Beat It — Jackson Michael

Beat It-Michael Jackson
Michael.O.

*=Staccato short and detached
Riff 1 To begin riff 1 slide down to fret 6 from fret 18(1st x only)
G-------------11--8--10--8--6--6-I-------11--8---10--8--6-I
D---------8----------------------I------8-----------------I
A--6--9--------------------------I-6--9-------------------I
E--------------------------------I------------------------I


Riff 2               Riff 3
G----------------------------I-------------------------I
D----------------------------I-------------------------I
A----------------------------I-------------------------I
E---11--11---11---9--9---9---I--7--7--7--9--9--9-------I
     *   *    *   *  *   *      *  *  *  *  *  *

Riff 4
G--------------------------------------------I
D--------------------------------------------I
A--------------------------------------------I
E-11--11--11------11--11--11-----------------I
   *   *   *       *   *   *
To put it all together....
Riff 1 x2
Riff 2 x2
Riff 3 x1
Riff 2 x3
Riff 3 x1
Riff 2 x1
Riff 1 x3
Riff 2 x2
Riff 3 x1
Riff 2 x3
Riff 3 x1
Riff 2 x1
Riff 1 x4
Riff 4 x8
Riff 2 x2
Riff 3 x1
Riff 2 x3
Riff 3 x1
Riff 2 x1
Riff 1 x9 Fade on the end of the first half of the riff.

The opening and chorus guitar riff, doubled by the bass:


e:-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------||
B:-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------||
G:-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------||
D:-----|-------5-2-----4-|---2-------------|-------5-2-----4-|---2---------||
A:-----|-----2-----------|-----5---5-------|-----2-----------|-----5-------||
E:--0--|---3-------------|---------------0-|---3-------------|-------------||



e:-----------------------------------|-----------------------||
B:-----------------------------------|-----------------------||
G:--x---x-x-12--x-x-12---9-------x-x-|-11---x-x-11---7-------||
D:--x---x-x-12--x-x-12---9-------x-x-|-12---x-x-12---7-------||
A:-----------------------------------|-----------------------||
E:-----------------------------------|-----------------------||



Verse:

    E5          D5			E5		D5
e:------------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
B:------------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
G:--x-9-9---9---x-7-|-7---7-------|-x-9-9---9---x-7-|-7---7-------|
D:--x-9-9---9---x-7-|-7---7-------|-x-9-9---9---x-7-|-7---7-------|
A:--x-7-7---7---x-5-|-5---5-------|-x-7-7---7---x-5-|-5---5-------|
E:------------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|




   C5	 	   D5			     E5	     D5
e:-----------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------||
B:-----------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------||
G:-x-5-5---5---x-7-|-7---7-------|-x-9-9---9---x-7-|-7---7------------||
D:-x-5-5---5---x-7-|-7---7-------|-x-9-9---9---x-7-|-7---7------------||
A:-x-3-3---3---x-5-|-5---5-------|-x-7-7---7---x-5-|-5---5------------||
E:-----------------|-------------|-----------------|---------15------||

main riff
e-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d---------------5--2--2h4--2--0--0--------------------------------|
a-----------2-----------------------------------------------------|
e---0---3---------------------------------------------------------|

e----------------------------------------------------------------|
b----------------------------------------------------------------|
g----------------------------------------------------------------|
d--------------5--2--2h4--2--0-----------------------------------|
a-----------2----------------------------------------------------|
e---0---3--------------------------------------------------------|

Em                                              D
They told him, ?Don?t you ever come around here.
           Em
Don?t wanna see your face,
                   D
You better disappear.?
        C                                        D
The fires in their eyes and their words are really clear
     Em
So beat it
       Em
Just beat it
Em
You better run
                  D
You better Do what you can
           Em
Don?t wanna see no blood
                  D
Don?t be a macho man
        C
You wanna though
           D
Better Do what you can
     Em
So beat it
              D
But you wanna be bad

Chorus
Em
Just beat (beat it)
D
Beat it (Beat it)
Em                                  D
No one wants to be defeated
          Em                                 D
Showin? how funky and strong is your fight
   Em                              D
It doesn?t matter who?s wrong or right
        Em
Just beat it
        D
Just beat it
        Em
Just beat it
        D
Just beat it
Em
They?re out to get you
           D
Better leave while you can
           Em
Don?t wanna be a boy
                   D
You wanna be a man
        C
You wanna stay alive
           D
Better Do what you can
      Em
So beat it
        D
Just beat it
Em                                                    D
You have to show them that you?re really not scared
            Em
You?re playin? with your life
                      D
This ain?t no truth or dare
             C                                                                D
They?ll kick you, then they beat you, then they?ll tell you its fair
      Em
So beat it
             D
But you wanna be bad
(Repeat Chorus and fade)