[Intro - BPM 71] [Gm7]Is this the real life? [C7]Is this [Gm7]just [C7]fan - [Gm7]ta - [C7]sy? [F7]Caught in a [Cm7]land - [F7]slide, no e [Bb]scape from [Cm7]re - [Bb]a - [F7]li - [Bb]ty. [Gm7]Open your eyes, look [Bb7]up to the skies and se [Eb]ee. [Cm7]I'm just a poor boy, I[F7] need no sympathy, because I'm [B]easy [Bb]come, [A]easy [Bb]go, [B]little [Bb]high, [A]little [Bb]low. [Eb]Any way the [Bb/D-x5333x]wind blows [C#dim7 - x42323]doesn't really [F7/C]matter to me............................... too oo [Bb]me (piano riff)
[Verse 1] [Bb] Mama..........................., just [Gm]killed a man, put a [Cm] gun against his head, pulled my [Cm7] trigger, now he's [F7] dead. [Bb] Mama-------------------, life had [Gm]just begun, but [Cm]now I've gone and [Eb/Cb-7x888x]thrown it [Eb/Bb-66888x]all .. a [Am7b5-x01013]way................. [Abmaj7] ..[Eb/G-476454] ..
[Chorus] [Eb]Mama.............., [Bb/D-x5333x] .... ooh ooh ooh [Cm] ooooooh ... didn't [Fm]mean to make[Eaug - 032110] you [Ab/Eb-x66544]cry..... [Dm7b5 - xx0111] If [Bb7]I'm not back again this time to [Eb]morrow, carry [Bb/D-x5333x]on, carry [Cm]on ...... as if [Abm]nothing really [Eb] matters....[Ab][Eb][Ebdim - x6787x][Fm7]
[Bb] (piano riff - use harmonics at top and 3rd from top frets for G to F line)
[Verse 2] [Bb]Too late ............... my [Gm] time has come, sends [Cm] shivers down my spine, body's [Cm7]aching all the [F7] time. [Bb]Goodbye everybody, I've [Gm]got to go....gotta [Cm] leave you all be [Eb/Cb-7x888x] hind and [Eb/Bb] fa - a [Am7b5-x01013] ce the truth.............. [Abmaj7][Eb/G-476454]
[Chorus] [Eb] Mama ..............[Bb/D].......ooh ooh ooh [Cm]ooh [Fm] I don't wan [Eaug] na di [Ab/Eb] e, [Dm7b5] I [Bb7]sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
[Solo - Full drums] Eb Eb Bb/D Bb/D - Cm Cm Cm Cm Fm Eaug Ab/Eb Dm7b5 - Bb7 Bb7 Bb7 Bb7 Eb Eb Bb/D Bb/D - Cm Cm Cm Cm Fm x x Eaug - Ab/Eb x Dm7b5 x Db x (x Db Db/C - broken triplet) - Db/Cb x Db/Bb x (drums stop - piano chord vamp) A A A A - A A A A
[Opera] strum x5777x x07650 slide 1st and 2nd fingers down 1 fret to whilst holding 7th fret with 3rd x07540 x07650 (No drums - or at most just bass drum) [D]I [A - x07650]see a [Adim]little [A]silhou [D]etto [A]of a [Adim]man. [A - 577655]Scaram [D]ouche, [A]Scaram [D]ouche, [A - x07650]will you [Adim]do the [A]Fan [D]dan [A - 577655]go? (Straight drums - with double snare) [Db/Ab]Thunderbolt and [Ab7]lightning, [C/G]very, very [E7]fright'ning [A]me. (Drums stop) [N.C - Strum A to Adim - x02320] - Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo - Gallileo Fi (G5) ga (F5) ro (E5) - just play notes on bass string - E 3 1 0 [Eb arp]Magnifico-oh-oh-oh-oh... (sing each note of xx8886 - high down)
(No drums - or at most just bass drum) [B]I'm [Bb]just a [A]poor [Bb]boy, [B]no [Bb]body [A]loves [Bb]me. (Straight drums) [Ab/Eb]He's [Eb]just a [Ebdim - x6787x]poor [Eb]boy [Ab/Eb]from a [Eb]poor [Ebdim]fam - i - [Eb]ly. [Ab]Spare him his [Eb/G]life from this [F7]monstrosi [Bb]ty. (Drums stop) [Ab][Eb/G][F#dim - xx4212][Fm7]
(No drums - or at most just bass drum) [B]Easy [Bb]come, [A]easy [Bb]go, [B]will you [Bb]let me [A]go? (Accents with snare for rest of this section) [Bb]Bis - [Eb]mil - [Bb]lah! [Eb]No ................. [Bb]We [Bb]will [Eb/Bb]not [Bb7]let [Eb/Bb]you [Bb]go. [Eb] Let him go! Bismillah! [Eb] We will not let you go. - Let him go! Bismillah! We will not let you go. - Let me go. [Eb] Will not let you go. - Let me go. Will not let you go. - Let me go. (Drums stop) [F#7] Oh-oh-oh-oh...
(Snare on each chord) [Bm]No, [A7]no, [D]no, [Db7]no, [Gb7]no, [Bb7]no, [Eb]no. (Drums stop) [N.C.] Oh, mamma mia, mamma mia, (Snare on each chord) [Eb]Mamma [Ab/Eb]mi - [Eb]a, [Ddim - xx0131 - barre 1]let [Cm7]me [Bb7]go...Be (Straight drums) [Eb]elze [Ab]bub has a [D7]devil put a [Gm]side for [Bb7]me, for [Bb7]me, for [Bb7]meeeeee! (start to swing drums)
[Interlude - Heavy Riff - see notes at end] | Eb | Eb | Eb | F |
[Bb] So you think you can stone me and [Eb] spit in my [Bb] eye. [Db] [Bb] So you think you can love me and [Eb7] leave me to [Ab] die. [Fm] Oh, [Bb] baby, [Fm] can't do this to me, [Bb] baby. [Fm] Just gotta get [Bb] out, [Fm] just gotta get [Bb] right outta [Eb] here.
[Heavy Riff - see notes at end] | (Eb) | Eb | Eb | F | | Gbx3 Abx3 Ax3 | B7 | Ab7 | Bb7 ...
[Heavy Riff] S = Strum pattern U = UP, D = DOWN D = drums E ------------------------ B 8-----------8----------- G 8-------578-8----------- D 8-5-6-8-578-8-5-6-8----- A 6-5-6-8-356-6-5-6-8----- E --3-4-6-------3-4-686--- -------------------------- D B--S--B--S--B--S--B--S-- S UdududUdududUdududUdudud
E ------------------------ B 8-----------10---------- G 8-------581010---------- D 8-5-6-8-5810107-8-10---- A 6-5-6-8-368-8-7-8-10----- E --3-4-6-------5-6-8108--- -------------------------- D B--S--B--S--B--S--B(--)-S S UdududUdududUdududUdududU
[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
