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
[Verse 1 - just bass drum] [E] When I wake up yeah I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who [B] wakes up next to [E] you When I [E] go out yeah I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who [B] goes along with [E] you
If I [E] get drunk yes I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who [B] gets drunk next to [E] you And if I [E] haver yeah I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who's [B] havering to [E] you
[Chorus - Full drums] But [E] I would walk 500 miles And I [A] would walk 5 [B] 00 more Just to [E] be the man who walked 1,000 [A] miles To fall down [B] at your door
[Verse 2 - Semi drums - snare only on 4] When I'm [E] working yes I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who' [B] s working hard fo [E] r you And whe [E] n the money comes in for the work I'll do I'll pass [A] almost every pe [B] nny on to you [E]
[E] When I come home yeah I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who [B] comes back home t [E] o you And if [E] I grow old well I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who's [B] growing old with [E] you
[Chorus - Full drums] But [E] I would walk 500 miles And I [A] would walk 5 [B] 00 more Just to [E] be the man who walked 1,000 [A] miles To fall down [B] at your door Da da [E] da (da da da) Da da da (da da da) Da da [A] da dun diddle un [B] diddle un diddle uh [E] da Da da [E] da (da da da) Da da da (da da da) Da da [A] da dun diddle un [B] diddle un diddle uh [E] da
[Verse 3] When I'm [E] lonely yes I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who's [B] lonely without [E] you When I' [E] m dreaming well I know I'm gonna dream I'm gonna dr [A] eam about the [B] time when I'm with [E] you. When I [E] go out, well I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who [B] goes along with [E] you And when [E] I come home, yes I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who [B] comes back home with [C#m] you I'm gonna [F#m] be the man who's [B] coming home with [E] you
[Chorus] But [E] I would walk 500 miles And I [A] would walk 5 [B] 00 more Just to [E] be the man who walked 1,000 [A] miles To fall down [B] at your door Da da [E] da (da da da) Da da da (da da da) Da da [A] da dun diddle un [B] diddle un diddle uh [E] da Da da [E] da (da da da) Da da da (da da da) Da da [A] da dun diddle un [B] diddle un diddle uh [E] da
Da da [E] da (da da da) Da da da (da da da) Da da [A] da dun diddle un [B] diddle un diddle uh [E] da Da da [E] da (da da da) Da da da (da da da) Da da [A] da dun diddle un [B] diddle un diddle uh [E] da
And [E] I would walk 500 miles And I [A] would walk 5 [B] 00 more Just to [E] be the man who walked 1,000 [A] miles To fall down [B] at your do [E] or
