Smooth Criminal

Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant Farm (origanally by Michael Jackson) from their album ANThology Tabbed by Taylor Armstrong This Tab Is All My Own Work Listen to the song to get the rhythm down VERSE BRIDGE E|-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--8-8-8-8------7--3-------|-5---3---5------- A|-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9--10-10-10-10--9--5-------|-7---5---7--- D|------------------------------------------------------|-------- G|------------------------------------------------------|------- (Let notes B|------------------------------------------------------|--------- ring) E|------------------------------------------------------|--------- CHORUS E|-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3--| A|-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--| D|-------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------|

Artist:         Alien Ant Farm Title:          Smooth Criminal Tabbed by:      CAiNsKi   Note: This tab is not exactly what the artist plays, as I believe version. Your guitar needs to be tuned slightly differently from the original song (as you can see on the tab). However, it is compatible with both the cd version of the song and the other tabs on this site, and sounds just as great. So here goes.       Riff 1 (Intro + Chorus)   E|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------|  repeat 4x G|-----------------------------------------------|  D|-7-----7-7-7---9--9------9---10-10---10--9-5---|  A|-7-----7-7-7---9--9------9---10-10---10--9-5---| D|-7-----7-7-7---9--9------9---10-10---10--9-5---|       Riff 2a ("annie are you ok, are you ok, are you ok annie")   E|-----------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------|  this should last for G|-----------------------------------------------------|  4 repeats ofthelyrics D|-3-------2-2--3-------2-2--3-------2-2--3--2--5-2-5--| A|-3-------2-2--3-------2-2--3-------2-2--3--2--5-2-5--| D|-3-------2-2--3-------2-2--3-------2-2--3--2--5-2-5--|      1---------1  2---------2  3---------3  4---------4   (bars)       Riff 3 ("annie are you ok, but you're jealous, but you're ok...")   E|---------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------|  repeat 4x G|---------------------------------------------| D|-7-----7-7-7---5-5-----5--3-3----3--5-2-5----| A|-7-----7-7-7---5-5-----5--3-3----3--5-2-5----| D|-7-----7-7-7---5-5-----5--3-3----3--5-2-5----|       Riff 2b ("you've been hit by, you've been struck by...")   E|------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------|  G|------------------------------------------------------------| D|-3-------2-2--3-------2-2--3-------2-2--7------7-7----7-----| A|-3-------2-2--3-------2-2--3-------2-2--7------7-7----7-----| D|-3-------2-2--3-------2-2--3-------2-2--7------7-7----7-----|       Riff 2c (same as 2b but shorter)   E|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|  G|----------------------------------| D|-3-------2-2--7------7-7----7-----| A|-3-------2-2--7------7-7----7-----| D|-3-------2-2--7------7-7----7-----|       Solo     Just before the solo is a slow pick slide up the low D string with heavy distortion. It leads directly into the solo below.   E|----8-7----8---------------------------------| B|--------10---10-8---8-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---|repeat 8x  G|------------------9--------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------|  D|---------------------------------------------|       Master Plan   Riff 1 (intro) Riff 1 (vocals start) Riff 2a Riff 3 Riff 2b Riff 1 Riff 2a Riff 3 Riff 2c Riff 1 Solo Riff 3 Riff 3 Riff 1 (outro)