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 - CAPO 3rd FRET - BPM 134 - NO DRUMS AT START] Key board riff - Cm at 8th fret - play high minor 3rd mute by angling 3rd Cm...............A#................Fm.................Eb 8-10-x-8-8-12 .. 13-12-10-11-10 .. 13-0-0-13-13-13 .. 11-13-13-12-11-11
[Verse - Chords relative to Capo] You [Am] leave in the morning with every [G] thing you own in a [Dm] little black [C] case [Am] Alone on the platform the [G] wind and the rain on a [Dm] sad and [C] lonely ......
[Keyboard riff x 2- DRUMS IN NOW] Am G Dm C x 2 Face (hold over keyboard riff)
[Verse] [Am] mother will never un [G] derstand why you [Dm] had to lea.... eve [C] For the [Am] answers you seek will [G] never be found at [Dm] home [C] For the [Am] love you need will [G] never be found at [Dm] home [C]
[Chorus] Run a [Am] way turn away run a [G] way turn away run a [Dm] way [C] Run a [Am] way turn away run a [G] way turn away run a [Dm] way [C]
[Verse] [Am] Pushed around and [G] kicked around always a [Dm] lonely boy [C] [Am] You were the one that theyd talk [G] about around [Dm] town as they put you [C] down And as [Am] hard as they would try [G] they'd hurt to [Dm] make you cry iii[C] But youd [Am] never cry to [G] them just to your [Dm] soul [C] No you'd [Am] never cry to [G] them just to your [Dm] soul [C]
[Chorus] Run a [Am] way turn away run a [G] way turn away run a [Dm] way [C] Run a [Am] way turn away run a [G] way turn away run a [Dm] way [C] Run a [Am] way turn away run a [G] way turn away run a [Dm] way [C] Run a [Am] way turn away run a [G] way turn away run a [Dm] way [C]
[Outro] Cry [Am] ..... [G] cry boy cry boy cry [Dm][C] x 4
[Chorus] Run a [Am] way turn away run a [G] way turn away run a [Dm] way [C] Run a [Am] way turn away run a [G] way turn away run a [Dm] way [C] Run a [Am] way turn away run a [G] way turn away run a [Dm] way [C] Run a [Am] way turn away run a [G] way turn away run a [Dm] way [C]
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