THRILLER by Michael Jackson
*from 'Thriller' (1982)*
Intro
[C#m7] [F#7] [G#aug]
[C#m] [E] [E] [F#] [C#m]
[C#m7] [F#7] x2
Verse 1
[C#m7] [F#7]
It's close to midnight, and something evil's, lurking in the dark.
[C#m7]
Under the moonlight, you see a sight, that almost stops your heart.
[F#7] [C#m7]
You try to scream, but terror takes the sound, before you make it.
[F#7] [C#m7]
You start to freeze, as horror looks you right between the eyes;
[G#m]
You're para-lyzed.
Chorus 1
[C#m] [E] [E] [F#] [C#m]
'Cos this is; Thril-ler, Thril-ler Night;
[F#7] [F#m7]
And no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike.
[C#m] [E] [E] [F#] [C#m]
You know it's; Thril-ler, Thril-ler Night;
[F#7] [A7] [F#7] ([C#m7])
You're fighting for your life, inside a killer, Thriller, to-night.
Interlude
[C#m7]
Verse 2
[C#m7] [F#7]
You hear the door slam, and realise there's nowhere left to run.
[C#m7]
You feel the cold hand, and wonder if you'll ever see the sun.
[F#7] [C#m7]
You close your eyes, and hope that this is just imagi-nation.
[F#7] [C#m7]
But all the while, you hear the creature creepin' up be-hind;
[G#m]
You're out of time.
Chorus 2
[C#m] [E] [E] [F#] [C#m]
'Cos this is; Thril-ler, Thril-ler Night;
[F#7] [F#m7]
There ain't no second chance to kill the thing with forty eyes, girl.
[C#m] [E] [E] [F#] [C#m]
Thril-ler, Thril-ler Night;
[F#7] [A7] [F#7] [C#m7]
You're fighting for your life, inside a killer, Thriller, to-night.
Bridge 1
[F#7] [Amaj7] [B]
Night creatures call and the dead start to walk in their masquerade.
[C#m7] [C#m7/B] [A#m7b5]
There's no escapin' the jaws of the alien, this time;
[A6] [G#7sus4] [G#7]
This is the end of your life.
Verse 3
[C#m7] [F#7]
They're out to get you; there's demons closing in on every side.
[C#m7]
They will pos-sess you; unless you change the number on your dial.
[F#7] [C#m7]
Now is the time, for you and I to cuddle close to-gether.
[F#7] [C#m7]
All through the night, I'll save you from the terror on the screen;
[G#m]
I'll make you see...
Chorus 3
[C#m] [E] [E] [F#] [C#m]
That this is; Thril-ler, Thril-ler Night;
[F#7] [F#m7]
'Cos I can thrill you more than any ghost would dare try.
[C#m] [E] [E] [F#] [C#m]
Thril-ler, Thril-ler Night;
[F#7] [A7]
So let me hold you tight, and share a killer,
[F#7] [A/B] [C#m7] [E]
Diller, chiller, Thriller here to-night.
Chorus 4
[C#m] [E] [E] [F#] [C#m]
That this is; Thril-ler, Thril-ler Night;
[F#7] [F#m7]
'Cos I can thrill you more than any ghost would dare try.
[C#m] [E] [E] [F#] [C#m]
Thril-ler, Thril-ler Night;
[F#7] [A7] [F#7] ([C#m7])
So let me hold you tight, and share a killer, thriller, ow!
Break
[C#m7]
...I'm gonna thrill you tonight.
(Vincent Price)
[Spoken]
[C#m7] [A] [F#sus4] [F#]*
Darkness falls across the land, the midnight hour is close at hand.
[C#m7] [A] [F#sus4] [F#]*
Creatures crawl in search of blood, to terrorise your neighbourhood.
[C#m7] [A] [F#sus4] [F#]*
And whosoever shall be found, without the soul for getting down,
[C#m7] [A] [F#sus4] [F#]*
Must stand and face the Hounds of Hell and rot inside a corpse's shell.
(with Vocal Ad-libs)
[C#m7] [A] [F#sus4] [F#]* (x3)
[C#m7] [A]
[F#sus4] [F#]* [C#m7]
The foulest stench is in the air; the funk of forty thousand years,
[A] [F#sus4] [F#]*
And grizzy ghouls from every tomb, are closing in to seal your doom.
[C#m7] [A] [F#sus4] [F#]*
And though you fight to stay alive; your body starts to shiver,
[C#m7] [A] [F#sus4] [F#]*
For no mere mortal can resist, the evil of The 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] [F#sus4] [G#m7b5] [G#7sus4] [G#7] [A/B] [A] [F#]*
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
5x665x xx4422 xx6777 464644 464544 7x7655 577655 244322
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
