[Verse 1 - note for mid is C - first fret on B] It's close to [Am7] midnight, and something evil's, lurking in the dark. [D7] Under the [Am7] moonlight, you see a sight, that almost stops your heart. You try to [D7] scream, but terror takes the sound, before you [Am7] make it. You start to [D7] freeze, as horror looks you right between the [Am7] eyes You're para- [Em] lyzed.
[Chorus 1] 'Cos this is; [Am] Thril- [C] ler, ---------- [C] Thril- [D] ler [Am] Night; And [D7] no one's gonna save you from the [Dm7] beast about to strike. You know it's; [Am] Thril- [C] ler, ------------ [C] Thril- [D] ler [Am] Night; You're [D7] fighting for your life, inside a (delay chords until lyric) [F7] killer, [D7] Thriller, to [Am7] - night
[Interlude] [Am7]
[Verse 2] You hear the [Am7] door slam, and realise there's nowhere left to run. [D7] You feel the [Am7] cold hand, and wonder if you'll ever see the sun. You close your [D7] eyes, and hope that this is just imagi- [Am7] nation. But all the [D7] while, you hear the creature creepin' up be- [Am7] hind You're out of [Em] time.
[Chorus 2] 'Cos this is; [Am] Thril- [C] ler, ---------- [C] Thril- [D] ler [Am] Night; There [D7] ain't no second chance to kill the [Dm7] thing with forty eyes, girl. [Am] Thril- [C] ler, ------------ [C] Thril- [D] ler [Am] Night; You're [D7] fighting for your life, inside a [F7] killer, [D7] Thriller, [Am7] to-night.
[Bridge 1 - Play chords pretty straight ] [D7] Night creatures call and the [D7] dead start to walk in their [Fmaj7] masquerade. [G] [Am7] There's no escapin' the [Am7] jaws of the alien, this [Em7b5-022333] time; ---------- [Fmaj7] This is the end of your [E7sus4-020200] life. [E7]
[Verse 3] [Am7] They're out to get you; there's demons closing in on every side. [D7] They will pos- [Am7] sess you; unless you change the number on your dial. Now is the [D7] time, for you and I to cuddle close to- [Am7] gether. All through the [D7] night, I'll save you from the terror on the [Am7] screen; I'll make you [Em] see...
[Chorus 3] That this is; [Am] Thril- [C] ler, [C] Thril- [D] ler [Am] Night; 'Cos [D7] I can thrill you more than any [Dm7] ghost would dare try. [Am] Thril- [C] ler, [C] Thril- [D] ler [Am] Night; So [D7] let me hold you tight, and share a [F7] killer, [D7] Thriller, [Am7] to-night.
[Chorus 4] That this is; [Am] Thril- [C] ler, [C] Thril- [D] ler [Am] Night; 'Cos [D7] I can thrill you more than any [Dm7] ghost would dare try. [Am] Thril- [C] ler, [C] Thril- [D] ler [Am] Night; So [D7] let me hold you tight, and share a [F7] killer, [D7] thriller, [Am7] tonight
[Intro Keyboard riff - BPM 116 - G = 3x003x G* = 355433, C/G 335553 - Capo 2 for original key] GxxG* xxxx x(C/G)Gx (C/G)xxx GxxG* xx(C/G)G* xxxx xxxx
[Verse] [Am] So [G/B] wild, [C] standing [G] there , ....[G] with her hands in her [Em] hair [Am] I [G/B] can't [C] help re [G] member,...... [Em] just where she touched me [Fadd9] [Dm7] ....... There's [C]still [G]no face [Dm7] ....... here [C]in [G]her place
[Verse] [Am] So [G/B] cool, [C] she [G] was like [D7sus4-xx0213] jazz on a summer's day [D7] [Am] Mu- [G/B] sic, [C] high [G] and sweet, [D7sus4] then she just blew away [D7]
[Chorus - just bass drum Bxxb Bxxx - Esus2/G# = 476454 - no sus2] [D/F#] Now she [C] can't be that [G] warm [D/F#] with the [C] wind in her [G] arms - Va le (drums back in) [C] Rie [G] eeee [D] call on [C] me, call on [Em] me [G] eeee [C] Vale [G/B] rie Come and [Csus2] (drums stop) see--------(b+Csus2 b+Csus2 - second on me) me, I'm the same (bass drum in) boy I used to be
[Verse] [Am] Love [G/B] songs [C] fill the [G] night,....[G] but they don't tell it [Em] all, [Am] Not [G/B] how [C] lovers [G] cry out,..... [Em] just like they are dy [Fadd9] ying [Dm7] .......... Her [C]cries [G]hang there [Dm7] ....... in [C]time [G]somewhere
[Verse] [Am] Some [G/B] day, [C] some [G] good wind, [D7sus4] may blow her back to me [D7] [Am] Some [G/B] night [C] I__ [G] may hear, [D7sus4] her like she used to be [D7]
[Chorus] [D/F#] No they [C] can't be that [G] warm [D/F#] with the [C] wind in her [G] arms Vale [C] rie,---- [G] ------- [D] call on [C] me, call on [Em] me,--- [G] ------- [C] Valer [G/B] ie Come and [Csus2] see--------me, I'm the same boy I used to be
[Verse] [Am] So [G/B] cool, [C] she [G] was like, [D7sus4] jazz on a summer's day [D7] [Am] Mu- [G/B] sic, [C] high [G] and sweet, [D7sus4] then she just blew away [D7]
[Chorus - just bass drum Bxxb Bxxx] [D/F#] Now she [C] can't be that [G] warm [D/F#] with the [C] wind in her [G] arms - Va le (drums back in) [C] Rie [G] eeee [D] call on [C] me, call on [Em] me [G] eeee [C] Vale [G/B] rie Come and [Csus2] (drums stop) see--------(b+Csus2 b+Csus2 - second on me) me, I'm the same (bass drum in) boy I used to be
[Riff] GxxG* xxxx x(C/G)Gx (C/G)xxx GxxG* xx(C/G)G* xxxx xxxx [Ending] GxxG* xxxx x(C/G)Gx (C/G)xxx I'm the [G] same boy I used be.___ [G] (hard stop) [End]
