[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 - Just bass drum] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D]
[Verse - Full drums] [Am7] Have you heard a- [D] bout the new dance [C] craze? [Am7] Listen to us, I'm [D] sure you'll be a- [C] mazed [Am7] Big fun to be [D] had by every- [C] one [Am7] It's up to you, it [D] surely can be [C] done [Am7] Young and old are [D] doing it, I'm [C] told [Am7] Just one try, and [D] you too will be [C] sold [Am7] It's called Le Freak! They're [D] doing it night and [C] day [Am7] Allow us, we'll [D] show you the way
[Chorus - Full drums but drop one snare on the 2] [C] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D]
[Verse - Full drums] [Am7] All that pressure [D] got you down [C] [Am7] Has your head [D] spinning all a- [C] round [Am7] Feel the rhythm, [D] chant the [C] rhyme [Am7] Come on along and [D] have a real good [C] time [Am7] Like the days of [D] stopping at the Sa- [C] voy [Am7] Now we're free, [D] oh what a [C] joy [Am7] Just come on down, [D] to fif-ty [C] four [Am7] Find a spot out [D] on the floor
[Chorus - Full drums but drop one snare on the 2] [C] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D]
[Solo - Full drums] [Am7] Now freak! -- [D] ------ [Am7] -------- [D] ------- [Am7] ---------- [D] ------- [Am7] ----------------- [D] ----- I said [Am7] freak!---- [D] -------- [Am7] -------- [D] ------------------------------------------ [Am7] Now freak!----- [D] ---------- [Am7] ------------ [D] -----------------------------------
[Verse - Full drums] [Am7] All that pressure [D] got you down [C] [Am7] Has your head [D] spinning all a- [C] round [Am7] Feel the rhythm, [D] chant the [C] rhyme [Am7] Come on along and [D] have a real good [C] time [Am7] Like the days of [D] stopping at the Sa- [C] voy [Am7] Now we free, [D] oh what a [C] joy [Am7] Just come on down, [D] to fif-ty [C] four [Am7] Find a spot out [D] on the floor
[Chorus - Full drums?] [C] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D]
[Outro] [C] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D] [C] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D]
