• Song:

    Thriller

  • Artist:

    Michael Jackson

  • Album:

    Off The Wall / Thriller

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hey i did this arrangment for my band coz we were doing a tribute album with other
bands full of MJ songs because he was a fantastic man. RIP dude.

First off i did the vocal line on guitar and it goes like this.
We put this in instead of the 3rd verse but its up to you.
Listen to the song for rhythm i'm sure its right.

|-----------|--------|------------|--------|
|------2-4s5|--2-----|-2-2-2-2-5-2|--------|
|-----4-----|---4h1--|4---4-4-----|-4-1----|x2
|-----------|--------|------------|--------|
|-----------|--------|------------|--------|
|-----------|--------|------------|--------|

                       |----triplet-----|
|---------4h2|--------2|2---------------|---------4-2-|-------2|
|-----2-5----|-5h2-----|-5-5-4-4-2-2-4-5|-----2-5-----|--------|
|------------|---------|----------------|-------------|--------|
|------------|---------|----------------|-------------|--------|
|------------|---------|----------------|-------------|--------|
|------------|---------|----------------|-------------|--------|

|----triplet-----|                     
|2---------------|------2--4-|-2---4-7-4|9-7s9-7---|-7-6-4---4|
|-5-5-4-4-2-2-4-5|5---5---5--|5---------|----------|----------|
|----------------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|
|----------------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|
|----------------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|
|----------------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|

|4-2-2---------2|4-2-2---2|-4-7-4-7s9-7|7-6-4-----|4-2-2--------2|
|-------5-5-2-5-|------5--|------------|----------|------5-5-2-5-|
|---------------|---------|------------|----------|--------------|
|---------------|---------|------------|----------|--------------|
|---------------|---------|------------|----------|--------------|
|---------------|---------|------------|----------|--------------|

|-------3-----7s9|
|-5-2-----5------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|


Chords

Intro |:---G#min---:|:---F#min---:|:---F#maj---:|:---D#maj---:|

F# (244322@1)                          C#Its (x43121@1)close to midnight, and something evil's lurking in the dark
F# (244322@1)                     C# (x43121@1)   
under the moonlight, you see a sight that alost stopes your heart
F# (244322@1)                                                      C#you (x43121@1)try to scream, but terror takes the sounds before you make it
F# (244322@1)                                                       C#you (x43121@1)start to scream, as horror looks you right between the eyes;

              C# (x43121@1) E (022100@1)  E (022100@1)   F# (244322@1)C#'Cos (x43121@1)this is Thril-ler, Thril-ler night
F# (244322@1)                                 C#And (x43121@1)no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike
               C# (x43121@1) E (022100@1)  E (022100@1)   F# (244322@1)C#'Cos (x43121@1)this is Thril-ler, Thril-ler night
F# (244322@1)                                  F# (244322@1)name="chord_244322@1">F#   F# (244322@1)  F# (244322@1)  C#Your (x43121@1)fighting for you life, inside a kil-ler, thril-ler, tonight

intro 2 = |:---F#---:|:---C#:|:---F#---:|:---C#---:|

Verse 2 = same

Chorus 2 = same

Bridge 
F# (244322@1)                                                     Amaj7 (x02120@1)BNight (x2444x@1)creatures call and the dead start to walk in there masquerade
A (x02220@1)                          E (022100@1)                    GAnd (320003@1)there's no escaping the jaws of the alien, this time
A (x02220@1)                GThis (320003@1)is the end of your life

intro 2 = same

Verse 3 = same

Chorus 3 = same

Then inprovising round riff and speaking part using chords F# and C#.

The bass plays this all the way through the song. 

|-----------|
|------2----|
|4h2-4---4-4|
|-----------|

This part does sound nice doubled by another guitar palm muting.

|---------------|
|---------------|
|--------9------|
|-11h9-11--11-11|
|---------------|
|---------------|

May take you a while to figure it out just coz my stuff might not make sense but 
just listen to the song and you'll see where i'm coming from.

cheers James x



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