------------------------
D MajorD|-2-2------------------2-2------------------
A augmentedA|-2-2------------------2-2------------------
E MajorE|-0-0------------------0-0------------------

e|------------------------------------------- |
BB|------------------------------------------- |
G+G|------------------------------------------- |
D MajorD|-2-2------------------2-2------------------ |
A augmentedA|-2-2------------------2-2------------------ |
E MajorE|-0-0------------------0-0------------------ |

This is where the drum solo comes in. After the solo play this:

Ending, Part 1:
e|--------------------------------------------------------- |
BB|--------------------------------------------------------- |
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------- |
D MajorD|-----3-----------5-----6------------3-----1------------8- |
A augmentedA|---3-----------1-----1------------3-------1----------8--- |
E MajorE|-1-----------1-----1------------1---------1--------6----- |

After Ending, Part 1 is played two times, a keyboard part starts
playing in the background. You can play that part on the guitar
like this:

Ending, Part 2:
e|-16--15-----8-10-11--18--16--15---13----11-- |
BB|-13--13-----5--7--8--15--13--13---10-----8-- |
G+G|-------------------------------------------- |
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------- |
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------- |
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------- |

Play this and Part 1 together a few times, and then play just Part 2
twice.

That's it!