BEAT IT As recorded by Michael Jackson (From the 1983 Album THRILLER) Words and Music by Michael Jackson E5 D5 C5 x 7 9 9 x x x 5 7 7 x x x 3 5 5 x x Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - '(elec. w/dist.)' Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - '(elec. w/dist.)' Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - '(Eddie Van Halen)' Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Gtr. 2 (dist. off)' Intro Moderately Q=132 N.C.(Em) (D) 4/4 Gtr I 1/2 step down ~~ Wx13 H Q E E +E E E E Q. a E |-------------|-------------|--------------------| |-------------|-------------|--------------------| |-------------|-------------|--------------------| |-------------|-------------|---------5-2----2h4-| |-------------|-------------|-------2------------| |-------------|-----------0-|-(0)-3--------------| (Em) (D) (Em) Gtrs I, II ~~ +E E q q E E +E E E E Q. a E H Q E S S |-----------------|--------------------|-------------------| |-----------------|--------------------|-------------------| |-----------------|--------------------|---------------x-x-| |-(4)-2-0--0------|---------5-2----2h4-|-(4)-2-0-------x-x-| |-----------------|-------2------------|-------------------| |---------------0-|-(0)-3--------------|---------------0---| +E E q Q E E (D) (Em) Gtr II PM-----| PM| ~ PM| PM| S S S S E S S E Q S S E S S E E +Q +E E |-------------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------------|--7------7--------------| |--x--x-x-x-12-x-x-12--9----x-x-|--7--x-x-7-7-(7)--(7)s3s| |--x--x-x-x-12-x-x-12--9----x-x-|-----x-x---7-(7)--(7)S3S| |-------------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------| | | Gtr I | ~~~ | +E E E E Q. a E +E E q q E E |-------------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------| |--------------5----2-----2h4---|-(4)-2---0----0---------| |------------2------------------|------------------------| |-(0)---3-----------------------|----------------------0-| (D) PM| PM| ~ PM| PM| ~~~~~~ e S S E S S E Q S S E S S E E +Q. +E |-----------------------------|------------------------|| |-----------------------------|--7------7--------------|| |-12--x-x-12-x-x-12--9----x-x-|--7--x-x-7-7-(7)---(7)\-|| |-12--x-x-12-x-x-12--9----x-x-|-----x-x---7-(7)---(7)\-|| |-----------------------------|------------------------|| |-----------------------------|------------------------|| | | ~~~ | +E E E E Q. a E +E E q H |-----------------------------|------------------------|| |-----------------------------|------------------------|| |-----------------------------|------------------------|| |------------5----2-----2h4---|-(4)-2---0--------------|| |----------2------------------|------------------------|| |-(0)-3-----------------------|------------------------|| Verses $ E5 D5 E5 D5 Gtr I E E q q E E q q H E E q q E E q q H |---------------|------------|---------------|------------| |---------------|------------|---------------|------------| |---9-9--9----7-|-7--7-------|---9-9--9----7-|-7--7-------| |---9-9--9----7-|-7--7-------|---9-9--9----7-|-7--7-------| |---7-7--7----5-|-5--5-------|---7-7--7----5-|-5--5-------| |---------------|------------|---------------|------------| C5 D5 E5 D5 E E q q E E q q H E E q q E E q q H |---------------|------------|---------------|------------| |---------------|------------|---------------|------------| |---5-5--5----7-|-7--7-------|---9-9--9----7-|-7--7-------| |---5-5--5----7-|-7--7-------|---9-9--9----7-|-7--7-------| |---3-3--3----5-|-5--5-------|---7-7--7----5-|-5--5-------| |---------------|------------|---------------|------------| E5 D5 E5 D5 Gtr IV PM----------------------------------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |---2-0-2-0-2---2-|-4-2-0-2-4-2-0-2-|---2-0-2-0-2---2-|-4-2-0-2-4-2-0-2--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| | | Gtr I | E E q q E E q q H E E q q E E q q H |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |---9-9---9-----7-|-7---7-----------|---9-9---9-----7-|-7---7------------| |---9-9---9-----7-|-7---7-----------|---9-9---9-----7-|-7---7------------| |---7-7---7-----5-|-5---5-----------|---7-7---7-----5-|-5---5------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| C5 D5 E5 D5 (Em) Gtr I PM--------------------------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| |---2-0-2-0-2---2-|-4-2-0-2-4-2-0-2-|---2-0-2-0-2---2-|-4-2-0-2---------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------0--|| | | E E q q E E q q H E E q q E E q q H |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| |---5-5---5-----7-|-7---7-----------|---9-9---9-----7-|-7---7-----------|| |---5-5---5-----7-|-7---7-----------|---9-9---9-----7-|-7---7-----------|| |---3-3---3-----5-|-5---5-----------|---7-7---7-----5-|-5---5-----------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| Chorus (D) (Em) Gtr I ~~ +E E E E Q. a E +E E q q E E ||---------------------|-----------------| ||o--------------------|-----------------| ||---------------------|-----------------| ||----------5-2----2h4-|-(4)-2-0--0------| ||o-------2------------|-----------------| ||--(0)-3--------------|---------------0-| (D) (Em) ~~ +E E E E Q. a E +E E q Q E E |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| |---------5-2----2h4-|-(4)-2-0---------| |-------2------------|-----------------| |-(0)-3--------------|---------------0-| (D) (Em) ~~~ +E E E E Q. a E +E E q q E E |------------------------|--------------------| |------------------------|--------------------| |------------------------|--------------------| |----------5--2------2h4-|-(4)-2--0---0-------| |--------2---------------|--------------------| |-(0)-3------------------|------------------0-| | | Gtr IV | q q q q q q q q |------------------------|--------------------| |-12----12---12---12-----|-12----12--12--12---| |--x-----x----x----x-----|--x-----x---x---x---| |--9-----9----9----9-----|--9-----9---9---9---| |------------------------|--------------------| |------------------------|--------------------| To Coda (D) (Em) ~~~ +E E E E Q. a E +E E q Q E E |------------------------|----------------------|| |------------------------|---------------------o|| |------------------------|----------------------|| |----------5--2------2h4-|-(4)-2--0-------------|| |--------2---------------|---------------------o|| |-(0)-3------------------|------------------0---|| | | q q q q q q q q |------------------------|----------------------|| |-12----12---12---12-----|-12----12--12--12----o|| |--x-----x----x----x-----|--x-----x---x---x-----|| |--9-----9----9----9-----|--9-----9---9---9-----|| |------------------------|---------------------o|| |------------------------|----------------------|| D.S. al Coda (D) (Em) (D) Gtr I ~~ ~~ +E E E E Q. a E +E E q q E E +E E E E Q. a E +E E q H |--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|| |--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|| |--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|| |---------5-2----2h4-|-(4)-2-0--0------|---------5-2----2h4-|-(4)-2-0--------|| |-------2------------|-----------------|-------2------------|----------------|| |-(0)-3--------------|---------------0-|-(0)-3--------------|----------------|| Interlude & (E5) E E q q E E q q H E E q q E E q q H ||----------------|------------|---------------|-------------|| ||o---------------|------------|---------------|------------o|| ||----------------|------------|---------------|-------------|| ||----------------|------------|---------------|-------------|| ||o---------------|------------|---------------|------------o|| ||----0-0--0----0-|-0--0-------|---0-0--0----0-|-0--0--------|| Gtr III W W ||--------------------------|---------------------| ||o-------------------------|---------------------| ||--------------------------|---------------------| ||--------------------------|---------------------| ||o-------------------------|---------------------| ||--------------------------|---------------------| | | Gtr II | PM| PM| ~ PM| PM| ~~~~~~ | E S S E S S E Q S S E S S E E +Q Q ||--------------------------|---------------------| ||o-------------------------|---------------------| ||----x-x-12-x-x-12-9---x-x-|-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-----| ||----x-x-12-x-x-12-9---x-x-|-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-----| ||o-------------------------|---------------------| ||--------------------------|---------------------| | | Gtr I | E E q q E E q q H ||--------------------------|---------------------| ||o-------------------------|---------------------| ||--------------------------|---------------------| ||--------------------------|---------------------| ||o-------------------------|---------------------| ||----0----0------0-----0---|--0------0-----------| \3___\7____/0___________ W H E +Q S S |-------------------------|------------------------------------|| |-------------------------|-----------------------------------o|| |-------------------------|--------------0---(0)----0h==2b3====|| |-------------------------|------------------------------------|| |-------------------------|-----------------------------------o|| |-------------------------|------------------------------------|| | | PM| PM| ~ PM| PM| ~~~~~~~ | E S S E S S E Q S S E S S E E +Q Q |-------------------------|------------------------------------|| |-------------------------|-----------------------------------o|| |---x-x-12-x-x-12-9---x-x-|-12-x-x-12-9-(9)--------------------|| |---x-x-12-x-x-12-9---x-x-|-12-x-x-12-9-(9)--------------------|| |-------------------------|-----------------------------------o|| |-------------------------|------------------------------------|| | | E E q q E E q q H |-------------------------|------------------------------------|| |-------------------------|-----------------------------------o|| |-------------------------|------------------------------------|| |-------------------------|------------------------------------|| |-------------------------|-----------------------------------o|| |---0----0------0-----0---|--0------0--------------------------|| Guitar Solo E5 D5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ +E +Q. +E +E Q +E Q. +E E Q |---------------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------| |-(2)b4==(2)----(2)r(2)s7---|-(7)-7(14)----(7)s9-9(14)--| |---------------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------| | | Gtr I | E E q q E E q q H |---------------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------| |---------9--9---9--------7-|--7--------7---------------| |---------9--9---9--------7-|--7--------7---------------| |---------7--7---7--------5-|--5--------5---------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------| E5 D5 ~~~~ T T T T |-----5-----| |------6-------| +E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |------------15p10h14-15p14p12p10h14-15p14p12p10h14-15p| |------------------------------------------------------| |-(9)s==12---------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| | | E E q q E E |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |-----9----9-----------9-----------------------7-------| |-----9----9-----------9-----------------------7-------| |-----7----7-----------7-----------------------5-------| |------------------------------------------------------| T T |--------7--------| |--------7---------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S E E E. +S |-14p12p10-----------------------------------------------------| |----------14-15p14p12p10h14-15p14p12p10-(10)-12h13p12--(12)s==| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| | | q q H |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--7--------------------7--------------------------------------| |--7--------------------7--------------------------------------| |--5--------------------5--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| C5 D5 |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------12h19p15p12----12-------------12-------| |-20---12h15h19-------------19----19p15p12h15----19p15p| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| | | E E q q E E |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |----5--5--------------5-----------------------7-------| |----5--5--------------5-----------------------7-------| |----3--3--------------3-----------------------5-------| |------------------------------------------------------| \1/ |--3--| |--3--| |--3---| S S S S S S S S E +S S E +E +S S S |-------12----------12-------------------------------------------| |-12h15----19p15p12----12----------------15b17==(15)r(15)p12h15--| |-------------------------14b15r(14)--12-------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| | | q q H |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |--7-----------------7-------------------------------------------| |--7-----------------7-------------------------------------------| |--5-----------------5-------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| E5 D5 \2.5___ T T a E T T T T S S E +S +S S S +E +E |----------------------------------------------------------| |-19s22p15p12-19s22p15p12----------------------------------| |-------------------------14b16==(14)r(14)p12p0-(0)-(0)----| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| | | E E q q E E |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |--------9-----------9-------------9-----------------7-----| |--------9-----------9-------------9-----------------7-----| |--------7-----------7-------------7-----------------5-----| |----------------------------------------------------------| /0______________________\1/ ~~~ +E +E E +S S E +S S +Q |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-(0)--(0)-[9]b11r(9)p7h9-(9)--7-(7)--| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| | | q q H |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |--7--------7-------------------------| |--7--------7-------------------------| |--5--------5-------------------------| |-------------------------------------| E5 D5 \1 /0_____\1___/0_________ +E a E +S S S S +S S S S +E. +S |--------------------------------------------| |------3s5-(5)p3p0h5--(5)p3p0h5---(5)----(5)p| |-(7)\---------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| | | E E q q E E |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------9--9----------9---------------7-----| |--------9--9----------9---------------7-----| |--------7--7----------7---------------5-----| |--------------------------------------------| E5 D5 \1___/0________________________________________________________________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ |-3--| S S E +E E E a a Q +E. +S E E E E S S E +E. T T |--------------------------------------|--------12-------12----15b17-(15)---12------| |-3p0h5---(5)p3p0----------------------|-----------15b17----12-----------------12---| |---------------------[2]b4===(2)-(2)rs|=16-/13-------------------------------------| |-------------------x------------------|--------------------------------------------| |-----------------x--------------------|--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------| | | q q H E E q q E E |--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------| |-7--------7---------------------------|------9--9--------9---------------7---------| |-7--------7---------------------------|------9--9--------9---------------7---------| |-5--------5---------------------------|------7--7--------7---------------5---------| |--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------| ~~~~~~~~ T E +S S Q +E. +S S S S S |----------------------------------------| |--------------------------------15p8h13-| |-14b15r(14)p12-14--(14)-(14)\-----------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| | | q q H |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |--7-------------7-----------------------| |--7-------------7-----------------------| |--5-------------5-----------------------| |----------------------------------------| C5 D5 T T T T T T T T T |-----5-----| |-----6------| |-------7-------| |--------7---------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-15p8h12-----------15p8h12---------15p8h12---------15p8h12---------14h17p===| |-----------15p8h12---------15p8h12---------15p8h12---------15p==12----------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | E E q q E E |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------5-------5---------------5----------------------------7-------------| |---------5-------5---------------5----------------------------7-------------| |---------3-------3---------------3----------------------------5-------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| T T ~~~~~~~~ |3-| |3-| E S E S E.S E E Q |-h10-17p10-17p10s8-----0-12------| |-------------------h9/-0-15b17===| |-------------------h9/-----------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| | | q q H |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---7-----------7-----------------| |---7-----------7-----------------| |---5-----------5-----------------| |---------------------------------| E5 D5 (Em) ~~~~~~~ TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP +E E Q Q. E +Q Q +E Q. |-(12)--12-14--15-----17-|-(17)--19--(19)-21b24======| |-(15)r------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------| | | E E q q E E q q Q E E |------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------| |--------9--9---9------7-|---7----7------------------| |--------9--9---9------7-|---7----7------------------| |--------7--7---7------5-|---5----5------------------| |------------------------|-------------------------0-| Out-Chorus (D) (Em) TP TP~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +H +E +Q. +E E H. ||--(21)-------(21)-(21)------|-(21)r----------------| ||o---------------------------|----------------------| ||----------------------------|-------x\-------------| ||----------------------------|----------19\---------| ||o---------------------------|----------------------| ||----------------------------|----------------------| | | ~~~~ | +E E E E Q. a E +E E q q E E ||----------------------------|----------------------| ||o---------------------------|----------------------| ||----------------------------|----------------------| ||-----------5---2--------2h4-|--(4)--2---0---0------| ||o--------2------------------|----------------------| ||---(0)-3--------------------|--------------------0-| (D) (Em) W W |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| | | ~~ | +E E E E Q. a E +E E q Q E E |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| |---------5-2----2h4-|-(4)-2-0---------| |-------2------------|-----------------| |-(0)-3--------------|---------------0-| (D) (Em) Gtr IV q q q q q q q q |------------------------|--------------------| |-12----12---12---12-----|-12----12--12--12---| |--x-----x----x----x-----|--x-----x---x---x---| |--9-----9----9----9-----|--9-----9---9---9---| |------------------------|--------------------| |------------------------|--------------------| | | ~~~ | +E E E E Q. a E +E E q q E E |------------------------|--------------------| |------------------------|--------------------| |------------------------|--------------------| |----------5--2------2h4-|-(4)-2--0---0-------| |--------2---------------|--------------------| |-(0)-3------------------|------------------0-| (D) (Em) q q q q q q q q 4x |------------------------|----------------------|| |-12----12---12---12-----|-12----12--12--12----o|| |--x-----x----x----x-----|--x-----x---x---x-----|| |--9-----9----9----9-----|--9-----9---9---9-----|| |------------------------|---------------------o|| |------------------------|----------------------|| | | ~~~ | +E E E E Q. a E +E E q Q E E 4x |------------------------|----------------------|| |------------------------|---------------------o|| |------------------------|----------------------|| |----------5--2------2h4-|-(4)-2--0-------------|| |--------2---------------|---------------------o|| |-(0)-3------------------|------------------0---|| Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths