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
D A Bm7 G E -2-2-3200-----7--12(9)7--7-5-3- B -3-3----7-578-10------x-------- G -2-2----6-----7-------0-------- D -0-0----7-----7-------0-------- A --------0-----9-------x-------- E --------------7-------3--------
(notes - play 023 line with A with little finger
[Verse 1 - Drum roll in] Satur [D] day [A] after [Bm] noon The [G] sunshine pours like [D] wine Through your window [A] - (A riff) [A][A/G][A/F#][A/E] And I [D] know [Dsus4] ------- [D] --- [A] -- Golden J [Bm] une can [G] turn an empty [D] grey Against your [A] window - (riff) [A][A/G][A/F#][A/E] And I f [G] eel like [G6(320000)] ----------- [G] -- Im on [A] the outside [A6(x02222)] ----------- [A] -- Of a [D] circle
[Intro Riff - D A Bm7 G D]
[Verse 2] If I [D] walked [Dsus4] ------ [D] -- [A] ---- By the [Bm] trees I`ll [G] catch the falling [D] leaves If the w [A] ind blows - (A riff) [A][A/G][A/F#][A/E] But I k [D] now [Dsus4] ------ [D] -- [A] ---- All this [Bm] means is [G] whiling on the h [D] ours Watching [A] sideshows - (riff) [A][A/G][A/F#][A/E] And I [G] feel like [G6(320000)] ----------- [G] - Im on the [A] outside [A6(x02222)] ----------- [A] - Of a c [D] ircle [Dsus4] ------ [D]
[Bridge] [C] Will I tu [G] rn my coat to the [D] rain (I don`t know) [Asus4][A] [C] But im g [G] oing somewhere I can [A] warm my [Asus4] bones
[Verse 3] Fare you [D] well [Dsus4][D][A] I`ll carry me [Bm] away And s [G] ing for those I [D] know upon their [A] birthdays - (riff) [A][A/G][A/F#][A/E]
I won`t fe [G] el like [G6] --- [(320000)] --------- [G] I`m on the [A] outside [A6] --- [(x02222)] --------- [A] I won`t fe [G] el like [G6] --- [(320000)] --------- [G] I`m on the [A] outside [A6] --- [(x02222)] --------- [A] I won`t fe [G] el like [G6] --- [(320000)] --------- [G] I`m on the [A] outside [A6] --- [(x02222)] --------- [A] Of a [D] circle
[Outro] D A Bm G - D Dsus4 D A Bm G D (Drum Roll to end) [End]
[Notes] (A riff) - G F# E bass run - fret all of A chord with 1st finger to accomodate the bass run GG F#F# EE
