Tom: A (bass riff) E|----------------------| B|----------------------| G|----------------------| D|----------------------| A|--55-5-7-7----5-7-----| E|-----------7----------| ( 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