Hey all, I have seen a lot of bad tabs for this rhythm part, so I am putting this up here because I love this song and I think it should be played properly. This are the best voicing I could think of. I personally like to play the full chords, but you can also play only the highest 3 or 4 strings so get a funkier sound. Play around with what sounds best and listen to the song to nail the right hand rhythm and the breaks. For tone, I would stay squeaky clean with just a touch of reverb and a touch of compression through single coil pickups. Thanks for checking it out. RIP Michael. This is tabbed for regular tuning, E-A-D-G-B-e, but can be more accurately played if tuned 1/2 step down, Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-eb.
Chord chart (in order of appearance): (for reference, E Maj is read *x 2 2 1 x x*) EbMin9 *x 6 x 6 6 6* Ab/Bb *6 x 6 5 4 4* Bb/F *x 8 8 7 6 6* B/Db *9 x 9 8 7 7* Gb/Ab *4 x 4 3 2 2* EbMin9/Gb *x x 4 6 6 6* GbMaj7 *x 9 8 6 6 6* DbMaj7 *x 4 6 5 6 4* BMaj7 *x 2 4 3 4 2* EbMin7 *x 6 8 6 7 6* FMin7 *x 8 10 8 9 8* GbMaj7 *x 9 11 10 11 9* BbMin7 *x 9 7 7 7 7* Intro/Chorus: "Rock with you..........all........night," EbMin9 Ab/Bb Bb/F "Dance you into the sun.........light," EbMin9 Ab/Bb B/Db "Rock with you.........all.........night," EbMin9 Ab/Bb Bb/F "Dance the night away............................." Gb/Ab Ab/Bb Gb/Ab Ab/Bb Verse: "Girl, close your eyes, let that rhythm get into you," EbMin9 EbMin9/Gb Ab/Bb "Don't try to fight it, there ain't nothing that you can do," EbMin9 EbMin9/Gb Ab/Bb "Relax your mind.......lay back and groove with mine, you've gotta," Gbmaj7 DbMaj7 BMaj7 Gb/Ab Pre-chorus: "Feel........that.........heat, then we can ride the boogie," EbMin7 FMin7 GbMaj7 "Share.......that.........beat.....of....love, I wanna..." EbMin7 Fmin7 GbMaj7 Ab/Bb Bridge: "And when the groove is dead and gone, you know that" BbMin7 EbMin9 "Love.........survives, so we can rock..........forever...." GbMaj7 DbMaj7 BMaj7 Gb/Ab Solo changes, same as chorus, then entire chorus goes up 1/2 step, so just raise the chords from the chorus up one fret. Enjoy!!
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Rock With You by Michael Jackson