Chords for Learn simple Bass riffs: Michael Jackson: Beat it

[N] Hello guys, how you [Eb] doing?
Okay, so yeah, Michael Jackson beat it in
commemoration of
[D] Michael Jackson who died recently.
I thought I'd put it in there because it's [Ab] a great great great great bass line and a really fun one
to play, alright?
[C] For you guys [Ab] that don't know,
if you guys are watching on YouTube, I have loads of other songs hosted at my website and there'll be a link over here
for you because I have to take loads [Bb] down
unfortunately because of copyright [Ab] reasons, but they're all hosted in different places around in there.
Okay, [D] let's get on with it.
Michael Jackson [G] beat it, great bass line.
I'm just [Eb] gonna go ahead and just show you exactly how it's [G] played, okay?
So the first thing we do is gonna go to the [D] A string, alright?
[Ab] We're gonna go to [Eb] the sixth fret on the A string and we're gonna hit that with our
ring finger, [Ebm] sorry, our pointer finger or index finger, whatever [A] you choose to call [Ab] it, in your local domain.
Okay.
[Eb] Then we're gonna go up [Gb] to the ninth fret on the A string.
[Eb] Okay, so we've gone from [Gb] six to eight, yeah?
Bam bam.
[C] Now see guys, I [D] know some of you guys are asking me the question, what the hell is that [G] noise in the background?
Let's see guys, because I live next to the sea.
Really [Abm] annoying.
The chav of the bird world.
Okay, so six [Gb] to nine, alright?
And then [Eb] we're gonna come down, six to [F] nine, I come hit that ninth fret [Abm] with my ring finger, alright?
Bam [Gb] bam bam.
Okay, then we're gonna go to the eighth fret on [D] the EAD [Bb] string with our middle finger. _ _
_ Okay? _ _ _ _
[Gb] Bam bam bam.
[Bb] _ Okay, then we're gonna go to the eleventh fret with our [Ab] _ [B] pinky, okay, on the [G] G string.
So we have_
[Gb] _ [E] _
_ _ [Ab] Okay, this [Eb] is where it becomes open [Abm] to interpretation, [G] as the whole riff becomes open to interpretation, [B] because we can [Eb] transpose
everything we're playing here [Gbm] in different places,
okay, [G] around, around,
because obviously, there's only so many [F] notes, and we can [G] copy and paste those notes all around the board and [Ab] play in different places.
Okay, but on this, [Abm] in this [Bb] instance, I say pinky up here, because it's easier, but you can [B] use your ring, because it's quite [Bm] a
quick [Bb] riff.
_ _ [Abm]
You can [D] use your ring there, but you're gonna have to_
_ You see?
[Gb] _
_ It's quite a jump,
_ _ from that eighth fret
_ [B] to that eleventh fret.
So I'd say, if [D] you are a pinky player,
I'd say use that instead, because it's kind of, it's [E] an easier_
It's [Eb] kind of, when you're_ _
[Bb] Your ring fingers, sorry, your middle finger's sitting down on the eighth fret, it kind of makes [Ab] sense, you know, your
economy of motion and all that, your fingers, [G] your pinkies already [F] kind of sit in there.
But if you don't [Abm] use your pinky, use your [Ab] ring.
Alright, [Eb] okay, so we have_
[Gb] We're _ gonna play [Bm] that, okay, and then we're gonna come [Ab] down
[E] to the eighth [Ab] fret on [G] the G string, [Eb] and we're gonna play that,
[Gb] _ _
_ _ [E] _ [Eb] okay, once.
So, bum, bum.
_ _ _ [E] _ Okay, and then we're gonna play that eighth fret on the G [Ab] string again.
So we're gonna play it two times, so we have this.
[Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
Okay, [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Abm] then we're gonna go to the tenth fret on the G string, after we [Ab] played that [F] eighth fret twice.
_ [Eb] So we [Gb] have_
_ [Ab] _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] I play, I [A] go to the tenth fret with my middle finger there, but [Bb] again, your ring finger or pinky would [Eb] suffice.
_ [Gb] _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ So I've got my ring finger in this [D] instance.
Okay, [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
we're gonna go back down to the eighth fret and play that once.
So we [Gb] have, _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ [Eb] _ _
_ okay.
[Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _
Okay, [E] so we play this eighth fret once [G] on the G string, and then we're gonna go down to the sixth fret on the G string,
we're gonna play that once.
So slowly [Eb] we [Gb] have_ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Db] _ _
So we're gonna play that twice when we go down to that [Dbm] sixth fret on this first [Db] time round.
Play that twice on the sixth fret on the G string.
So [Eb] we _ [Gb] have_
_ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Db] _ _ All right.
[Bb] So do that for the first [Ab] one.
The second one, the only difference is, and the second time we play it, we hit [Db] this once.
Okay, we hit [D] the sixth fret [Db] on the G once.
So, [A] two bits together. _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
[B] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Ebm] And again.
_ [E] Yeah.
[Db] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [E] _ All [Ab] right, okay.
_ _ That's the
[Abm] the beginning part, [E] which is also
[Ab] _ the chorus, the beat it, beat it part.
[B] All right.
It's the main part of the riff.
You know it, [E] you recognize that, right?
Okay, the verse.
We're gonna come [D] to the first fret.
[Eb] This is the way I play it.
Again, you can transpose this anywhere [Ab] around the board as you see fit.
First fret on [Eb] the D string.
_ We're gonna play that one, one, two, three times.
All right, okay.
Then we're gonna come to the [A] fourth fret on [Ab] the A string, and we're gonna play that one, [Db] two, three times.
_ So we have, all together, with the [Eb] verse is
_ [Db] _ _ _
[Eb] we're gonna play the first fret again, [Db] and we're gonna play the fourth fret again.
So we do those two [A] times, okay?
[Eb] All together we have.
_ [Db] _
_ _ [Eb] And again.
_ _ _ [Db] _
Then, after that second [A] one, we go down [Ab] to the second fret on [B] the A string.
We play that three times.
Okay, so all [Eb] together we have.
_ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [Ab] And then we come back up to the [C] fourth fret on the A [Ab] string, and we play that one, [Db] two, three times.
_ Then we go back down to [F] the first [Eb] fret.
Play that three times.
Then we go to [Db] the fourth fret.
Play that [B] three times.
That's that whole part.
That's that whole verse part.
All together, the verse [Eb] is.
_ _ [Dbm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Db] _ _ And again.
[Eb] _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Db] _ Then [Eb] back to the beat it part.
Okay, and then it's just back to the sixth fret.
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Db] _ Okay, got it?
Good. _
[Ab] That's about it.
[A] I think there's a bridge with the solo, [Db] but I think it's still the verse.
[C] The verse when he plays in the [Eb] solo.
Not too sure.
Whatever it is, it's [Bb] simply wormed out.
Okay, so [Ebm] that is _
_ [Ab] Beat It. _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] Sorry about the buzz [Ab] there.
I haven't warmed up [A] very nicely.
Okay, [Ebm] I hope you [Db] enjoyed it guys, and [Ab] I hope you enjoyed playing it.
It's a fun one [Eb] to play.
[A] And as I said, it'll be [Bb] transposed around [Ab] the board as you see fit.
And don't forget to go to the link where all my other songs are hosted.
Take care.