Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell --------------------------- as I play it on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEn_ywW7_6k 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 barr? 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]The [C]sirens are screaming and the [F]fires are howling Way [C]down in the valley tonight [Bbx]There's a [C]man in the shadows with a [Em]gun in his eye And a [F]blade shining oh so bright There's [C]evil in the air and there's [G]thunder in the sky And a [Am]killer's on the blood[G]shot [F]streets [Fill1] Oh and [C]down in the tunnel where the [G]deadly are rising Oh I [Am]swear I saw a young boy [F/A]Down in the gutter, he was [F]starting to foam in the heat [G F G] Pre-Chorus (picked) ---------- Oh [F]Baby, you're the only thing in [G]this whole world That's [C]pure and good and [F]right And wherever you are and wher[G]ever you go There's [F]always gonna [G]be some [C]light But I [F]gotta get out, I gotta [G]break it out now Be[Am]fore the final crack of [F]dawn [Fill1] So we [C]gotta make the most of our [G]one night together When it's [F]over you know, We'll both be so a[G]lone [F G F Fill1] Chorus (strummed) ------ Like a [C]bat out of hell I'll be [F]gone when the morning [C]comes [Fill2] When the [C]night is over Like a [Em]bat out of hell I'll be [F]gone [Em]gone [Dm]gone Like a [C]bat out of hell I'll be [G]gone when the morning [F]comes [Fill1] But when the [C]day is done, And the [G]sun goes down And [F]moonlight's [Am]shining [Dm]through [C Dm G] Then like a [C]sinner be[Em]fore the [Am]gates of [G]heaven I'll come [F]crawling on [Em]back to [Dm7]you 2x Fill 3 Verse 2 (strummed) ------- I'm [C]gonna hit the highway like a [F]battering ram On a [C]silver black phantom bike [Fill2] When the metal is hot and the [Em]engine is hungry And we're [F]all about to see the light [C]Nothing ever grows in this [G]rotting old hole And [Am]everything is stunted and [F]lost [Fill1] And [C]nothing really rocks, And [G]nothing really rolls And [F]nothing's ever [G]worth the [C]cost Bridge 1 (strummed) -------- And I [F]know that I'm [G]damned if I [C]never get out And [F]maybe I'm [G]damned if I [C]do But with [F]every other [G]beat I got [Am]left in my heart You know I'd [F]rather be [G]damned with [C]you If I [C]gotta be damned you know I [G]wanna be damned [F]Dancing through the [G]night with [C]you If I [C]gotta be damned you know I [G]wanna be damned [C]Gotta be damned you know I [F]wanna be damned If I [C]gotta be damned you know I [G]wanna be damned [F]Dancing through the night [G] [F]Dancing through the night [G] [F]Dancing through the night [G]with [C]you Solo 1 ------ 4x Cs Bb Fs D#s G F G Pre-Chorus ---------- Chorus ------ Bridge 2 -------- Then like a [C]sinner be[Em]fore the [Am]gates of [G]heaven I'll come [F]crawling on [Em]back to [Dm7]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 C4 (x33010@1)C (x32010@1)C4 (x33010@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C D#4 D#D#4 (x43121@3)D#Bb4 (x43121@3)BbBb4 (x1333x@1)Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_3x0013@1">G4 G (320003@1)name="chord_3x0013@1">G4 G (320003@1)A4 (x02230@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A C4 (x33010@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C 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 ---- I can [F]see myself [Fsus4]tearing up the [F]road [Fsus4]Fas[F]ter than [Fsus4]any other [F]boy has [C]ever gone And my [F]skin is raw but my [Fsus4]soul is [F]ripe No one's gonna stop me now I gotta make my es[C]cape But I [Bb]can't stop [F]thinking of [C]you And I [D#]never see the sudden [Bb]curve until it's way too [C]late 4x Cx G (320003@1)name="chord_133211@1">F C (x32010@1)And I [D#]never see the sudden [Bb]curve until it's way too [C]late Then I'm [Bb]dying at the bottom of a [C]pit in the blazing [Dm]sun [Bb]Torn and twisted at the [C]foot of a burning [Dm]bike And I [D#]think somebody some[F]where must be tolling a [Gm]bell And the [Bb]last thing I [C]see is my [Dm]heart Still [Bb]beating I'm breaking [Dm]out of my body and [Gm]flyin away [F]Like a [G]bat out of [Csus4]hell [C] Then I'm [D#]dying at the bottom of a [F]pit in the blazing [Gm]sun [D#]Torn and twisted at the [F]foot of a burning [Gm]bike And I [Bb]think somebody some[C]where must be tolling a [Dm]bell And the [D#]last thing I [F]see is my [Gm]heart Still [Fill4] beating, still beating Breaking [G5]out of my body and [Gx]flyin away [-]Like a bat out of hell [C G F] Like a bat out of hell (repeat 3 times low, 4 times with high singing) Outro (picked) ----- [Cx C4 C] repeat and fade