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 130 - Drums straight in In chorus, emphasise snare hits on some chords as question and answer to vocals]
[E] E ----------------------- B ----9999--------------- G ----9999----2-1---2-1-- D ----9999----2---2-----2 x 2 A ----7777----2---------- E ------------0---------- DrB S B
[Verse] [E] Dark in the city, [Esus4] night is a [E] wire, steam in the subway, the [Esus4] earth is a- [E] fire Do do [D] doo do, do doo do, do doo do, do doo do, do [E] do do [E] Woman you want me, [Esus4] give me a [E] sign and catch me breathing even [Esus4] closer be- [E] hind Do do [D] doo do, do doo do, do doo do, do doo do, do [E] do do
[Chorus] [C] In touch with the [G] ground, I'm on the [F] hunt, I'm after you I smell like I [C] sound, I'm lost in a [G] crowd and I'm [F] hungry like the [D] wolf
Straddle the [C] line, in discord and [G] rhyme, I'm on the [F] hunt, I'm after you Mouth is a [C] live, with juices like [G] wine, and I'm [F] hungry like the [D] wolf (full drums stop)
[Em] (drum fill x S x S x S )
[Verse] [E] Stalked in the forest, [Esus4] too close to [E] hide, I'll be upon you by the [Esus4] moonlight [E] side Do do [D] doo do, do doo do, do doo do, do doo do, do [E] do do [E] High blood drumming on your [Esus4] skin it's so [E] tight, you feel my heat, I'm just a [Esus4] moment be- [E] hind Do do [D] doo do, do doo do, do doo do, do doo do, do [E] do do
[Chorus - Emphasise chords on snare as per drums] [C] In touch with the [G] ground, I'm on the [F] hunt I'm after you Scent and a [C] sound, I'm lost and I'm [G] found and I'm [F] hungry like the [D] wolf
Straddle the [C] line, it's discord and [G] rhyme, I howl and I [F] whine, I'm after you Mouth is a- [C] live, all running in- [G] side, and I'm [F] hungry like the [D] wolf [Em7]
[Bridge - Drum solo or something :-)] [Em7] Hungry like the wolf
[Outro] Burning the [C] ground, I break from the [G] crowd, I'm on the [F] hunt, I'm after you I smell like I [C] sound, I'm lost and I'm [G] found and I'm [F] hungry like the [D] wolf
Straddle the [C] line, it's discord and [G] rhyme, I'm on the [F] hunt, I'm after you Mouth is a- [C] live with juices like [G] wine and I'm [F] hungry like the [D] wolf
Burning the [C] ground, I break from the [G] crowd, I'm on the [F] hunt, I'm after you Scent and a [C] sound, I'm lost and I'm [G] found and I'm [F] hungry like the [D] wolf
Straddle the [C] line, it's discord and [G] rhyme, I howl and I [F] whine, I'm after you Mouth is a [C] live, all running in- [G] side, and I'm [F] hungry like the [D] wolf (Fade)
