Beat It Tab

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	D A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

Author JayTeeRocks07 [pro] 213.

2 contributors total, last edit on May 18, 2017

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Song: Beat It
Artist: Fall Out Boy
 
This was all done by ear, although, to get the fingering 100% correct for the intro i
patrick play it.
 
[Intro]
(Guitar 1)
E|--0-----------------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-----------Bend a few notes in this main riff,---------|
B|--0------DRUMS------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x------------------------sounds cool!-------------------|
G|--0------------START------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0-----------------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------3-----------------------3--------------|
A|--0-----------------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x--------------0---5-5---/7-5-3-3------0---5-5--/7-5-3--|
D|--0-----------------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x----/12\--0-3---------------------0-3------------------|
 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5--5--------------------------------------------------5--5--5--|
D|--5--5--------3-----------------------3-----------------5--5--5--|
A|--3--3------0---5-5---/7-5-3-3------0---5-5---/7-5-3----3--3--3--|
D|--------0-3---------------------0-3------------------------------|
 
[Verse 2]
(Guitar 1 - On the second through this chord progression, don’t palm mute.)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------x-x-x--| (x2)
G|----------5-5-5-----------5-5-5---3-3-3---5-5-5------------------5-x-x-x--|
D|--0-0-0---5-5-5---0-0-0---5-5-5---3-3-3---5-5-5---3-3-3---0-0-0--5-x-x-x--|
A|--0-0-0---3-3-3---0-0-0---3-3-3---1-1-1---3-3-3---3-3-3---0-0-0--3-x-x-x--|
D|--0-0-0-----------0-0-0---------------------------3-3-3---0-0-0----x-x-x--|
   * * *   * * *   * * *   * * *   * * *   * * *   * * *   * * *
 
(Guitar 2 - Start playing the second time over Guitar 1’s chord progression.)
E|-------------------|
B|-------------------| (x A lot, listen to the song to know how many times.)
G|--7--10--7------7--|
D|------------10-----|
A|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
 
[Chorus]
(Guitar 1)
E|--------------------------|           e|------------|
B|--------------------------|           B|------------|
G|--------------------------| (x6) Then:G|--5--5--5\--|
D|--------3-----------------|           D|--5--5--5\--|
A|------0---5-5---/7-5-3-3--|           A|--3--3--3\--|
D|--0-3---------------------|           D|------------|
 
 
Guitar 2 - They play this bit live but you can’t here it very well on the recording.
 
This only takes as long as the main riff played once, play it as many times as the main riff.
 
E|----------------------------------------------------------|           e|------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|           B|------------|
G|--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-15--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--| (x6) Then:G|--5--5--5\--|
D|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---|           D|--5--5--5\--|
A|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-13--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|           A|--3--3--3\--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|           D|------------|
 
[Verse]
(Guitar 1 - On the second through this chord progression, don’t palm mute.)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------x-x-x--| (x2)
G|----------5-5-5-----------5-5-5---3-3-3---5-5-5------------------5-x-x-x--|
D|--0-0-0---5-5-5---0-0-0---5-5-5---3-3-3---5-5-5---3-3-3---0-0-0--5-x-x-x--|
A|--0-0-0---3-3-3---0-0-0---3-3-3---1-1-1---3-3-3---3-3-3---0-0-0--3-x-x-x--|
D|--0-0-0-----------0-0-0---------------------------3-3-3---0-0-0----x-x-x--|
    * * *   * * *   * * *   * * *   * * *   * * *   * * *   * * *
 
(Guitar 2)
(Start playing the second time over Guitar 1’s chord progression.)
E|-------------------|
B|-------------------| (x A lot, listen to the song to know how many times.)
G|--7--10--7------7--|
D|------------10-----|
A|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
 
[Chorus]
(Guitar 1)
E|--------------------------|           e|------------|
B|--------------------------|           B|------------|
G|--------------------------| (x6)Then: G|--5--5--5\--|
D|--------3-----------------|           D|--5--5--5\--|
A|------0---5-5---/7-5-3-3--|           A|--3--3--3\--|
D|--0-3---------------------|           D|------------|
 
(Guitar 2) - They play this bit live but you can’t here it very well on the recording.
 
This only takes as long as the main riff played once, play it as many times as the main riff.
 
E|----------------------------------------------------------|           e|------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|           B|------------|
G|--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-15--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--| (x6) Then:G|--5--5--5\--|
D|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---|           D|--5--5--5\--|
A|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-13--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|           A|--3--3--3\--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|           D|------------|
 
[Breakdown]
(Guitar 1)
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0-0-0--0-0-0------0-0-0--0-0-0---------0-0-0--0-0-0--------0-0-0--0-0-0--|
A|--0-0-0--0-0-0------0-0-0--0-0-0---------0-0-0--0-0-0--------0-0-0--0-0-0--|
D|--0-0-0--0-0-0------0-0-0--0-0-0---------0-0-0--0-0-0--------0-0-0--0-0-0--|
 
(Guitar 2)
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0-0-0--0-0-0------0-0-0--0-0-0---------0-0-0--0-0-0---7!---0-0-0--0-0-0--|
A|--0-0-0--0-0-0------0-0-0--0-0-0--3~-5---0-0-0--0-0-0--------0-0-0--0-0-0--|
D|--0-0-0--0-0-0------0-0-0--0-0-0---------0-0-0--0-0-0--------0-0-0--0-0-0--|
 
(Guitar 1)
E|--------10-10------10-10------10-10------10-10------10-10------10-10--------------------------|
B|--------10-10------10-10------10-10------10-10------10-10------10-10--------------------------|
G|--------10-10------10-10------10-10------10-10------10-10------10-10--------------------------|
D|--------------12~--------12~--------12~--------12~--------12~--------12~--0-0-0--0-0-0--------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------0-0-0--0-0-0--------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------0-0-0--0-0-0--------|
 
(Guitar 2)
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0--0-0-0--------|
A|--3~-5--0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0-3~-5-0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0--0-0-0--------|
D|--------0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0------0-0-0--0-0-0--------|
 
[Solo]
John Mayer plays the solo in this song; I was surprised because it’s not really his
of music, but he is such a good guitarist and has made it hard for me to tab it out.
 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------13p10------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------12^14--12^14-------12^14-10-12^14v12p10---------------------------|
D|-----------10h12-12/15-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--12--10~--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
That's all i'm up to, i'm certain that all of the above is correct.
 
 
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| ^v^ = bend up and down etc
| ! = pinched harmonic (Squealie)
| ~ = vibrato
| * = Palm muted
| x = Scratch
| p = pull off
| h = hammer on
 
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This is in response to link and white trash above; I find it annoying that some guys are too insecure with their sexuality to like fall out boy. Many people find it cool to hate fall out boy because of their corporate pop-rock sound. Patrick stump has a great voice and people shouldnt be afraid to admit that Fall out Boy has some catchy songs and lyrics. am i right? It may not be extremely technical but they sound great

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err Kalza, yes you are correct but John Mayer does play the solo on the studio version. He really did!

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awesome dude ive been trying to figure out the intro bit for ages good work =]