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The Perfect Drug Tab by Nine Inch Nails

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|------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------
G|--333-444-55-------------333-444-55-------------
D|--333-444-55-111-222-33--333-444-55-111-222-33--
A|-------------111-222-33-------------111-222-33--
E|------------------------------------------------
   |P.M............................................|
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e|--------------------------------------- |
B|--------------------------------------- |
G|--333-444-55-------------111-222-33---- |
D|--333-444-55-111-222-33--111-222-33-1-- |
A|-------------111-222-33-------------1-- |
E|--------------------------------------- |
   |P.M..................................|

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

e|---------------------------------------------- |
B|---------------------------------------------- |
G|-333-444-55-------------111-222-33------------ | play twice
D|-333-444-55-111-222-33--111-222-33-111-222-33- |
A|------------111-222-33-------------111-222-33- |
E|---------------------------------------------- |
    P.M..........................................|

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

First chorus:
e|------------------------------------- |
B|------------------------------------- |
G|------------------------------------- |
D|-4444444444444444/77777777-99999999-- |  play only once first
A|-4444444444444444/77777777-77777777-- |  chorus
E|-2222222222222222/55555555----------- |

Second verse intro:
e|----------------------------------------------- |
B|----------------------------------------------- |
G|-333-444-55-------------333-444-55------------- |
D|-333-444-55-111-222-33--333-444-55-111-222-33-- |
A|------------111-222-33-------------111-222-33-- |
E|----------------------------------------------- |
   P.M...........................................|

Second verse:
e|-----------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------
G|-333-444-55-------------333-444-55-------------
D|-333-444-55-111-222-33--333-444-55-111-222-33--
A|-------------111-222-33------------111-222-33--
E|-----------------------------------------------
    P.M..........................................|

e|---------------------------------------------- |
B|---------------------------------------------- |
G|-333-444-55-------------111-222-33------------ | play twice
D|-333-444-55-111-222-33--111-222-33-111-222-33- |
A|------------111-222-33-------------111-222-33- |
E|---------------------------------------------- |
    P.M..........................................|

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

Second chorus:
e|------------------------------------- |
B|------------------------------------- |
G|------------------------------------- |
D|-4444444444444444/77777777-99999999-- |  play 6 times
A|-4444444444444444/77777777-77777777-- |
E|-2222222222222222/55555555----------- |

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

During instrumental solo:
e|-------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------
G|--------4----5---------------4----5--------
D|-2-2----4----5--------2-2----4----5--------
A|-2-2------------------2-2------------------
E|-0-0------------------0-0------------------

e|-------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------
G|--------4----5---------------4----5--------
D|-2-2----4----5--------2-2----4----5--------
A|-2-2------------------2-2------------------
E|-0-0------------------0-0------------------

e|-------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------
D|-2-2------------------2-2------------------
A|-2-2------------------2-2------------------
E|-0-0------------------0-0------------------

e|------------------------------------------- |
B|------------------------------------------- |
G|------------------------------------------- |
D|-2-2------------------2-2------------------ |
A|-2-2------------------2-2------------------ |
E|-0-0------------------0-0------------------ |

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

Ending, Part 1:
e|--------------------------------------------------------- |
B|--------------------------------------------------------- |
G|--------------------------------------------------------- |
D|-----3-----------5-----6------------3-----1------------8- |
A|---3-----------1-----1------------3-------1----------8--- |
E|-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-- |
B|-13--13-----5--7--8--15--13--13---10-----8-- |
G|-------------------------------------------- |
D|-------------------------------------------- |
A|-------------------------------------------- |
E|-------------------------------------------- |

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

That's it!

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