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Beat It Bass Tab by Michael Jackson

Beat It bass tab by Michael Jackson

Bass Tab

Beat It-Michael Jackson
Michael.O.

*=Staccato short and detached
Riff 1 To begin riff 1 slide down to fret 6 from fret 18(1st x only)
G-------------11--8--10--8--6--6-I-------11--8---10--8--6-I
D---------8----------------------I------8-----------------I
A--6--9--------------------------I-6--9-------------------I
E--------------------------------I------------------------I


Riff 2                        Riff 3
G----------------------------I-------------------------I
D----------------------------I-------------------------I
A----------------------------I-------------------------I
E---11--11---11---9--9---9---I--7--7--7--9--9--9-------I
     *   *    *   *  *   *      *  *  *  *  *  *
Riff 4
G--------------------------------------------I
D--------------------------------------------I
A--------------------------------------------I
E-11--11--11------11--11--11-----------------I
   *   *   *       *   *   *
To put it all together....
Riff 1 x2
Riff 2 x2
Riff 3 x1
Riff 2 x3
Riff 3 x1
Riff 2 x1
Riff 1 x3
Riff 2 x2
Riff 3 x1
Riff 2 x3
Riff 3 x1
Riff 2 x1
Riff 1 x4
Riff 4 x8
Riff 2 x2
Riff 3 x1
Riff 2 x3
Riff 3 x1
Riff 2 x1
Riff 1 x9 Fade on the end of the first half of the riff.

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Michael Jackson bass tabs for Beat it

About this song

"Beat It" by Michael Jackson, released in 1983, features a blistering guitar solo by Eddie Van Halen. The song's iconic music video, directed by Bob Giraldi, helped propel it to the top of the charts. With its powerful message of standing up to peer pressure, "Beat It" remains a timeless anthem of defiance and individuality in the world of music.