Michael Jackson-Thriller
Vox - v1-1, v2-3Intro 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
[CHORD DIAGRAMS]
C#m7 F#7 G#aug C#m E F# G#m F#m7 A7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EAD G B E EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x46454 242322 xx6554 x46654 x79997 x91111119 466444 242222 575655
Amaj7 B G#m7b5 G#7sus4 G#7 A/B A F#*
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
5x665x 799877 xx6777 464644 464544 7x7655 577655 244322