Thriller

Michael Jackson "Thriller"

Vocal & Big Band Words and Music
Rod Temperton
Bigband-arr: Jesper Riis
January 2013

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It's close to mid - night, and some- thing e - vil's lurk - in' in the dark.
You hear the door slam and re - al - ize there's no - where left to run.
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Un - der the moon - light you see a sight that al - most stops your heart. you try to scream,
You feel the cold hand, and won- der if you'll ev - er see the sun. You close your eyes,
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but ter - ror takes the sound be - fore you make it. You start to freeze
and hope that this is just i - mag - i - na - tion But all the while,

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