Beat It Full
by Michael Jackson · posted by sdowling
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How to read this tab — notation key
- +
- Blow note
- −
- Draw note
- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
- Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
- < or *
- Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)
Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.
This is the basic riff although improvised on the 2nd time through the chorus and also at the end , but the basic tab is a good starting point.
-4wah = a wah sound on the 4 hole draw, +4 = blow hole 4, -3*= a one step draw bend on hole 3, -3**= a two step draw bend on hole 3
Improvised start
Then the main tune:
-4-4-4-4-4,+4-4-5-4+4-4
-4wah, -4wah, -4wah, -4wah -4wah, -4wah -4wah, +4-3*,+4-3*-4wah
-4wah, +4-3*-2-2*-2, -2*-2-3**-2-2*-1-2*, -2-3*-2,-2-3**-2*
-4-4-4-4-4,+4-4-5-4+4-4
-4wah, -4wah, -4wah, -4wah -4wah, -4wah -4wah, +4-3*,+4-3*-4wah
-4wah, +4-3*-2-2*-2, -2*-2-3**-2-2*-1-2*, -2-3*-2,-4-4-5-4+4-4
Beat it:-
+4,-4wah-4wah, -4wah-4wah, -4wah-4-4-4,-5,-4-5wah,
+4-3*+4-3*+4, +4-3*+4-3*, +4-3*+4-3*+4, +4-3*+4-3*,
+4-3*-2, -3**-2*, -2-3*-2, -2-3**-2*
Verse as at start:- but 2nd line modified
-4-4-4-4-4,+4-4-5-4+4-4
-4, -4*, -4 -4* -4-4*, -4+4-3*,+4-3*-4
-4wah, +4-3*-2-2*-2, -2*-2-3**-2-2*-1-2*, -2-3*-2,-2-3**-2*
-4-4-4-4-4,+4-4-5-4+4-4
-4wah, -4wah, -4wah, -4wah -4wah, -4wah, -4 +4-3*,+4-3*-4wah
-4wah, +4-3*-2-2*-2, -2*-2-3**-2-2*-1-2*, -2-3*-2,-4-4-5-4+4-4
Beat it (includes some improv):-
+4,-4wah-4wah, -4wah-4wah, -4wah-4-4-4,-5,-4-5wah,
+4-3*+4-3*+4, +4-3*+4-3*, +4-3*+4-3*+4, +4-3*+4-3*,
and again
:-+4,-4wah-4wah, -4wah-4wah, -4wah-4-4-4,-5,-4-5wah,
+4-3*+4-3*+4, +4-3*+4-3*, +4-3*+4-3*+4, +4-3*+4-3*,
+4,-3*-2, -3*-2, -3*-2, -3*-2, etc., -3*-2,-3*-2
Find this on youtube under GreyOwl