Vox - v1-1, v2-3 Intro C#m to C#m7 (play at 7th fret mute high E with little finger when play 7th), then Cm7 to F#7 then drums in Riff with C#m play bass line A 4 E 7 A 4 7 D 4 A 4 whilst playing C#m7 (try to mute 6th fret on D so bass line works better BPM 116 - [Verse 1] It's close to [C#m7] midnight, and something evil's, lurking in the dark. [F#7] Under the [C#m7] moonlight, you see a sight, that almost stops your heart. You try to [F#7] scream, but terror takes the sound, before you [C#m7] make it. You start to [F#7] freeze, as horror looks you right between the [C#m7] eyes You're para- [G#m] lyzed.
[Chorus 1] 'Cos this is; [C#m] Thril- [E] ler, [E] Thril- [F#] ler [C#m] Night; And [F#7] no one's gonna save you from the [F#m7] beast about to strike. You know it's; [C#m] Thril- [E] ler, [E] Thril- [F#] ler [C#m] Night; You're [F#7] fighting for your life, inside a [A7] killer, [F#7] Thriller, to [(C#m7)] - night
[Interlude] C#m7
[Verse 2] You hear the [C#m7] door slam, and realise there's nowhere left to run. [F#7] You feel the [C#m7] cold hand, and wonder if you'll ever see the sun. You close your [F#7] eyes, and hope that this is just imagi- [C#m7] nation. But all the [F#7] while, you hear the creature creepin' up be- [C#m7] hind You're out of [G#m] time.
[Chorus 2] 'Cos this is; [C#m] Thril- [E] ler, [E] Thril- [F#] ler [C#m] Night; There [F#7] ain't no second chance to kill the [F#m7] thing with forty eyes, girl. [C#m] Thril- [E] ler, [E] Thril- [F#] ler [C#m] Night; You're [F#7] fighting for your life, inside a [A7] killer, [F#7] Thriller, [C#m7] to-night.
[Bridge 1 - Play chords pretty straight G#m7b5 = 464454] [F#7] Night creatures call and the dead start to walk in their [Amaj7] masquerade. [B] [C#m7] There's no escapin' the jaws of the alien, this [G#m7b5] time; [Amaj7] This is the end of your [G#7sus4] life. [G#7]
[Verse 3] [C#m7] They're out to get you; there's demons closing in on every side. [F#7] They will pos- [C#m7] sess you; unless you change the number on your dial. Now is the [F#7] time, for you and I to cuddle close to- [C#m7] gether. All through the [F#7] night, I'll save you from the terror on the [C#m7] screen; I'll make you [G#m] see...
[Chorus 3] That this is; [C#m] Thril- [E] ler, [E] Thril- [F#] ler [C#m] Night; 'Cos [F#7] I can thrill you more than any [F#m7] ghost would dare try. [C#m] Thril- [E] ler, [E] Thril- [F#] ler [C#m] Night; So [F#7] let me hold you tight, and share a [A7] killer, [F#7] Diller, [A/B] chiller, [C#m7] Thriller here to- [E] night.
[Chorus 4] That this is; [C#m] Thril- [E] ler, [E] Thril- [F#] ler [C#m] Night; 'Cos [F#7] I can thrill you more than any [F#m7] ghost would dare try. [C#m] Thril- [E] ler, [E] Thril- [F#] ler [C#m] Night; So [F#7] let me hold you tight, and share a [A7] killer, [F#7] thriller, [(C#m7)] ow!
[Break] [C#m7] ...I'm gonna thrill you tonight.
(Vincent Price)
[Spoken] [C#m7] Darkness [A] falls across the land, [B] the midnight hour is [F#*] close at hand. [C#m7] Creatures crawl in [A] search of blood, [B] to terrorise your [F#*] neighbourhood. [C#m7] And whosoever shall be [A] found, without the [B] soul for getting [F#*] down, Must [C#m7] stand and face the Hounds of Hell [A] and rot [B] inside a corpse's [F#*] shell.
(with Vocal Ad-libs) C#m7 A B F#* (x3) C#m7 A
The foulest [B] stench is in the air; the [F#*] funk of forty thousand [C#m7] years, And grizzy [A] ghouls from every tomb, [B] are closing in to [F#*] seal your doom. [C#m7] And though you fight [A] to stay alive; [B] your body starts to [F#*] shiver, For [C#m7] no mere mortal [A] can resist, the [B] evil of The [F#*] Thriller
[Intro - BPM 112] - Play G/D by sliding 3rd finger up from 3rd fret on A to 5th when playing C/E to x50003 (no drums) [Cmaj7][Db6-x46666][Dm7][Eb7]
(drum pickup) [F7]
(drums in) [D][F7] x 2 D riff E 2--------- B 3--------- G 2---2244-- D 0044------ A ---------- E ----------
Oh yeah [Verse - No drums] [C] Still don't know what I [Em7] was waiting for And my [F] time was running wild [G] A million [F] dead-end streets and [C] Every time I thought I'd [Em7] got it made It seemed the [F] taste was not so sweet [G] So I [Cmaj7] turned my [Dm7] self to face [Em7] me [Ebm7] But [Dm7] I've never caught a glimpse [G] Of how the [Cmaj7] others must [Dm7] see the fa [Em7] ker [Ebm7] I'm much too [Dm7] fast to take that test
[Chorus] (F bit all play straight 1 bar - drops 1 bar in feel) [G] Ch-ch-ch- [F] ch-Changes (drums in) [C] Turn and [C/B] face the strange [C/A] Ch-ch-Cha [C/G] nge (Just play these straight - turns beat around) [F] Don't [F/E] want to be a richer [D] man [G] Ch-ch-ch- [F] ch-Changes [C] Turn and [C/B] face the strange [C/A] Ch-ch-Cha [C/G] nge [F] It's [F/E] gonna have to be a [D] different man [F/A] Time [C/G] may [Bb] change [F] me (drum fill) But [C/E] I [G/D] can't [F/A] trace [C] time
[Riff] Drums back in [D][F7] with D riff x 2
[Verse] [C] I watch the ripples change [Em7] their size But never [F] leave the [G] stream of warm [F] impermanence And [C] so the days float through [Em7] my eyes But still the [F] days seem the same [G] And [Cmaj7] these children [Dm7] that [Em7] you spit [Ebm7] on As [Dm7] they try to change their [G] worlds Are immune [Cmaj7] to your consul [Dm7] tations [Em7][Ebm7] They're quite [Dm7] aware of what they're going through
[Chorus] [G] Ch-ch-ch- [F] ch-Changes [C] Turn and [C/B] face the strange [C/A] Ch-ch-Cha [C/G] nge [F] Don't tell them [F/E] to blow up a [D] parliament [G] Ch-ch-ch- [F] ch-Changes [C] Turn and [C/B] face the strange [C/A] Ch-ch-Cha [C/G] nge [F] Where's your shame [F/E] you've left us up to our [D] neck in it [F/A] Time [C/G] may [Bb] change [F] me (drum fill) But [C/E] you [G/D] can't [F/A] trace [C] time
[Dm][Em]
[Bridge] [F] Strange fascination, fasc [C] inating me [F/C][C] [F] Changes are taking the [G] pace I'm going through
[Chorus] [G] Ch-ch-ch-ch [F] -Changes [C] Turn and [C/B] face the strange [C/A] Ch-ch-Chang [C/G] es [F] Look out [F/E] you rock'n'rollers [D] [G] Ch-ch-ch-ch [F] -Changes [C] Turn and [C/B] face the strange [C/A] Ch-ch-Chang [C/G] es [F] Pretty [F/E] soon now you're gonna get [D] older [F/A] Time [C/G] may [Bb] change [F] me .. But [C/E] I [G/D] can't [F/A] trace [C] time
[Ending] I said that [F/A] time [C/G] may [Bb] change [F] me [C/E] I [G/D] can't [F/A] trace [C] time
[Ending Chords - Free time - no drums - Finger pick] [Dm7][Em7][Eb7][Dm7][Dbmaj7][Cmaj7]
