Billie Jean Uke tab by Michael Jackson

Billie Jean

Chords: F#m, 
  G|---0---  
  C|-----0-
  E|---0---
  A|-------

G#m - (same as f#m but on 3rd fret with a string muted)

Inverted A 
 G|-0------
 C|-----0--
 E|---0----
 A|--------x
    ^ ^ ^
    6 5 4
   f r e t


D, 

Bm7 (mute 2nd fret)

C#m
G|----0-
C|-0--0-
E|----0-
A|----0-
   ^  ^
   5  4
  F r e t



Strumming pattern: Down up Chunk. Down up chunk 
change chord on every down, then mute until next down
(F#m, G#m, A, G#m, G#m)

^ ^ ^
Main riff

Picking:

A|-9---7-9-7--------|
E|---9-------9-7-9--|
C|------------------|
G|------------------|

picking2:

A|-9-11-12-11-|
E|-9-11-12-11-|
C|------------|
G|------------|

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Hilqui00661 (Minto )

i meant luka

18 Jun 2017

Hilqui00661 (Minto )

love the lucka .... SAME i can kinda understand the picking charts but this was confusing

18 Jun 2017

Love The Luka (South West Rocks)

I like it, as I like all of Michael's work, but I can only read chords and sheet music, so it was difficult to understand.

18 Mar 2011

Billie Jean is a 1983 hit single from Michael Jackson's Thriller album. A number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100, the song was also the number-one R&B single for nine weeks in the United States and is one of Jackson's most critically acclaimed songs. It was voted best single of the year in The Village Voice Jazz & Pop critics' poll, and received two Grammy Awards in 1984 in the categories Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Best New Rhythm & Blues Song. It was nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year, along with "Beat It", at the Grammy Awards of 1984.

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