[Intro - No drums just big stabs with ] xxxx xxxx xxxx x[Eb]xx [F]
[Verse 1 - No drums or percussion - 172 BPM - Eb and F are close to each other] [Eb] The [F]sirens are screaming and the [Bb/F-11333x]fires are howling Way [F]down in the valley tonight [Eb]There's a [F]man in the shadows with a [Am]gun in his eye And a [Bb]blade shining oh so bright There's e [F] vil in the air and there's [C]thunder in the sky And a [Dm]killer's on the blood [C]shot [Bb]streets Oh and (start to finger pick) [F]down in the tunnel where the [C]deadly are rising Oh I [Dm]swear I saw a young boy [Bb/D - x5333x]Down in the gutter, he was [Bb/D]starting to foam in the [C] heat .....[Bb/C x3333x] ...... [C]
[Pre-Chorus - slight snare slap - no bass drum] Oh [Bb]Baby, you're the only thing in [C]this whole world That's [F]pure and good and [Bb]right And where [Bb]ever you are and where [C]ever you go There's [Bb]always gonna [C]be some [F]light But I [Bb]gotta get out, I gotta [C]break it out now Be [Dm]fore the final crack of dawn [Bb] So we [F]gotta make the most of our [C]one night together When it's [Bb]over you know We'll both be so al [C] one [Bb/C][C]
[Chorus - Full drums] Like a [F]bat out of hell I'll be [Bb]gone when the morning [F]comes When the [F]night is over Like a [Am]bat out of hell I'll be [Bb]gone [Am]gone [Gm]gone (this on snare)
Like a [F]bat out of hell I'll be [C] gone when the morning [Bb] comes ([Bb][C]) But when the (half time) [F] day is done and the [C] sun goes down And [Bb]moonlight's [Bb/G]shin-ing [Gm]through [Am]ooh [Bb]ooh [C]oooh (stop)
(freetime - no drums) Then like a [F] sinner be [Am/E] fore the [Dm] gates of [F/C] heaven I'll come [Bb]crawling on [Gm/A]back [Gm/A]to [Gm7]you
[STRUMMY BIT - C/E just play once first then second time upstroke to snare] (bass drum on each Bb/D) [Bb/D x5333x] C/E Bb/D C/E
[Verse 2 - Full drums] I'm [F] gonna hit the highway like a [Bb] battering ram On a [F] silver black phantom bike When the [F] metal is hot and the [Am] engine is hungry And we're [Bb] all about to see the light [F] Nothing ever grows in this [C] rotting old hole and [Dm] Everything is stunted and [Bb] lost And [F] (half time) nothing really rocks And [C] nothing really rolls And [Bb] nothing's ever [C] worth the [F] cost (full time)
And I [Bb] know that I'm [C] damned if I [F] never get out And [Bb] maybe I'm [C] damned if I d [F] o But with e [Bb] very other [C] beat I got [Dm] left in my heart You know I'd [Bb] rather be [C] damned with [F] you If I [F] gotta be damned you know I [C] wanna be damned [Bb] Dancing through the [C] night with y [F] o If I gotta be damned you know I [C] wanna be damned [F] Gotta be damned you know I [Bb] wanna be damned If I [F] gotta be damned you know I [C] wanna be damned [Bb] Dancing through the [C] night [Bb] Dancing through the [C] night [Bb] Dancing through the [C] night with [F] you
[Instrumental] [F][Eb][Bb/D][C] x4 [Csus][C] x 2
[Pre-Chorus] Oh [Bb] Baby, you're the only thing in [C] this whole world That's [F] pure and good and [Bb] right And [Bb] wherever you are and wher [C] ever you go There's [Bb] always gonna [C] be some [F] light But I [Bb] gotta get out I gotta [C] break it out now Be [Dm] fore the final crack of [Bb] dawn So we [F] gotta make the most of our [C] one night together When it's [Bb] over you know We'll both be so al [C] one [Bb/C][C]
[Chorus] Like a [F]bat out of hell I'll be [Bb]gone when the morning [F]comes When the [F]night is over Like a [Am]bat out of hell I'll be [Bb]gone [Am]gone [Gm]gone (this on snare)
Like a [F]bat out of hell I'll be [C] gone when the morning [Bb] comes ([Bb][C]) But when the (half time) [F] day is done and the [C] sun goes down And [Bb]moonlight's [Bb/G]shin-ing [Gm]through [Am]ooh [Bb]ooh [C]oooh
(loud, hard and half time) Then like a [F]sinner be [C/E]fore the [Dm]gates of [F/C]heaven I'll come [Bb]crawling on [Gm/A]back [Gm/A]to [Gm7]you (pause - then no drums) Then like a [F] sinner be [Am/E]fore the [Dm]gates of [F/C]heaven I'll come [Bb] crawling on [Gm/A]back [Gm/A]to [Gm7]you
[Instrumental 1 - REMOVED]
[Vamp on Bb] [Bb]
[Verse] I can [Bb]see myself [Bbsus4] tearing up the [Bb] road [Eb]Fas [Bb]ter than [Eb/Bb]a... [Bb]ny [C/B]other [Bb]boy has [F]ever gone - (don't worry for now - F F/Eb F/D) [F/C]And my [Bb]skin is raw but my [Bbsus4]soul is [Bb]ripe [Bb]No one's gonna stop me now I gotta make my es [F]cape But I [Eb]can't stop [Bb]thinking of [F]you And I [Ab]never see the sudden [Eb] curve until it's way too [F]late (slow down and half time - Instrumental 2 removed) And I [Ab] never see the sudden [Eb] curve till it's way too [Fsus] late [F] (stop)
[Verse - No drums - finger pick] Then I'm [Eb] dying at the bottom of a [F] pit in the blazing [Gm] sun [Eb] Torn and twisted at the [F] foot of a burning [Gm]bike And I [Ab] think somebody some [Bb] where must be tolling a [Cm] bell And the [Eb] last thing I [F] see is my [Gm] heart Still [Eb] beating (start to lift) Breaking [Gm]out of my body and [Cm]flyin away (straight to next line) [C] Like a bat out of hell [Fsus4][F]
[Verse - Loud and Half time] Then I'm [Ab] dying at the bottom of a [Bb] pit in the blazing [Cm] sun [Ab] Torn and twisted at the [Bb] foot of a burning [Cm] bike (quieter) And I [Eb] think somebody some [F] where must be tolling a [Gm] bell (3 hard stabs) And the [Ab] last thing I [Bb] see is my [Cm] heart (lift with muted downstrokes) Still [Dbsus2-x46644]beating, Still [Dbsus2]beating I'm breaking [Fmadd9/C-13x113] out of my body and [C]flyin away (1 2 3 4 1) hey(stop) Like a bat out of
[Chorus] [F] Hell [C][Bb] Like a bat out of [F] Hell [C][Bb] Like a bat out of [F] Hell [C][Bb] (hold on Bb for 1 2 3 4 the stop_
Like a bat out of [F]hell....... (end)
[End]
[Notes] [Intro 2 - taken out] Ab/F Eb/F Bb/F F (x16) Ab/F Eb/F Bb/F Ab/F Eb/F Bb/F (x2) F Eb F Eb F Eb F Eb (x2) F Ab Eb Bb (x11) Eb Eb F C Bb F C Bb F Bb/F Eb F Bb/F Eb
[Instrumental 2] (Guitar-Cycle Drums two bars) Fsus F Fsus F F2 F Absus Absus Ab Absus Ab Ab2 Ab Ebsus Ebsus Eb Ebsus Eb Ebsus Eb Csus C Csus C Csus C (x2) G/D D G/D D Bb/F F Bb/F F
[Instrumental 2] F C C Bb F/A Bb F C C Bb F/A Bb |x2
[Intro - BPM 65] (backward strums very close to bridge - no drums) [F#m7][Bm7][Cmaj7]..................
[Drums in - C/D - x55558 or 030010 to make fuller - bass plays D, D6 - (5)57777 or x00202 to sound fuller, Bb/C - x33336]
[C/D-x5555x] x x [D6-x57777] - x x [Bb/C-x3333x] x - x x x x - x x x x [C/D] x x [D6] - x x [Bb/C] x - x x x x - x x x x [C/D] x x [Gmaj7-3x0002] - x x x x - [D/E]x x [E7]- x x x x [Cmaj7] x x [Cmaj7*] - x [Cmaj7] x x - [D] x x [D] - [Dsus4] * = add high G on E string then take off for next one
[Verse 1] [Am7] All babies to [Bm7] gether [D/E] everyone a [E7] seed [Am7] Half of us are [Bm7] satisfied [D/E] half of us in [E7] need [Am7] Loves bountiful [Bm7] in us [D/E] tarnished by our [E7] greed (for C/D and Bb/C - playing x55555 and x33333 seems to work) oh, [Am7] When will there be a [D] harvest for the [C/D] world [Gmaj7] Yeah [Bb/C]
[Verse 2] [Am7] A nation [Bm7] planted [D/E] so concerned with[E7] gain [Am7] As the seasons [Bm7] come and go [D/E] greater grows the [E7] pain And [Am7] far to [Bm7] many [D/E] feeling the [E7] strain Oh, [Am7] When will there be a [D] harvest for the world [C/D] [Gmaj7] Yeah [Bb/C]
[Verse 3] [Em7] Gather every [Bm7] man [Em7] gather every [Am7] woman [Em7] Celebrate new [Bm7] life [Em7] give thanks for your [Am7] chil [Bm7] dren [Em7] Gather every [Bm7] one [Em7] gather all to [Am7] gether [Em7] Overlooking [Bm7] none [Em7] hoping life gets better [Am7] For the world [C/D] [Gmaj7] Yeah [Bb/C]
[Verse 4] [Am7] Dress me up for [Bm7] battle when [D/E] all I want is [E7] peace [Am7] Those of us who [Bm7] pay the price [D/E] come home with the [E7] least [Bm7] and [Am7] nation after [Bm7] nation [D/E] turning into beasts [E7] Oh, [Am7] When will there be a [D] harvest for the world [C/D] [Gmaj7] Yeah [Bb/C]