Bat Out of Hell
Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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
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4x Cs Bb Fs D#s
GFG
Pre-Chorus
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Chorus
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Bridge 2
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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
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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