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---------------|
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
Frayed by Metallica guitar tabs playing instructions.