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
Submitted By: Wade Edinburgh


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, never prosper
I have fallen prey to failure
Struggle within, triggered again
Now the candle burns at both ends
Verse 2:
Twisting under schizophrenia
Falling deep into dementia
Chorus 1:
Old habits reappear
Fighting the fear of fear
Growing conspiracy
Everyone's after me (last time: Myself is after me)
Frayed ends of sanity, hear them calling me
Verse 1:
Birth of terror, death of much more
I'm the slave of fear, my captor
Never warnings, spreading it's wings
As I wait for the horror she brings
Verse 2:
Loss of interest, question, wonder
Waves of fear they pull me under
Chorus
Verse 1:
Into ruin, I am sinking
Hostage of this nameless feeling
Hell is set free, flooded I'll be
Feel the undertow inside me
Verse 2:
Height, hell, time, haste, terror, tension
Life, death, want, waste, mass depression
Chorus

That's it lads!
Mail corrections and stuff like that to:
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