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Beat It Tab by Michael Jackson

Beat It tab by Michael Jackson (Ver. 3)

Guitar Tab 

Key: Em

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

Guitar tuned 1/2 step down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb)

Main Riff/Intro:
eb|-----|-----------------|-----------------|
Bb|-----|-----------------|-----------------|
Gb|-----|-----------------|-----------------|
Db|-----|--------5-2----4-|---2-0---0-------|
Ab|-----|------2----------|-----------------|
Eb|---0-|(0)-3------------|---------------0-|

eb|-----------------|-------------|
Bb|-----------------|-------------|
Gb|-----------------|-------------|
Db|--------5-2----4-|---2-0-------|
Ab|------2----------|-------------|
Eb|(0)-3------------|-------------|

Intro Lead Riff:
eb|-----------------------------------|-----------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|-----------------------|
Gb|--x---x-x-12--x-x-12---9-------x-x-|-11---x-x-11---7-------|
Db|--x---x-x-12--x-x-12---9-------x-x-|-12---x-x-12---7-------|
Ab|-----------------------------------|-----------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------|-----------------------|

Verse Riff:
       E5          D5
eb|------------------|-------------|
Bb|------------------|-------------|
Gb|--x-9-9---9---x-7-|-7---7-------|
Db|--x-9-9---9---x-7-|-7---7-------|
Ab|--x-7-7---7---x-5-|-5---5-------|
Eb|------------------|-------------|

      E5          D5
eb|-----------------|-------------|
Bb|-----------------|-------------|
Gb|-x-9-9---9---x-7-|-7---7-------|
Db|-x-9-9---9---x-7-|-7---7-------|
Ab|-x-7-7---7---x-5-|-5---5-------|
Eb|-----------------|-------------|

      C5          D5
eb|-----------------|-------------|
Bb|-----------------|-------------|
Gb|-x-5-5---5---x-7-|-7---7-------|
Db|-x-5-5---5---x-7-|-7---7-------|
Ab|-x-3-3---3---x-5-|-5---5-------|
Eb|-----------------|-------------|

      E5          D5
eb|-----------------|-------------|
Bb|-----------------|-------------|
Gb|-x-9-9---9---x-7-|-7---7-------|
Db|-x-9-9---9---x-7-|-7---7-------|
Ab|-x-7-7---7---x-5-|-5---5-------|
Eb|-----------------|-------------|


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|(n)   Hold note over bar line
| x    Dead note

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