...THRILLER... by Michael Jackson
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*from 'Thriller' (1982)*
*CAPO 4th FRET*
(Original Key: C#)
Intro:
Am C D Am7
Verse 1:
D7
It's close to midnight,
Am7
And something evil's,
Lurking in the dark.
D7
Under the moonlight,
Am7
You see a sight,
That almost stops your heart.
D7
You try to scream,
But terror takes the sound,
Am7
Before you make it.
D7
You start to freeze,
As horror looks you,
Am7
Right between the eyes;
Fmaj7 Em
You're para-lyzed.
'Cos this is;
Chorus 1:
Am C
Thril-ler,
D Am7
Thriller night,
D7
And no one's gonna save you,
Dm7
From the beast about to strike.
You know it's;
Am C
Thril-ler,
D Am7
Thriller night,
D7
You're fighting for your life,
F7 D7
Inside a killer, thriller,
F/G Am7
To-night.
Verse 2:
D7
You hear the door slam,
Am7
And realize,
There's nowhere left to run.
D7
You feel the cold hand,
Am7
And wonder,
If you'll ever see the sun.
D7
You close your eyes,
And hope that this is,
Am7
Just imagi-nation.
D7
But all the while,
You hear the creature,
Am7
Creepin' up be-hind,
Fmaj7 Em
You're out of time.
'Cos this is;
Chorus 2:
Am C
Thril-ler,
D Am7
Thriller night,
D7
And no one's gonna save you,
Dm7
From the beast about to strike.
You know it's;
Am C
Thril-ler,
D Am7
Thriller night,
D7
You're fighting for your life,
F7 D7
Inside a killer, thriller,
F/G Am7
To-night.
Bridge 1:
D7
Night creatures call,
And the dead start to walk,
Fmaj9 G
In their masquerade.
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Am7
There's no escapin',
C/G
The jaws of the,
Em7-5
Alien this time,
Fmaj7
This is the end,
E7sus4 E7
Of your life.
Verse 3:
D7
They're out to get you,
Am7
There's demons,
Closing in on every side.
D7
They will possess you,
Un-less you change,
Am7
The number on your dial.
D7
Now is the time,
For you and I to cuddle,
Am7
Close to-gether.
D7
All through the night,
I'll save you from the terror,
Am7
On the screen;
Fmaj7 Em
I'll make you see,
That this is;
Chorus 3:
Am C
Thril-ler,
D Am7
Thriller night,
D7
'Cos I can thrill you more,
Dm7
Than any ghost would dare to try.
Girl, this is;
Am C
Thril-ler,
D Am7
Thriller night,
D7
So let me hold you tight,
F7
And share a killer,
D7 F/G Am7
Diller, chil-ler,
C
Thriller here tonight.
Coda:
(Ad-lib: Am F/A G/A D/A)
(Vincent Price)
(Spoken):
Darkness falls across the land,
The midnight hour is close at hand.
Creatures crawl in search of blood,
To terrorize y'awl's neighbourhood.
And whosoever shall be found,
Without the soul for getting down,
Must stand and face the hounds of hell,
And rot inside a corpse's shell.
The foulest stench is in the air,
The funk of forty thousand years,
And grizzy ghouls from every tomb,
Are closing in to seal your doom.
And though you fight to stay alive,
Your body starts to shiver,
For no mere mortal can resist,
The evil of the thriller...
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Am C D Am7 D7 Fmaj7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02210 x32010 xx0232 x02013 xx0212 x03210
Em F7 F/G Fmaj9 G C/G
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
022000 131211 303210 x03213 320003 332010
Em7 E7sus4 E7 F/A G/A D/A
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
022030 022200 020100 x03211 000003 x00232
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
