Standard Tuning EADGBe

This is a simple way to play it for those acoustic singer/songwriter types out there. In the correct key too!



intro: 

e|------------
B|------------
G|------------
D|--4-----2--4
A|-----4------
E|------------

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--2~----------
-----4--2--4--
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(repeat several times)


Verse 1:
 
        
She was more l

             
ike a beauty q

              
ueen from a mo


vie scene
        
I said don`t m

             
ind but what d

              
o you mean,I a

     
m the one  
              
Who will dance

              
 on the floor 

                                    
in the round
              
She said I am 

            
the one who wi

              
ll dance on th

              
e floor in the

             
 round?  


Verse 2: 

        
She told me he

             
r name was Bil

              
lie Jean as sh


e caused a sce

ne.
        
Then every hea

             
d turned with 

              
eyes that drea

           
med of being t

     
he one,
              
Who will dance

              
 on the floor 

            
in the round
                   
 
Pre-Chorus 1: 

             
People always 

            
told me, be ca


reful what you

 do.
             
And don`t go a

              
round breaking

              
 young girls' 

     
hearts
             
And mother alw

              
ays told me, b

   
e careful who 

you love,
             
And be careful

              
 what you do, 

           
`cause the lie

 becomes the t

ruth, hey hey


Chorus 1:

        
Billie Jean is

 not my lover,
              
She's just a g

              
irl who claims

              
 that I am the

 
 one
              
But the kid is

          
 not my son  
              
She says I am 

     
the one,
              
But the kid is

          
 not my son   

            
 

Verse 3:

        
For forty days

             
 and forty nig

              
hts, law was o


n her side
        
But who can st

             
and when she`s

              
 in demand, he

           
r schemes and 


plans
              
Cause we dance

              
d on the floor

           
 in the round.
              
So take my str

            
ong advice: Ju

              
st remember to

              
 always think 

 
twice


Verse 4:

        
She told my ba

             
by we danced t

              
ill three, and


 she looked at

 me,
        
Then showed a 

             
photo. My baby

              
 cried, his ey

           
es were like m

   
ine.
              
Can we dance o

              
n the floor in

      
 the round?


Pre-Chorus 2: 

             
People always 

            
told me, be ca


reful what you

 do.
             
And don`t go a

              
round breaking

              
 young girls' 

     
hearts
             
But you came a

              
nd stood right

           
 by me, just a

 smell of swee

t perfume.,
             
This happened 

              
much too soon.

           
 She called me

 to her room, 

hey


Chorus 2:

        
Billie Jean is

 not my lover,
              
She's just a g

              
irl who claims

              
 that I am the

 
 one
              
But the kid is

          
 not my son  
              
She says I am 

     
the one,
              
But the kid is

          
 not my son   

  



(interlude, guitar solo) 


Chorus 3: 

Chorus 1:

        
Billie Jean is

 not my lover,
              
She's just a g

              
irl who claims

              
 that I am the

 
 one
              
But the kid is

          
 not my son  
              
She says I am 

     
the one,
              
But the kid is

          
 not my son   

  


(repeat till fade...)