...THRILLER... by Michael Jackson --------------................... *from 'Thriller' (1982)* Intro: C#m7, F#7, Ab+ 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; Abm 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; Abm 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 G#m7b5 There's no escapin' the jaws of the alien, this time; Amaj7 Ab7sus4 Ab7 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; un-less 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; Abm 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 B F#* Darkness falls across the land, the midnight hour is close at hand. C#m7 A B F#* Creatures crawl in search of blood, to terrorise your neighbourhood. C#m7 A B F#* And whosoever shall be found, without the soul for getting down, C#m7 A B F#* Must stand and face the Hounds of Hell and rot inside a corpse's shell. (with Vocal Ad-libs): C#m7 A, B F#* (x3), C#m7 A B F#* C#m7 The foulest stench is in the air; the funk of forty thousand years, A B F#* And grizzy ghouls from every tomb, are closing in to seal your doom. C#m7 A B F#* And though you fight to stay alive; your body starts to shiver, C#m7 A B F#* For no mere mortal can resist, the evil of The Thriller... CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- C#m7 F#7 Ab+ C#m E F# Abm 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 Ab7sus4 Ab7 A/B A F#* EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 5x665x 799877 xx5666 464644 464544 7x765x 577655 244322 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)