Michael Jackson – Billie Jean

Article by Maarten Tromp | Published 1 April 2016.

This is the bass tab for Billie Jean by Michael Jackson, from the album Thriller (1982), played by Louis Johnson.

Music

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Bass tab

Verse

    F♯m
G  |---------------- ||
D  |4---2-4-2-------*||
A  |--4-------4-2-4-*||
E  |2-----2--------- ||
             play 4x

    Bm
G  |4---2-4---------|4---2-4---2-----||
D  |--4-------4-2-4-|--4---------42--||
A  |----------------|--------------4-||
E  |----------------|----------------||

Chorus

    D                F♯m                D                C♯7
G  |----------------|---------------- ||----------------|----------------||
D  |--------------23|4-----------4---*||----------------|----------------||
A  |5------55-------|--------------0-*||5------55-----0-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4---||
E  |----------------|-------22-2----- ||----------------|----------------||
                              play 3x