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#52 4 4 x x x ^E5x 7 9 9 x x

^F51 3 3 x x x ^Gm/F1 1 x 0 x x

^G#sus2/F1 1 x 1 x x ^Eb5/F1 1 1 x x x

^Bb5x 1 3 3 x x ^C5x 3 5 5 x x

^D5x 5 7 7 x x E5open 0 2 2 x x x

A5(type 2) 5 7 7 x x x

^Bb5/Fx x 3 3 x x ^B5/F#x x 4 4 x x

^C5/Gx x 5 5 x x ^Eb5/Bbx 1 1 x x x

^E5/Bx 2 2 x x x ^F5/Cx 3 3 x x x

^G#5/Ebx x 1 1 x x ^A5/Ex x 2 2 x x

^C5/Ab4 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

^C5Gtr II ^C5/C5 ^D5 ^E5 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/-|-----------------|

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Wx3 |--------| |--------| |--------| |--------| |--------| |--------|

Pre-Verse

^Bb5/FGtr I ^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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-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

^C5Gtr II ^C5/C5 ^D5 ^E5 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

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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

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Wx5 |--------| |--------| |--------| |--------| |--------| |--------|

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Q +Q H W Q +Q H W Wx3 ||------------------|----------|-----------------|-----------||--------| ||o-----------------|----------|-----------------|----------o||--------| ||--9b11--(9)-------|----------|-9b11--(9)-------|-----------||--------| ||------------------|----------|-----------------|-----------||--------| ||o-----------------|----------|-----------------|----------o||--------| ||------------------|----------|-----------------|-----------||--------|

Outro

^F5Gtr I ^Gm/F ^G#sus2/F 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--------------|

^F5E E H +Q +W ^Eb5/F W ^Bb5E E H +Q 3x |---------------|------------|-----------|----------------|| |---------------|------------|-----------|---------------o|| |---------------|------------|-----------|-----3----(3)---|| |-----3----(3)--|-(3)--------|-^1--------|---3------------|| |---3-----------|------------|-^1--------|-1-------------o|| |-1-------------|------------|-^1--------|----------------||

^F5Gtr I ^Gm/F ^G#sus2/F 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 E E H +Q +W ^Eb5/F W ^Bb5 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|| |----------------|------------|-----------|-----------------||

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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 <n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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