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Difficulty: intermediate
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.

^v^ = bend up and down etc
! = pinched harmonic (Squealie)
~ = vibrato
* = Palm muted
x = Scratch
p = pull off
h = hammer on

===== 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 =====


Guitar 1 - On the second through this chord progression, don’t palm mute.

e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------x-x-x--| X 2
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--------------------------| X 6 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--| X 6 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--| X 2
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--------------------------| X 6 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--| X 6 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------------|

===== Break Down =====


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.

Enjoy
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