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
Drum bit in solo - just strum F twice then play Bass drum twice then play snare and F at same time to complete 5 notes [Intro - BPM 150] - pattern Emaj triad, then 2 x D triads repeat e|----------13-------------12--------------10---------------8-------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------14------14------12-----12------10------10-------9-------9---| D|---0---------------0--------------0---------------0---------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| Let Ring...
[Vamp] Dsus2 with bends on 3rd fret of low A and low D then play G to go into 1st verse
[Verse] [D] It's all the same, [C] only the names will [G] change [C] And ev'ry [G] day, it [F] seems we're wasting [D] away [D] Another place, [C] where the faces are so [G] cold [C] I'd drive all [G] night, just [F] to get back [D] home
[Chorus] I'm a [C] cowboy [G] , on a [F] steel horse I [D] ride I'm [C] wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live [C] Wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live
[Intro again]
[Verse] [D] Sometimes I sleep, [C] sometimes it's not for [G] days [C] and people I meet [G], always [F] go their separate [D] ways [D] Sometimes you tell the day, by the [C] bottle that you [G] drink [C] And times when you're [G] alone, and [F] all you do is [D] think
[Chorus] I'm a [C] cowboy [G] , on a [F] steel horse I [D] ride I'm [C] wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live [C] Wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live
[Intro again]
[Solo - Verse chords]
Ooooh and I'm a [C] cowboy [G], on a [F] steel horse I [D] ride I'm wanted [C][G] (wanted), [F] dead or a [D] live
[Verse] [D] And I walk these streets, a loaded [C] six string on my [G] back I [C] play for keeps [G] 'cause I [F] might not make it [D] back I been [D] everywhere, still I'm [C] standing [G] tall I've [C] seen a million [G] faces, and I've [F] rocked them all [D]
[Chorus/Outro] I'm a [C] cowboy [G] , on a [F] steel horse [D] I ride I'm [C] wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live [C] Wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live
I'm a [C] cowboy [G] , I got the [F] night on my [D] side I'm [C] wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live
Dead or a [C] live, (Dead or a [G] live), [F] dead or a [D] live I still drive [C] (still [G] drive), [F] dead or a [D] live
[C] Dead or a [G] live, [F] dead or a [D] live [C] Dead or a [G] live, [F] dead or a [D] live
