Beat It Michael Jackson
BEAT IT
As recorded by Michael Jackson
(From the 1983 Album THRILLER)
Words and Music by Michael Jackson
x 7 [E5]9 9 x x x 5 [D5]7 7 x x x 3 [C5]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
Gtr II[(D)] [(Em)]
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-|
PM| PM| ~ [(D)]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
$
Gt[E5]r I[D5] [E5] [D5]
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-------| |---------------|------------|---------------|------------|
E [C5]E q q E [D5]E q q H E [E5]E q q E [D5]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-------| |---------------|------------|---------------|------------|
Gt[E5]r IV[D5] [E5] [D5]
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
Gtr I[(D)] [(Em)]
~~
+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
Gtr I[(D)] [(Em)] [(D)]
~~ ~~
+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
&
E [(E5)]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---------------| |---------------------------|---------------------------|
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/michael_jackson/beat_it_tab_ver_9.html )
~~~[E5]~ T T T [D5] 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] \1 /0_____\1___/0__[D5]_______
+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-----| |--------------------------------------------|
\1___/0_______________________________[E5]______________________________[D5]___________
~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~
|-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-----------------------| |----------------------------------------|
T [C5] T T T T T T T [D5] 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] TP TP TP [D5] TP TP TP TP TP[(Em)]
+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
TP TP~~~~~~~~~[(D)]~~~~~~~~~~[(Em)]
+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-|
W [(D)] W[(Em)]
|--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------|
|
| ~~
| +E E E E Q. a E +E E q Q E E
|--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| |---------5-2----2h4-|-(4)-2-0---------| |-------2------------|-----------------| |-(0)-3--------------|---------------0-|
Gtr IV[(D)] [(Em)]
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-|
q q q q [(D)] q q q q [(Em)] 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
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