Meat Loaf-Bat Out Of Hell - BPM - 172
[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