(bass riff)

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( D/E E ) (8x)

(refrão)
           D/E
I said you wanna be startin' somethin'
    E
You got to be startin' somethin'
           D/E
I said you wanna be startin' somethin'
    E
You got to be startin' somethin'
         D/E
It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)
    E
Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)
       D/E
You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)
        E
And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)
         D/E
It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)
    E
Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)
       D/E
You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)
        E
And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)

       D/E
I took my baby to the doctor
       E
With a fever, but nothing he found
       D/E
By the time this hit the street
     E
They said she had a breakdown
D/E
Someone's always tryin'
   E
To start my baby cryin'
D/E
Talkin', squealin', lyin'
       E
Sayin' you just wanna be startin' somethin'

(refrão)

    D/E
You love to pretend that you're good
            E
When you're always up to no good
    D/E
You really can't make him hate her
        E
So your tongue became a razor
D/E
Someone's always tryin'
   E
To keep my baby cryin'
D/E
Treacherous, cunnin', declinin'
    E
You got my baby cryin'

(refrão)

(ponte)
         D/E                   E
You're a vegetable, you're a vegetable
           D/E                  E
Still they hate you, you're a vegetable
              D/E                E
You're just a buffet, you're a vegetable
         D/E                    E
They eat off of you, you're a vegetable

       D/E
Billie Jean is always talkin'
       E
When nobody else is talkin'
        D/E
Tellin' lies and rubbin' shoulders
        E
So they called her mouth a motor
D/E
Someone's always tryin'
   E
To start my baby cryin'
D/E
Talkin', squealin', spyin'
       E
Sayin' you just wanna be startin' somethin'

(refrão)
         D/E                   E
You're a vegetable, you're a vegetable
           D/E                  E
Still they hate you, you're a vegetable
              D/E                E
You're just a buffet, you're a vegetable
         D/E                    E
They eat off of you, you're a vegetable

(solo)

       D/E
If you can't feed your baby (yeah, yeah)
     E
Then don't have a baby (yeah, yeah)
    D/E
And don't think maybe (yeah, yeah)
       E
If you can't feed your baby (yeah, yeah)
D/E
You'll be always tryin'
   E
To stop that child from cryin'
D/E
Hustlin', stealin', lyin'
    E
Now baby's slowly dyin'

(refrão)

          D/E
Lift your head up high
               E
And scream out to the world
         D/E
I know I am someone
            E
And let the truth unfurl
           D/E
No one can hurt you now
            E
Because you know what's true
         D/E
Yes, I believe in me
         E
So you believe in you, help me sing it

      D/E
Ma ma se, ma ma sa, ma ma coo sa
      E
Ma ma se, ma ma sa, Ma ma coo sa
      D/E
Ma ma se, ma ma sa, ma ma coo sa
      E
Ma ma se, ma ma sa, Ma ma coo sa