Smooth Criminal bass tab by Michael Jackson

Bass tabs

Standard Tuning


0:14 intro: (OWW)
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|--5---5-5-5-3-5-7-7---7-7-8-8---8-8-7-3---| X4


0:31 Verse 1:
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|--5---5-5-5-3-5-7-7---7-7-8-8---8-8-7-3---| X3

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--0000-02-2---023-3---232-------|
E|------0-------------------3---1-|

0:47 Pre-Chorus:
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|----------3---3-----------------|--3-----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--1-1---1---1---1---1---3-3-3-1-|----1---1-1-1---1---1---3-3-3-1-|

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--3-----------------------------|--3-----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------0-|
E|----1---1-1-1---1---1---3-3-3-1-|----1---1-1-1---0---0---0-2-4---|


1:03 Chorus:
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|----0-00----------------------0-|----0-00----------------------0-|
E|--------3-3---331-1---113-3-3---|--------3-3---331-1---1-0-2-4---|

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|----0-00----------------------0-|----0-00------------------------|
E|--------3-3---331-1---113-3-3---|--------3-3---331-1---1-0-2-4-1-|


1:19 Post-Chorus:
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|----------3---------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--1-1---1-1-1---1---1---3-3-3-1-|--1-1---1---1---1---1---3-3-3-1-|

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|----------3---------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------0-|
E|--1-1---1---1---1---1---3-3-3-1-|0-------0-0---------0-----------|

1:36 Verse 2:
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|--5---5-5-5-3-5-7-7---7-7-8-8---8-8-7-3---| X3

G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|--5---5-5-5-3-5-7-7---7-7-8-8---8-8-7-3---|


1:52 Pre-Chorus:
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|----------3---3-----------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--1-1---1---1---1---1---3-3-3-1-|--1-1---1-1-1---1---1---3-3-3-1-|

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------0-|
E|--1-1---1-1-1---1---1---3-3-3-1-|--1-1---1-1-1---0---0---0-2-4---|


2:08 Chorus:
G|--2-----------------------------|--2-----------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|----0000----------------------0-|----0000----------------------0-|
E|--------3-3---331-1---113-3-3---|--------3-3---331-1---1-0-2-4---|

G|--2-----------------------------|--2-----------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|----0000----------------------0-|----0000------------------------|
E|--------3-3---331-1---113-3-3---|--------3-3---331-1---1-0-2-4-1-|

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|----------3---------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------0-|
E|--1-1---1---1---1---1---3-3-3-1-|0-------0-0---------0-----------|


2:32 Bridge:
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--0000-02-2---023-3---232-----0-|
E|------0-------------------3-----| X2


2:41 Drum Break:


2:49 Guitar Solo:
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|--5---5-5-5-3-5-7-7---7-7-8-8---8-8-7-3---| X4


3:05 Chorus:
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--0-3-00----------------------0-|--0-3-00----------------------0-|
E|--------3-3---331-1---113-3-3---|--------3-3---331-1---1-0-2-4---|

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--0-3-00----------------------0-|--0-3-00----------------------0-|
E|--------3-3---331-1---113-3-3---|--------3-3---331-1---1-0-2-4---| X2


3:37 Outro:
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--0-00-02-2---023-3---232-----0-|
E|------0-------------------3-----| Repeat until Fade-out