Billie Jean - Michael Jackson

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Capo: Fret 2
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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So since the death of the "King of Pop", everyone has been submitting
Michael Jackson tabs. So I thought I would give it a shot.

(The rhythm of the song is based off the bassline. So just try and mimic it.
For the verses and choruses, I throw in some palm mutes to make it more interesting.)


Capo 2nd fret


[Intro]


(I counted about 24 measures of Em. Feel free to shorten if you want.)


[Verse 1]

She was more l

ike a beauty q

ueen, from a m

ovie scene,
              
I said; don't 

              
mind, but what

              
 do you mean; 

         
I am the one?
              
Who will dance

              
 on the floor,

        
 in the round.
              
She said; I am

            
 the one, who 

              
will dance on 

              
the floor, in 

    
the round.


[Verse 2]

She told me he

r name was Bil

lie Jean, as s

he caused a sc

ene.
              
Then every hea

              
d turned, with

              
 eyes that dre

              
amed of being 

    
the one,
              
Who will dance

              
 on the floor,

        
 in the round.


[Pre-Chorus]
             
People always 

             
told me; be ca


reful what you

 do;
             
And don't go a

              
round breaking

              
 young girl's 


hearts.
             
And mother alw

              
ays told me; b

  
e careful of w

ho you love;
             
And be careful

              
 of what you d

            
o, 'cos the li

e becomes the 

truth.


[Chorus 1]

Billie Jean is

 not my lover;
              
She's just a g

              
irl who, claim

              
s that I am th

  
e 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, the law w

as on her side

.
              
But who can st

              
and, when she'

              
s in demand, h

              
er schemes and

 
 plans?
              
'Cos we danced

              
 on the floor,

        
 in the round.
              
So take my str

            
ong advice; ju

              
st remember to

              
 always think 


twice.

(Do think twice).


[Verse 4]

She told my ba

by we'd danced

 till three, t

hen she looked

 at me,
              
Then showed a 

              
photo; my baby

              
 cried; his ey

              
es looked like

 
 mine.
              
Go on dance on

              
 the floor, in

     
 the round, ba

by.


[Pre-chorus 2]
             
People always 

             
told me; be ca


reful what you

 do;
             
And don't go a

              
round breaking

              
 young girl's 


hearts.
             
She came and s

              
tood right by 

             
me; then the s


mell of sweet 

perfume.
             
This happened 

              
much too soon;

     
 she called me

 to her room.


[Chorus 2]

Billie Jean is

 not my lover;
              
She's just a g

              
irl who, claim

              
s that I am th

  
e one.
              
But the kid is

        
 not my son.


Billie Jean is

 not my lover;
              
She's just a g

              
irl who, claim

              
s that I am th

  
e one.
              
But the kid is

        
 not my son.
              
She says; I am

     
 the one,
              
But the kid is

        
 not my son.


[Bridge]
            
 She says; I a

      
m the one,
              
But the kid is

        
 not my son.
              
 She says; I a

      
m the one,
              
But the kid is

        
 not my son.
              
 She says; I a

      
m the one,
              
But the kid is

        
 not my son.
              
 She says; I a

      
m the one,
              
But the kid is

        
 not my son.
              
 She says; I a

      
m the one,
              
But the kid is

        
 not my son.
              
 She says; I a

      
m the one,
              
But the kid is

        
 not my son.


[Outro]

 Billie Jean i

s not my lover

,

 Billie Jean i

s not my lover

.

 Billie Jean i

s not my lover

,

 Billie Jean i

s not my lover

.

(Fade Out)