Michael Jackson › Beat It Guitar Tab

		
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Beat It Tab

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BEAT IT
As recorded by Micheal Jackson and  Eddie Van Halen
Words and Music by Micheal Jackson
E5                   D5                   C5
x 7 9 9 x x          x 5 7 7 x x          x 3 5 5 x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr 2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr3'
Intro
Q=137
Em                     D                 Em
4/4
Gtrs I, II
Wx12          H    Q  E E   +E  E E E Q  +E  a E   +E  E q  q  E E
|-------------|-------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------5-2--(2)-2h4-|-(4)-2-----------|
|-------------|-------------|-------2--------------|-------5--5------|
|-------------|-----------0-|-(0)-3----------------|---------------0-|
D                Em                                D
Gtr I
~~~~~~
+E  E E E Q  +E  a E    +E  E q  Q  E S S    S  S S S  E S S  E E +E    S S
|-----------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------x-x-x-|--x--x-x-x-12-x-x-12-9-(9)---x-x--|
|---------5-2--(2)-2h4--|-(4)-2-------x-x-x-|--x--x-x-x-12-x-x-12-9-(9)---x-x--|
|-------2---------------|-------5-----------|----------------------------------|
|-(0)-3-----------------|-------------------|----------------------------------|
|
|                                       Gtr II
|  W                       H.         E E     +E    E    E E    Q   +E  a E
|-----------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|--------------5----2---(2)-2h4----|
|-----------------------|-------------------|------------2---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------0---|-(0)---3--------------------------|
Em
\1___/
~
|---3----|
E  S S E E +E   +E  +E  Q
|------------------------------|
|--7--x-x-7--------------------|
|--7--x-x-7-7-(7)--(7)-(7)-----|
|-----------7-(7)--(7)-(7)-----|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|
| +E  E   q    q           E E
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-(4)-2------------------------|
|---------5----5---------------|
|----------------------------0-|
D
~~~~~~                  ~~~~~~
S  S S S  E S S  E E +E    S S    E  S S E E +Q   +E   E
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--7--x-x-7----------------||
|--x--x-x-x-12-x-x-12-9-(9)---x-x-|--7--x-x-7-7-(7)--(7)\----||
|--x--x-x-x-12-x-x-12-9-(9)---x-x-|-----------7-(7)--(7)\----||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| +E    E    E E    Q   +E  a E     +E  E   q    H
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------5----2---(2)-2h4---|-(4)-2--------------------||
|------------2--------------------|---------5----------------||
|-(0)---3-------------------------|--------------------------||
Verse
E5          D5                 E5        D5
E E Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  H      E E Q  Q  E E
||----------------|------------|---------------|
||o---------------|------------|---------------|
||----9-9--9----7-|-7--7-------|---9-9--9----7-|
||----9-9--9----7-|-7--7-------|---9-9--9----7-|
||o---7-7--7----5-|-5--5-------|---7-7--7----5-|
||----------------|------------|---------------|
C5        D5
Q  Q  H      E E Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  H
|------------|---------------|-----------|
|------------|---------------|-----------|
|-7--7-------|---5-5--5----7-|-7--7------|
|-7--7-------|---5-5--5----7-|-7--7------|
|-5--5-------|---3-3--3----5-|-5--5------|
|------------|---------------|-----------|
E5        D5                 E5        D5
E E Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  H      E E Q  Q  E E
|---------------|------------|---------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|
|---9-9--9----7-|-7--7-------|---9-9--9----7-|
|---9-9--9----7-|-7--7-------|---9-9--9----7-|
|---7-7--7----5-|-5--5-------|---7-7--7----5-|
|---------------|------------|---------------|
E5        D5
Q  Q  H      E E Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  H
|------------|---------------|------------|
|------------|---------------|------------|
|-7--7-------|---9-9--9----7-|-7--7-------|
|-7--7-------|---9-9--9----7-|-7--7-------|
|-5--5-------|---7-7--7----5-|-5--5-------|
|------------|---------------|------------|
C5        D5                 E5        D5
E E Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  H      E E Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q E  E
|---------------|------------|---------------|--------------||
|---------------|------------|---------------|--------------||
|---5-5--5----7-|-7--7-------|---9-9--9----7-|-7--7---------||
|---5-5--5----7-|-7--7-------|---9-9--9----7-|-7--7---------||
|---3-3--3----5-|-5--5-------|---7-7--7----5-|-5--5---------||
|---------------|------------|---------------|------------0-||
Chorus
Em                 D                 Em                     D
+E  E E E Q  +E  a E   +E  E q  q  E E   +E  E E E Q  +E  a E
|----------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|---------5-2--(2)-2h4-|-(4)-2-----------|---------5-2--(2)-2h4-|
|-------2--------------|-------5--5------|-------2--------------|
|-(0)-3----------------|---------------0-|-(0)-3----------------|
Em                     D                 Em
+E  E q  Q  E E   +E  E E E Q  +E  a E   +E  E q  q  E E
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-(4)-2-----------|---------5-2--(2)-2h4-|-(4)-2------------|
|-------5---------|-------2--------------|-------5--5-------|
|---------------0-|-(0)-3----------------|---------------0--|
D                 Em                     D
+E  E E E Q  +E  a E   +E  E q  Q  E E   +E  E E E Q  +E  a E
|----------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|---------5-2--(2)-2h4-|-(4)-2-----------|---------5-2--(2)-2h4-|
|-------2--------------|-------5---------|-------2--------------|
|-(0)-3----------------|---------------0-|-(0)-3----------------|
Em                     D                 Em
+E  E q  q  E E   +E  E E E Q  +E  a E   +E  E q  Q  Q
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------||
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------||
|-(4)-2-----------|---------5-2--(2)-2h4-|-(4)-2------------||
|-------5--5------|-------2--------------|-------5---------o||
|---------------0-|-(0)-3----------------|------------------||
Bridge
E5                                                 D5
E e q  q  e e   q  q  H      E e q  q  e e   q  q  H
|---------------|------------|---------------|------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|------------|
|---0-0--0----0-|-0--0-------|---0-0--0----0-|-0--0-------|
E5
E e q  q  e e   q  q  H      E e q  q  e e
|---------------|------------|---------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|
|---0-0--0----0-|-0--0-------|---0-0--0----0-|
D5                                             D5
Gtr I
q  q  H        E e    q      q    e  e      q      q    H
|--------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|-0--0---------|---0----0------0-------0---|--0------0-----------|
|
|              Gtr II
|                                ~~~~~~                ~~~~~~
| W              E S S  E S S  E E +E  S S    E S S  E E +Q   Q
|--------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------|---x-x-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-x-x-|-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-----|
|--------------|---x-x-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-x-x-|-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-----|
|--------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
E5                                      D5        E5
E e    q      q    e  e      q      q    H        E e    q      q    e  e
|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---0----0------0-------0---|--0------0-----------|---0----0------0-------0---|
|
|                 ~~~~~~                ~~~~~~                      ~~~~~~
| E S S  E S S  E E +E  S S    E S S  E E +Q   Q    E S S  E S S  E E +E  S S
|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---x-x-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-x-x-|-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-----|---x-x-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-x-x-|
|---x-x-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-x-x-|-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-----|---x-x-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-x-x-|
|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
G
W                    W
G
q      q    H        E e    q      q    e  e
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|--0------0-----------|---0----0------0-------0---|
|
|                                                 G
|           ~~~~~~                      ~~~~~~
|  E S S  E E +Q   Q    E S S  E S S  E E +E  S S
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-----|---x-x-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-x-x-|
|-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-----|---x-x-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-x-x-|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
E
tr I
q          q      H
|          |
o          /
tr III
\7___/
Q a   +Q     +E   E  E E
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|----0---(0)----(0)h=1s=2s3b4==||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|
|tr II
|                ~~~~~~~
|  E S    S   E  E  +Q    Q
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|-12-x----x--12--9--(9)--------||
|-12-x----x--12--9--(9)--------||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
Guitar Solo
E5              D5
Gtrs I, II
E  E Q    Q      E E    Q         Q    H
| |    |        |    |         |
/ /    /        /    /         /
Gtr III
T                T
+H        +E  +E  Q     +E  E     +Q   +E  E Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-(3)-------(3)r(3)s7---|-(7)-7(14)-(7)--(7)s9-9(14)--|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
E5                                    D5
E  E  Q           Q              E        E
|  |           |                       |
/  /           /                       /
T  T        T              T              T
|--3--|        |--3--|
+Q     S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  T  T  T  T
|----------15p10h14-15p14p12p10h14-15p14p12p10h14-15p14p=|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-(9)---12-----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
D5
Q     Q     H
|     |
/     /
T              T
|--3--|              |--3--|
S  S  S  T  T  T  T  S  S  S  S  S  E   E   Q
|-12p10--------------------------------------------|
|-------14h15p14p12p10h14h15-14p12p10h14s=15p=12---|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
C5              D5
E   E Q     Q     E  E
| |     |        |
/ /     /        /
|--3--|                     |--3--|
+E   E    S  S  S  S  S  S  S   S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|--------------------12h19p15p12-----12----------12-----|
|-(12)/-----12h15h19-------------h19----19p15p12----19p=|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
D5
Q     Q      H
|     |
/     /
T
|-------6-------|
S  S  S  S   S  S  S  S  a      +E   +S   S  a      +E   +S   +S   S  S
|----------12--------12----------------------------------------------------|
|-15p12h15----h19-17----12---------------------15b17==(15)-(15)r(15)p12-15-|
|--------------------------14b16==(14)r(14)p12-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E5                    D5
E    E  Q    Q     E       E
|  |    |             |
/  /    /             /
\5___
+S    S  S S  S  S  a      +E   +S   S  E  Q
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-(15)-/15p12-x-15p12-----------------------------|
|---------------------14b16==(14)-(14)r14p12p=0---|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
D5
Q               Q        H
|               |
/               /
/                          \1___/
+S  +E.  a      +E  +S  S E a   +T  T S +Q
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-(0)-(0)-[9]b11==(9)r(9)p7h9-9---(9)-9p7-(7)--|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
E5                        D5
E   E  Q          Q        E  E   Q                Q             H
|  |          |           |   |                |
/  /          /           /   /                /
\2        /             \1___/
|-3--|
E a E +S  S S S   S S S S +E  E   S S a   +S  +S  +E  E E  a    +H
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---3s5-(5)-3p0h3--h5-3p0h3-(3)-5p|=3-0-5---(5)-(5)-(5)p3p0--------------|
|-2-------------------------------|-------------------------[2]b4-(2)----|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E5                                           D5
E      E   Q             Q              E         E
|   |             |                        |
/   /             /                        /
+E      E   E  a     +E   S   S  a      +E    +E.     S
|------------12------------12-----15b17==(15)--(15)r---12-|
|---------------15b17-(15)-----12-------------------------|
|-(2)/--/12-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
Q                   Q         H
|                   |
/                   /
~~        T
S  a     +S   S  S  H      S  S S  S
|---------------------------------------|
|-12----------------------------15p8h13-|
|----14b16-(14)-14-12-14----------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
C5                            D5
E    E    Q          Q       E    E
|    |          |            |
/    /          /            /
T       T       T       T       T       T       T          T
|-3--|       |-----6------|  |-----6------|  |------6------|
S S  S  S S  S  S S  S  S S  S  S S  S  S S  S  S S  S  S  S
|-15p8h12---------15p8h12---------15p8h12---------15p8h12p10h17p|
|---------15p8h12---------15p8h12---------15p8h12---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Q     Q     H
|     |
/     /
T     T
S  S  S  S  Q    E  E   Q
|-10h17p10h17p10-------0--12-------|
|----------------------0--15b17----|
|-----------------/12--------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
E5              D5
E E   Q    Q    E  E     Q    Q    H
|   |    |       |     |    |
/   /    /       /     /    /
TP    TP   TP      TP    TP   TP   TP TP
Q     Q    Q.      E     Q    Q    E  Q.
|-12----14---15------17--|-17---19---19-21b24=====||
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||
Outro
Em                   D                         Em                       D
TP                              ~~
+H.           +E     +E     +E   E    Q   H                   W
|-(21)----------(21)---(21)-|-(21)r----------------||-----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------||o----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-------x\-------------||o----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
|   E  E E E Q   +E  a   E     +E   E  q   q   E E     +E  E E E Q  +E  a E
|---------------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------||o----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|
|----------5-2---(2)-2h==4--|--(4)--2--------------||----------5-2--(2)-2h4-|
|--------2------------------|----------5---5-------||o-------2--------------|
|---0--3--------------------|--------------------0-||--(0)-3----------------|
Em                     D                 Em
Gtrs I, II
+E  E q  Q  E E   +E  E E E Q  +E  a E   +E  E q  q  E E
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-(4)-2-----------|---------5-2--(2)-2h4-|-(4)-2------------|
|-------5---------|-------2--------------|-------5--5-------|
|---------------0-|-(0)-3----------------|---------------0--|
D                 Em
+E  E E E Q  +E  a E   +E  E q  q  E E  4x
|----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------o||
|----------------------|------------------||
|---------5-2--(2)-2h4-|-(4)-2------------||
|-------2--------------|-------5--5------o||
|-(0)-3----------------|---------------0--||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h   - hammer-on
p   - pull-off
b   - bend
pb  - pre-bend
r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s   - legato slide
S   - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~   - vibrato
tr  - trill
T   - tap
TP  - trem. picking
PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n  - tremolo bar down
n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
=   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
|  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
:  - bar (freetime)
$  - Segno
&  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

Beat It Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture danielle Lead Player	#1 by danielle woodley at Sep 26, 2007 at 8:53 PM EST
	I beleive this song is about Molesting young boys. Michael jackson is a sick freak.

No Picture Devin Average	#2 by Devin Moreno at Sep 28, 2007 at 1:04 PM EST
	Thriller was the first album I ever owned and Beat It was the first song I ever loved. Before I ever knew what he meant by it all I was copying his moves at the tender age of two. the video, as wicked as it is and as tight as the dancing is, takes away from the real message of the song which is RACISM

No Picture devon Average	#3 by devon at Oct 3, 2007 at 5:40 AM EST
	Its cool when the chipmunks sing this song..hehe

No Picture Lee Professional Badass	#4 by Lee the bass player, known as blacktooth90™ at Oct 5, 2007 at 12:47 AM EST
	this song makes me stoked! I HATE HAMSTER..he sexes little children.. hamster. beat it!

No Picture The Angel of De Lead Player	#5 by The Angel of Death at Oct 6, 2007 at 8:37 AM EST
	Where's hamster?

No Picture FUCK Rhythm Player	#6 by FUCK OFF at Oct 7, 2007 at 3:36 AM EST
	This is such a good song. The video is awesome :)

No Picture Kyle Rhythm Player	#7 by Kyle Wait I Aint Telling You at Oct 17, 2007 at 7:27 AM EST
	None of us know Michael Jackson. none of us know if he fucks children or not. Personally, I beleive Jackson is innosent, but thats just me. Hamster- it was wrong of you to come on a the BEAT IT forum, only to stir trouble and i totally agree with xedgyx- beat it! Innocent or not, this song is fantastic! and like express welding, it reminds me of Back to the Future!!! Michael Jackson is a great artist, and personally i beleive there is more to remember Michael for than being a pedophile!!! Great Artist, Great Performer, Great Dancer, Great SONGS!