Chords with lyrics
’Michael Jackson - Black or White (Dangerous)
Tabbed by: Mark McCudden ([email protected])
This is a great Michael Jackson piece... Most tabs on the net were wrong and
aggravated me so I decided to tab it out myself with the real chords used.
They can be played in this octave or an octave lower.
Riff 1 - Intro & Verse (The (0)’s are ghost notes Play them if u think they sound good)Just not sure about that Bm!?
E5E5 
A5A5 Emaj 
B minorBm EMaj
e|------------(0)---(0)---(0)---------(0)--(0)-----|
BB|------------14-14-14-14-14----12----12---12------|
G+G|----9\------14-14-14-14-14----13----11---13------|
D MajorD|----9\------14-14-14-14-14----14----12---14------|
A augmentedA|----7\-------x--x--x--x--x-----x-----x----x------|
E MajorE|---(0)-------------------------------------------|
Pre-chorus - The little staccato chords played at the end of each phrase is A5A5 (Kickin Dirt in my eye)
A5A5 
B5B5
e|-------------- --------------|
BB|-------------- --------------|
G+G|----2-----2--- --4-----2-----|
D MajorD|----2-----2--- --4-----2-----|
A augmentedA|----0-----0--- --2-----0-----|
E MajorE|-------------- --------------|
The Heavier Part - Let the Low E5E5 ring out when you’re strumming it... and play the higher 
E minorEm staccato.
E5E5 E minorEm
e|----------------12-x-x-12-----|
BB|----------------12-x-x-12-----|
G+G|----------------12-x-x-12----*|
D MajorD|----2-x-x-2-2----------------*|
A augmentedA|----2-x-x-2-2-----------------|
E MajorE|----0-x-x-0-0-----------------|
Rap Part - Play this 
A7A7 chords with a funky rhythm You’ll have to listen to get the timing right...
e|----15-x-x-(14)--x------15-x-x-15--x---|
BB|----14-x-x-(13)--x------14-x-x-14--x---|
G+G|----14-x-x-(13)--x------14-x-x-14--x---|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|
Final two Chords - Let the last Chord Ring Out
e|------------------|
BB|------------------|
G+G|---x----x-----9---|
D MajorD|---4----8-----9---|
A augmentedA|---2----6-----7---|
E MajorE|------------------|
Black Or White chords
"Black or White" was chosen as the first single from Michael Jackson's 8th studio album "Dangerous" from 1991. "Black or white" is written, performed and produced by Michael Jackons.
The song has elements of heavy metal and is good fun to play on guitar. This tablature should help you along.
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