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Smooth Criminal tab by Alien Ant Farm

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Revised by: "Merton"

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		     Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal (Micheal Jackson Cover)
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Listen through the song wih the tab to get the EXACT palm muting etc, but it
doesn't matter unless ur really keen!

(Standard tuning - EADGBE)


INTRO
(This is also the main riff of the song) You may want to palm mute this
slighty to get a better sound.
				e|----------------------------------|
				Chord diagramBB|----------------------------------|
				Chord diagramG+G|----------------------------------|
		  Chord diagramD MajorD|-5-|	Chord diagramD MajorD|----------------------------------|
*First note of	  Chord diagramA augmentedA|-5-|	Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------3-3--33----------|
the song is this  Chord diagramE MajorE|-3-|	Chord diagramE MajorE|--*5-5555357-7--57-------753------|  x4 w/o
words, then x4 with words



Pre chorus

e|---------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-3-333333333-555----------3-33333-2-222-5-2-5-7----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-3-333333333-555--  x3  --3-33333-2-222-5-2-5-7----|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-1-111111111-333----------1-11111-0-000-3-0-3-5----|
		 	   (the 'interlude' between
			   pre chorus and chorus)


Chorus

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--777777-55-5533-33-5-2-5-7--777777-55-5533-33-22-5-7--------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--777777-55-5533-33-5-2-5-7--777777-55-5533-33-22-5-7--------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--555555-33-3311-11-3-0-3-5--555555-33-3311-11-00-3-5--------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--777777-55-5533-33-5-2-5-7--777777-55-5533-33-22-5---------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--777777-55-5533-33-5-2-5-7--777777-55-5533-33-22-5---------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--555555-33-3311-11-3-0-3-5--555555-33-3311-11-00-3---------|


back to pre chorus

e|----------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|----------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|----------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-3-333333333-555---------2-22-2---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-3-333333333-555--  x3  -2-22-2---|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-1-111111111-333---------0-00-0---|


Main riff

e|----------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|----------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|----------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------3-3--33----------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--5-5555357-7--57-------753-------| x2 w/o words, x2 with words


Pre chorus

e|---------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-3-333333333-555----------3-33333-2-222-5-2-5-7----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-3-333333333-555--  x3  --3-33333-2-222-5-2-5-7----|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-1-111111111-333----------1-11111-0-000-3-0-3-5----|
		 	   (the 'interlude' between
			   pre chorus and chorus)


Chorus

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--777777-55-5533-33-5-2-5-7--777777-55-5533-33-22-5-7--------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--777777-55-5533-33-5-2-5-7--777777-55-5533-33-22-5-7--------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--555555-33-3311-11-3-0-3-5--555555-33-3311-11-00-3-5--------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--777777-55-5533-33-5-2-5-7--777777-55-5533-33-22-5---------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--777777-55-5533-33-5-2-5-7--777777-55-5533-33-22-5---------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--555555-33-3311-11-3-0-3-5--555555-33-3311-11-00-3---------|


back to pre chorus tune

e|----------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|----------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|----------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-3-333333333-555---2-22-2---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-3-333333333-555---2-22-2---|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-1-111111111-333---0-00-0---|


Main Riff

e|----------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|----------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|----------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------3-3--33----------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--5-5555357-7--57-------753-------| x2 w/o solo, x2 'pre-solo'


SOLO (this bit is tricky!)

Just before the guitarist Starts to play the solo he does a slow pick slide
up the low Chord diagramE MajorE or Chord diagramD MajorD string depeding on what tuning you are playing the song
in. This slide is slow and has very heavy distortion. You then go into this
solo at around 250 beats per minute and repeat as nessesary until he goes
back into the chorus.
-----8-7----8-------------------------------------------------------
---------10---10-8---8-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-------------------------
-------------------9------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
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Here is ender's way: (from the old tab)

Chord diagramG+G|-5-4-2-4-0-0-1-2--2-2--2-2|


Chorus

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--777777-55-5533-33-5-2-5-7--777777-55-5533-33-22-5-7--------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--777777-55-5533-33-5-2-5-7--777777-55-5533-33-22-5-7--------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--555555-33-3311-11-3-0-3-5--555555-33-3311-11-00-3-5--------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--777777-55-5533-33-5-2-5-7--777777-55-5533-33-22-5---------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--777777-55-5533-33-5-2-5-7--777777-55-5533-33-22-5---------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--555555-33-3311-11-3-0-3-5--555555-33-3311-11-00-3---------|   the whole
thing  x2


Ending Gtr 2 (in chorus 2nd time around)
e|----------------------|
Chord diagramBB|----------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|----------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--33333333-5555-7777--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------|


Main Riff

e|----------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|----------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|----------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------------------------------|		         Chord diagramD MajorD|-5-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------3-3--33----------|		         Chord diagramA augmentedA|-5-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--5-5555357-7--57-------753*------|  x4    *finish on  Chord diagramE MajorE|-3-|

Other versions of Smooth Criminal

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