Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell --------------------------- I transposed it down so that a normal person can sing it. The high notes at the end went from a high C to a G. If you want to sing it in the original key, use a capo on 5th fret This is a big song with many parts, work through it part by part and check out my video to get how it's meant to be played chords: ------- C G F C6 Bbx Em F/A Dm Dm7 Cs Bb Fs D#s F4 D#* Cx Gm G5 Gx C4 e|-0-3-1-----x---0---1--1---1--8--6---8--6---1--6---3--3--x--3--1-| B|-1-0-1-----x---0---1--3---1--8--6--10--8---1--4---1--3--x--3--1-| G|-0-0-2--2--x---0---2--2---2--9--7--10--8---3--0---0--3--x--4--0-| D|-2-0-3--2--x---2---3--0---0-10--8--10--8---3--5---2--0--5--5--2-| A|-3-2-3--3--1---2---0--x---x-10--8---8--6---3--6---3--x--5--5--3-| E|-x-3-1--x--x---0---x--x---x--8--6---x--x---1--x---x--3--3--3--x-| * you can play the D# with barré too, this one is just easier Fills: ------ Fill1 Fill2 Fill3 Fill4 e|--------|0-1-0---------|-----------|--------------------------| B|--------|------3-1-0-1-|-----------|-4------4-----4-----4-----| G|--------|--------------|-----------|---6------6-----6-----6---| D|------2-|--------------|-3-3-3-3-5-|-----6------6-----6-----6-| A|----0---|--------------|-3-3-3-3-5-|--------------------------| E|1-3-----|--------------|-1-1-1-1-3-|--------------------------| Intro: ----- 4x 4x 2x 2x 7x 4x e|------|-------------|--------|-----|------|------------| B|------|-------------|--------|-----|------|------------| G|------|-------------|--------|-----|------|------------| D|------|-8-7---------|-8-7-10-|-8-7-|-10-8-|------------| A|-8-10-|-----10-8-10-|--------|-----|------|-15\10-13\8-| E|-6--8-|-6-6--8-8--8-|-6-6--8-|-6-6-|--8-6-|-13\8--11\6-| C G F F->G->C G F (you can whistle the guitar solo melody) e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-0-----0-----0---2-----2-----2---0-----0-----0---0-----0-------| D|---2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2-----| A|-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3-1-| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| Verse 1 (picked) ------- Bbx C F The sirens are screaming and the fires are howling C Way down in the valley tonight Bbx C Em There's a man in the shadows with a gun in his eye F And a blade shining oh so bright C G There's evil in the air and there's thunder in the sky Am G F Fill1 And a killer's on the bloodshot streets C G Oh and down in the tunnel where the deadly are rising Am Oh I swear I saw a young boy F/A F GFG Down in the gutter, he was starting to foam in the heat Pre-Chorus (picked) ---------- F G Oh Baby, you're the only thing in this whole world C F That's pure and good and right G And wherever you are and wherever you go F G C There's always gonna be some light F G But I gotta get out, I gotta break it out now Am F Fill1 Before the final crack of dawn C G So we gotta make the most of our one night together F G F G F Fill1 When it's over you know, We'll both be so alone Chorus (strummed) ------ C F C Fill2 Like a bat out of hell I'll be gone when the morning comes C Em F Em Dm When the night is over Like a bat out of hell I'll be gone gone gone C G F Fill1 Like a bat out of hell I'll be gone when the morning comes C G But when the day is done, And the sun goes down F Am Dm CDG And moonlight's shining through C Em Am G Then like a sinner before the gates of heaven F Em Dm7 I'll come crawling on back to you 2x Fill 3 Verse 2 (strummed) ------- C F I'm gonna hit the highway like a battering ram C Fill2 On a silver black phantom bike Em When the metal is hot and the engine is hungry F And we're all about to see the light C G Nothing ever grows in this rotting old hole Am F Fill1 And everything is stunted and lost C G And nothing really rocks, And nothing really rolls F G C And nothing's ever worth the cost Bridge 1 (strummed) -------- F G C And I know that I'm damned if I never get out F G C And maybe I'm damned if I do F G Am But with every other beat I got left in my heart F G C You know I'd rather be damned with you C G If I gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned F G C Dancing through the night with you C G If I gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned C F Gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned C G If I gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned F G Dancing through the night F G Dancing through the night F G C Dancing through the night with you Solo 1 ------ 4x Cs Bb Fs D#s GFG Pre-Chorus ---------- Chorus ------ Bridge 2 -------- C Em Am G Then like a sinner before the gates of heaven F Em Dm7 I'll come crawling on back to you Solo 2 ------ You can try to make some kind of motor sound by slowly sliding up on the lower strings first and land on a C which climbs into the solo chords: 2x CCCCDDDDBBBBGGGGAACC e|-3--3--3--3----6--6---6--6---6--6---6--6---3-3--3-3-|-5-5--1-0-| B|-6--5--6--5----9--8---9--8---6--6---6--6---3-3--3-3-|-5-5--1-1-| G|-5--5--5--5----8--8---8--8---8--7---8--7---5-4--5-4-|-7-6--0-0-| D|-5--5--5--5----8--8---8--8---8--8---8--8---5-5--5-5-|-7-7--2-2-| A|-3--3--3--3----6--6---6--6---8--8---8--8---5-5--5-5-|-7-7--3-3-| E|-x--x--x--x----x--x---x--x---6--6---6--6---3-3--3-3-|-5-5--x-x-| Coda ---- F Fsus4 F I can see myself tearing up the road FsuF4 Fsus4 F C Faster than any other boy has ever gone F Fsus4 F And my skin is raw but my soul is ripe C No one's gonna stop me now I gotta make my escape Bb F C But I can't stop thinking of you D# Bb C And I never see the sudden curve until it's way too late 4x Cx G F C D# Bb C And I never see the sudden curve until it's way too late Bb C Dm Then I'm dying at the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun Bb C Dm Torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bike D# F Gm And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell Bb C Dm Bb And the last thing I see is my heart Still beating Dm Gm I'm breaking out of my body and flyin away F G Csus4C Like a bat out of hell D# F Gm Then I'm dying at the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun D# F Gm Torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bike Bb C Dm And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell D# F Gm And the last thing I see is my heart Fill4 Still beating, still beating G5 Gx - Breaking out of my body and flyin away Like a bat out of hell CGF Like a bat out of hell (repeat 3 times low, 4 times with high singing) Outro (picked) Cx C4 C repeat and fade