BEAT IT
As recorded by Micheal Jackson and Eddie Van Halen
Words and Music by Micheal Jackson
E5 D5 C5
x 7 9 9 x x x 5 7 7 x x x 3 5 5 x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr 2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr3'
Intro
Q=137
Em D Em
4/4
Gtrs I, II
Wx12 H Q E E +E E E E Q +E A E +E E q q E E
|-------------|-------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------5-2--(2)-2h4-|-(4)-2-----------|
|-------------|-------------|-------2--------------|-------5--5------|
|-------------|-----------0-|-(0)-3----------------|---------------0-|
D Em D
Gtr I
~~~~~~
+E E E E Q +E A E +E E q Q E S S S S S S E S S E E +E S S
|-----------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------x-x-x-|--x--x-x-x-12-x-x-12-9-(9)---x-x--|
|---------5-2--(2)-2h4--|-(4)-2-------x-x-x-|--x--x-x-x-12-x-x-12-9-(9)---x-x--|
|-------2---------------|-------5-----------|----------------------------------|
|-(0)-3-----------------|-------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W H. E E +E E E E Q +E A E
|-----------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|--------------5----2---(2)-2h4----|
|-----------------------|-------------------|------------2---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------0---|-(0)---3--------------------------|
Em
\1___/
~
|---3----|
E S S E E +E +E +E Q
|------------------------------|
|--7--x-x-7--------------------|
|--7--x-x-7-7-(7)--(7)-(7)-----|
|-----------7-(7)--(7)-(7)-----|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|
| +E E q q E E
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-(4)-2------------------------|
|---------5----5---------------|
|----------------------------0-|
D
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
S S S S E S S E E +E S S E S S E E +Q +E E
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--7--x-x-7----------------||
|--x--x-x-x-12-x-x-12-9-(9)---x-x-|--7--x-x-7-7-(7)--(7)\----||
|--x--x-x-x-12-x-x-12-9-(9)---x-x-|-----------7-(7)--(7)\----||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| +E E E E Q +E A E +E E q H
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------5----2---(2)-2h4---|-(4)-2--------------------||
|------------2--------------------|---------5----------------||
|-(0)---3-------------------------|--------------------------||
Verse
E5 D5 E5 D5
E E Q Q E E Q Q H E E Q Q E E
||----------------|------------|---------------|
||o---------------|------------|---------------|
||----9-9--9----7-|-7--7-------|---9-9--9----7-|
||----9-9--9----7-|-7--7-------|---9-9--9----7-|
||o---7-7--7----5-|-5--5-------|---7-7--7----5-|
||----------------|------------|---------------|
C5 D5
Q Q H E E Q Q E E Q Q H
|------------|---------------|-----------|
|------------|---------------|-----------|
|-7--7-------|---5-5--5----7-|-7--7------|
|-7--7-------|---5-5--5----7-|-7--7------|
|-5--5-------|---3-3--3----5-|-5--5------|
|------------|---------------|-----------|
E5 D5 E5 D5
E E Q Q E E Q Q H E E Q Q E E
|---------------|------------|---------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|
|---9-9--9----7-|-7--7-------|---9-9--9----7-|
|---9-9--9----7-|-7--7-------|---9-9--9----7-|
|---7-7--7----5-|-5--5-------|---7-7--7----5-|
|---------------|------------|---------------|
E5 D5
Q Q H E E Q Q E E Q Q H
|------------|---------------|------------|
|------------|---------------|------------|
|-7--7-------|---9-9--9----7-|-7--7-------|
|-7--7-------|---9-9--9----7-|-7--7-------|
|-5--5-------|---7-7--7----5-|-5--5-------|
|------------|---------------|------------|
C5 D5 E5 D5
E E Q Q E E Q Q H E E Q Q E E Q Q Q E E
|---------------|------------|---------------|--------------||
|---------------|------------|---------------|--------------||
|---5-5--5----7-|-7--7-------|---9-9--9----7-|-7--7---------||
|---5-5--5----7-|-7--7-------|---9-9--9----7-|-7--7---------||
|---3-3--3----5-|-5--5-------|---7-7--7----5-|-5--5---------||
|---------------|------------|---------------|------------0-||
Chorus
Em D Em D
+E E E E Q +E A E +E E q q E E +E E E E Q +E A E
|----------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|---------5-2--(2)-2h4-|-(4)-2-----------|---------5-2--(2)-2h4-|
|-------2--------------|-------5--5------|-------2--------------|
|-(0)-3----------------|---------------0-|-(0)-3----------------|
Em D Em
+E E q Q E E +E E E E Q +E A E +E E q q E E
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-(4)-2-----------|---------5-2--(2)-2h4-|-(4)-2------------|
|-------5---------|-------2--------------|-------5--5-------|
|---------------0-|-(0)-3----------------|---------------0--|
D Em D
+E E E E Q +E A E +E E q Q E E +E E E E Q +E A E
|----------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|---------5-2--(2)-2h4-|-(4)-2-----------|---------5-2--(2)-2h4-|
|-------2--------------|-------5---------|-------2--------------|
|-(0)-3----------------|---------------0-|-(0)-3----------------|
Em D Em
+E E q q E E +E E E E Q +E A E +E E q Q Q
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------||
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------||
|-(4)-2-----------|---------5-2--(2)-2h4-|-(4)-2------------||
|-------5--5------|-------2--------------|-------5---------o||
|---------------0-|-(0)-3----------------|------------------||
Bridge
E5 D5
E E q q E E q q H E E q q E E q q H
|---------------|------------|---------------|------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|------------|
|---0-0--0----0-|-0--0-------|---0-0--0----0-|-0--0-------|
E5
E E q q E E q q H E E q q E E
|---------------|------------|---------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|
|---0-0--0----0-|-0--0-------|---0-0--0----0-|
D5 D5
Gtr I
q q H E E q q E E q q H
|--------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|-0--0---------|---0----0------0-------0---|--0------0-----------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
| W E S S E S S E E +E S S E S S E E +Q Q
|--------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------|---x-x-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-x-x-|-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-----|
|--------------|---x-x-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-x-x-|-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-----|
|--------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
E5 D5 E5
E E q q E E q q H E E q q E E
|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---0----0------0-------0---|--0------0-----------|---0----0------0-------0---|
|
| ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
| E S S E S S E E +E S S E S S E E +Q Q E S S E S S E E +E S S
|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---x-x-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-x-x-|-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-----|---x-x-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-x-x-|
|---x-x-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-x-x-|-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-----|---x-x-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-x-x-|
|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/michael_jackson/beat_it_tab_ver_6.html ]
G
W W
G
q q H E E q q E E
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|--0------0-----------|---0----0------0-------0---|
|
| G
| ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
| E S S E E +Q Q E S S E S S E E +E S S
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-----|---x-x-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-x-x-|
|-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-----|---x-x-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-x-x-|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
E
tr I
q q H
| |
o /
tr III
\7___/
Q A +Q +E E E E
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|----0---(0)----(0)h=1s=2s3b4==||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|
|tr II
| ~~~~~~~
| E S S E E +Q Q
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|-12-x----x--12--9--(9)--------||
|-12-x----x--12--9--(9)--------||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
Guitar Solo
E5 D5
Gtrs I, II
E E Q Q E E Q Q H
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
Gtr III
T T
+H +E +E Q +E E +Q +E E Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-(3)-------(3)r(3)s7---|-(7)-7(14)-(7)--(7)s9-9(14)--|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
E5 D5
E E Q Q E E
| | | |
/ / / /
T T T T T
|--3--| |--3--|
+Q S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T
|----------15p10h14-15p14p12p10h14-15p14p12p10h14-15p14p=|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-(9)---12-----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
D5
Q Q H
| |
/ /
T T
|--3--| |--3--|
S S S T T T T S S S S S E E Q
|-12p10--------------------------------------------|
|-------14h15p14p12p10h14h15-14p12p10h14s=15p=12---|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
C5 D5
E E Q Q E E
| | | |
/ / / /
|--3--| |--3--|
+E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------12h19p15p12-----12----------12-----|
|-(12)/-----12h15h19-------------h19----19p15p12----19p=|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
D5
Q Q H
| |
/ /
T
|-------6-------|
S S S S S S S S a +E +S S a +E +S +S S S
|----------12--------12----------------------------------------------------|
|-15p12h15----h19-17----12---------------------15b17==(15)-(15)r(15)p12-15-|
|--------------------------14b16==(14)r(14)p12-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E5 D5
E E Q Q E E
| | | |
/ / / /
\5___
+S S S S S S a +E +S S E Q
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-(15)-/15p12-x-15p12-----------------------------|
|---------------------14b16==(14)-(14)r14p12p=0---|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
D5
Q Q H
| |
/ /
/ \1___/
+S +E. a +E +S S E a +T T S +Q
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-(0)-(0)-[9]b11==(9)r(9)p7h9-9---(9)-9p7-(7)--|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
E5 D5
E E Q Q E E Q Q H
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
\2 / \1___/
|-3--|
E a E +S S S S S S S S +E E S S a +S +S +E E E a +H
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---3s5-(5)-3p0h3--h5-3p0h3-(3)-5p|=3-0-5---(5)-(5)-(5)p3p0--------------|
|-2-------------------------------|-------------------------[2]b4-(2)----|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E5 D5
E E Q Q E E
| | | |
/ / / /
+E E E A +E S S A +E +E. S
|------------12------------12-----15b17==(15)--(15)r---12-|
|---------------15b17-(15)-----12-------------------------|
|-(2)/--/12-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
Q Q H
| |
/ /
~~ T
S a +S S S H S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|-12----------------------------15p8h13-|
|----14b16-(14)-14-12-14----------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
C5 D5
E E Q Q E E
| | | |
/ / / /
T T T T T T T T
|-3--| |-----6------| |-----6------| |------6------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-15p8h12---------15p8h12---------15p8h12---------15p8h12p10h17p|
|---------15p8h12---------15p8h12---------15p8h12---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Q Q H
| |
/ /
T T
S S S S Q E E Q
|-10h17p10h17p10-------0--12-------|
|----------------------0--15b17----|
|-----------------/12--------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
E5 D5
E E Q Q E E Q Q H
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
Q Q Q. E Q Q E Q.
|-12----14---15------17--|-17---19---19-21b24=====||
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||
Outro
Em D Em D
TP ~~
+H. +E +E +E E Q H W
|-(21)----------(21)---(21)-|-(21)r----------------||-----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------||o----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-------x\-------------||o----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
| E E E E Q +E A E +E E q q E E +E E E E Q +E A E
|---------------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------||o----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|
|----------5-2---(2)-2h==4--|--(4)--2--------------||----------5-2--(2)-2h4-|
|--------2------------------|----------5---5-------||o-------2--------------|
|---0--3--------------------|--------------------0-||--(0)-3----------------|
Em D Em
Gtrs I, II
+E E q Q E E +E E E E Q +E A E +E E q q E E
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-(4)-2-----------|---------5-2--(2)-2h4-|-(4)-2------------|
|-------5---------|-------2--------------|-------5--5-------|
|---------------0-|-(0)-3----------------|---------------0--|
D Em
+E E E E Q +E A E +E E q q E E 4x
|----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------o||
|----------------------|------------------||
|---------5-2--(2)-2h4-|-(4)-2------------||
|-------2--------------|-------5--5------o||
|-(0)-3----------------|---------------0--||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
