Smooth Criminal Chords & Tabs
Alien Ant Farm,smooth criminal.
Tabbed by Andy, epithet965@hotmail.com.
this is totally correct. all of it.
sorry it's long, but i couldn't find a way to shorten it
without getting everything down in order.
any questions/comments email to Andy at eptithet965@hotmail.com
standard tuning: e,a,d,g,b,e
Intro riff:
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|-2-||----0-0-0-0---0-2--2-----0-2-|3--3-----3-3-2------------|
|-0-||------------3----------------|----------------3-----0---|
repeats four times as intro
play intro riff three times as verse, then...
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|---------------------------|----------------------3--|
|--0-0-0-0---0-2--2-----0-2-|3--3-----3-3-2--------3--|
|----------3----------------|----------------3-----1--|
(\"Annie are you ok, you ok, you ok annie?\")
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|(3)------------------------|(3)----------5--5-----3--|
|(3)------------------------|(3)----------5--5-----3--|
|(1)------------------------|(1)----------3--3-----1--|
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|(3)------------------------|(3)----------5--5-----3--|
|(3)------------------------|(3)----------5--5-----3--|
|(1)------------------------|(1)----------3--3-----1--|
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|(3)------------------------|(3)-------------------3--|
|(3)------------------------|(3)-------------------3--|
|(1)------------------------|(1)----------3--------1--|
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|---------------------------|----------------------2--|
|(3)------------------------|2------------5--2--5--2--|
|(3)------------------------|2------------5--2--5--0--|
|(1)------------------------|0------------3--0--3-----|
Chorus:
(\"Annie are you ok, would you tell us that your ok...\")
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|---2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|----------------------2--|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-5--5----5-5-|3--3-----3-3-5--3--5--2--|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-5--5----5-5-|3--3-----3-3-5--3--5--0--|
|---------------3--3----3-3-|1--1-----1-1-3--1--3-----|
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|---2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|----------------------2--|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-5--5----5-5-|3--3-----3-3-2-----5--2--|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-5--5----5-5-|3--3-----3-3-2-----5--0--|
|---------------3--3----3-3-|1--1-----1-1-0-----3-----|
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|---2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|----------------------2--|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-5--5----5-5-|3--3-----3-3-5--3--5--2--|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-5--5----5-5-|3--3-----3-3-5--3--5--0--|
|---------------3--3----3-3-|1--1-----1-1-3--1--3-----|
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|---2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|-------------------------|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-5--5----5-5-|3--3-----3-3-2--2--5--3--|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-5--5----5-5-|3--3-----3-3-2--2--5--3--|
|---------------3--3----3-3-|1--1-----1-1-0--0--3--1--|
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|(3)------------------------|(3)----------5--5-----3--|
|(3)------------------------|(3)----------5--5-----3--|
|(1)------------------------|(1)----------3--3-----1--|
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|(3)------------------------|(3)----------5--5-----3--|
|(3)------------------------|(3)----------5--5-----3--|
|(1)------------------------|(1)----------3--3-----1--|
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|(3)------------------------|(3)----------5--5--5--3--|
|(3)------------------------|(3)----------5--5--5--3--|
|(1)------------------------|(1)----------3--3--3--1--|
(\"You've been hit bad, you've been struck by a smooth criminal\")
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|2-----------2--2-----------|------2---------------0--|<-to intro riff
|0-----------0--0-----------|------0------------------|
Intro Riff x2
Intro riff once as verse, then...
(same thing that's after the first verse)
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|---------------------------|----------------------3--|
|--0-0-0-0---0-2--2-----0-2-|3--3-----3-3-2--------3--|
|----------3----------------|----------------3-----1--|
(\"Annie are you ok, you ok, you ok annie?\")
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|(3)------------------------|(3)----------5--5-----3--|
|(3)------------------------|(3)----------5--5-----3--|
|(1)------------------------|(1)----------3--3-----1--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/alien_ant_farm/smooth_criminal_tab_ver_8.html ]
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|(3)------------------------|(3)----------5--5-----3--|
|(3)------------------------|(3)----------5--5-----3--|
|(1)------------------------|(1)----------3--3-----1--|
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|(3)------------------------|(3)-------------------3--|
|(3)------------------------|(3)-------------------3--|
|(1)------------------------|(1)----------3--------1--|
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|---------------------------|----------------------2--|
|(3)------------------------|2------------5--2--5--2--|
|(3)------------------------|2------------5--2--5--0--|
|(1)------------------------|0------------3--0--3-----|
Chorus:
(\"Annie are you ok, would you tell us that your ok...\")
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|---2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|----------------------2--|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-5--5----5-5-|3--3-----3-3-5--3--5--2--|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-5--5----5-5-|3--3-----3-3-5--3--5--0--|
|---------------3--3----3-3-|1--1-----1-1-3--1--3-----|
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|---2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|----------------------2--|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-5--5----5-5-|3--3-----3-3-2-----5--2--|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-5--5----5-5-|3--3-----3-3-2-----5--0--|
|---------------3--3----3-3-|1--1-----1-1-0-----3-----|
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|---2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|----------------------2--|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-5--5----5-5-|3--3-----3-3-5--3--5--2--|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-5--5----5-5-|3--3-----3-3-5--3--5--0--|
|---------------3--3----3-3-|1--1-----1-1-3--1--3-----|
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|---2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|-------------------------|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-5--5----5-5-|3--3-----3-3-2--2--5--3--|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-5--5----5-5-|3--3-----3-3-2--2--5--3--|
|---------------3--3----3-3-|1--1-----1-1-0--0--3--1--|
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|(3)------------------------|(3)----------5--5-----3--|
|(3)------------------------|(3)----------5--5-----3--|
|(1)------------------------|(1)----------3--3-----1--|
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|(3)------------------------|(3)----------5--5-----3--|
|(3)------------------------|(3)----------5--5-----3--|
|(1)------------------------|(1)----------3--3-----1--|
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|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|(3)------------------------|(3)----------5--5--5--3--|
|(3)------------------------|(3)----------5--5--5--3--|
|(1)------------------------|(1)----------3--3--3--1--|
(\"You've been hit bad, you've been struck by a smooth criminal\")
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|2-----------2--2-----------|------2---------------0--|<-to intro riff
|0-----------0--0-----------|------0------------------|
Intro riff played 8 times total while second guitar plays following...
on fourth intro riff pick slide UP into this:
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||--5-4-2-4-2-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|| play this 8 times
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Chorus:
(\"Annie are you ok, would you tell us that your ok...\")
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|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|----------------------2--|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-5--5----5-5-|3--3-----3-3-5--3--5--2--|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-5--5----5-5-|3--3-----3-3-5--3--5--0--|
|---------------3--3----3-3-|1--1-----1-1-3--1--3-----|
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|---2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|----------------------2--|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-5--5----5-5-|3--3-----3-3-2-----5--2--|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-5--5----5-5-|3--3-----3-3-2-----5--0--|
|---------------3--3----3-3-|1--1-----1-1-0-----3-----|
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|---2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|----------------------2--|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-5--5----5-5-|3--3-----3-3-5--3--5--2--|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-5--5----5-5-|3--3-----3-3-5--3--5--0--|
|---------------3--3----3-3-|1--1-----1-1-3--1--3-----|
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|---2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|----------------------2--|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-5--5----5-5-|3------------2-----5--2--|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-5--5----5-5-|3------------2-----5--0--|
|---------------3--3----3-3-|1------------0-----3-----|
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|---2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|----------------------2--|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-5--5----5-5-|3--3-----3-3-5--3--5--2--|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-5--5----5-5-|3--3-----3-3-5--3--5--0--|
|---------------3--3----3-3-|1--1-----1-1-3--1--3-----|
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|---2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|----------------------2--|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-5--5----5-5-|3--3-----3-3-2-----5--2--|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-5--5----5-5-|3--3-----3-3-2-----5--0--|
|---------------3--3----3-3-|1--1-----1-1-0-----3-----|
Intro Riff plays 7 times
8th times play this:
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|--0-0-0-0---0-2--2-----0-2-|3--3-----3-3-2-----------||
|----------3----------------|----------------3--------||
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