[Intro BPM 120 - G#m7b5/D = xx0102 - CAPO 1st fret for original key] -----Bm--------Bm/F#-Bm/A--Bm---------Bm/F#-Bm/A ||:--/---/---/___/---/---|--/---/---/___/----/--:||[x2]
[Keyboard riff] e |-2--2----keep Bm ringing apart from any part fretted with first finger B |-3--3------------------- G |-4--4------------------- D |-4--4------------------- A |-2--2-----0------------- E |-X--X--0h2--------------
[Verse 1 - Chug with no drums] [Bm] When I was young, it seemed that [Gmaj7] life was so [F#m7] wonderful, [(G)] A [A] miracle, oh, it was [G] beautiful, [E7/G#] magical, And all the [Bm] birds in the trees, well, they'd be [Gmaj7] singing so [F#m7] happily, [(G)] Oh, [A] joyfully, oh, [G] playfully [E7/G#] watching me
[Verse 2 - Full drums but slap snare] But then they [Bm] sent me away, to teach me [Gmaj7] how to be [F#m7] sensible, [(G)][A] Logical, oh, re - [G] sponsible, [E7/G#] practical, And then they [Bm] showed me a world where I [Gmaj7] could be so de - [F#m7] pendable, [(G)] Oh, [A] clinical, oh, intel - [G] lectual, [E7/G#] cynical
[Chorus - Just bass drum Bxxb Bxxx] There are [D] times when all the world's a - [G#m7b5/D - XX0102] sleep The questions run too [Gmaj7/D - XX0432] deep for such a simple (drums in) [C] man- [Em/B] ------ [Am7] ----- [G] ---, Won't you (just bass drum) [D] please, ...please, tell me what we've [G#m7b5/D] learnt, I know it sounds ab - [Gmaj7/D] surd, Please, tell me who I [C] am- [Em/B] ------ [Am7] ----- [G] --! -----C-----Em/B-----Am7---G |-/--/--/--/--|--/--/--/--/--|
[Verse 3 - Full snare] I said now, [Bm] watch what you say, they'll be [Gmaj7] calling you a [F#m7] radical, [(G)] A [A] liberal, oh, fan - [G] atical, [E7/G#] criminal, Oh, won't you [Bm] sign up your name? We'd like to [Gmaj7] feel you're ac - [F#m7] ceptable, [(G)] Re - [A] spectable, oh, pre - [G] sentable, a [E7/G#] vegetable, oh, take it, take it!
[Verse 4 - Sax solo - Full drums] ...Yeah! ---Bm----------Gmaj7-F#m7------(G)-A------------G------E7/G# |--/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/-| ---Bm----------Gmaj7-F#m7------(G)-A------------G------E7/G# |--/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/-|
[Chorus - drums as per others] But at [D] night, when all the world's a - [G#m7b5/D] sleep, The questions run so [Gmaj7/D] deep for such a simple [C] man [Em/B] ------ [Am7] ---, [G] Won't you [D] please, please, tell me what we've [G#m7b5/D] learnt? (Oh, won't you tell me? Umm, tell me what!) I know it sounds ab - [Gmaj7/D] surd-----!, (Can you hear me? I know!) (Oh, won't you help me?) Please, tell me who I [C] am- [Em/B] ------ [Am7] ---- [G] --, (Tell me who I am-------------!) who I [C] am- [Em/B] ------ [Am7] ----- [G] --,
Who I [C] am- [Em/B] ------ [Am7] ----- [G] --, who I [C] am- [Em/B] ------ [Am7] ----- [G] ---! Yeah!
[Outro - Fade to End] ----B7-------------------------------------Em----Em7 ||:-/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/-|
==================================================================== [Coda - with bass notes] This nine bar pattern repeats to the fade
h = Hammer-on notes
B7 e |-------2--2---------|--2-----------------|-------2--2---------| B |-------0--0---------|--0-----------------|-------0--0---------| G |-------2--2---------|--2-----------------|-------2--2---------| D |-------1--1---------|--1---0-h1----------|-------1--1---------| A |----0--2--2------0--|--2---------2--0----|----0--2--2---------| E |--2-----------------|--------------------|--2-----------2--1--|
Em Em7 B7 e |--------------------|-------2--2---------|---2----------------| B |---0--------0--0----|-------0--0---------|---0----------------| G |---0--------0--0----|-------2--2---------|---2----------------| D |---2-----2--0--0----|-------1--1---------|---1---0-h1---------| A |---2----------------|----0--2--2------0--|---2---------2--0---| E |---0----------------|--2-----------------|--------------------|
B7 Em Bm/D (Bm/F#) G e |-------2--2---------|--0------2----------|---3----------------| B |-------0--0---------|--0------3----------|---3----------------| G |-------2--2---------|--0------4----------|---4----------------| D |-------1--1---4--3--|--2---2--0------4---|---5----------------| A |----0--2--2---------|--------------------|--------------------| E |--2-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
[Additional Notes] Bm Bm/F# Bm/A Bm Bm/F# Bm/A e |---2--2--2--2------------|---2--2--2--2------------| B |---3--3--3--3------------|---3--3--3--3------------| [x2] G |---4--4--4--4------------|---4--4--4--4------------| D |---4--4--4--4------------|---4--4--4--4------------| A |---2--2--2--2--------0---|---2--2--2--2--------0---| E |---------------0-h2------|---------------0-h2------|
[Chorus Riff arpeggios] C Em/B Am7 G (G/A)(G/B) e |----------------------|-------------------------| B |----------------------|-------------------------| G |---------0--------0---|---------0---------------| D |------2--------2------|------2------------------| A |---3--------2---------|---0--------------0--h2--| E |----------------------|------------3------------|
h = hammer-on note
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo: Bm = x24432 G = 320033 Em/B = x22000 Bm/F# = 224432 E7/G# = 420100 Am7 = x02010 Bm/A = x04432 D = xx0232 Em = 022000 Gmaj7 = 320002 G#m7b5/D = xx0102 Em7 = 020000 F#m7 = 242222 Gmaj7/D = xx0002 B7 = x21202 A = x02220 C = x32010 Bm/D = xx0432(G) = 3xxxxx
[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
