• Song:

    Bat Out Of Hell

  • Artist:

    Meat Loaf

  • Album:

    The Very Best Of

Bat Out of Hell
I know there are other versions, but none this complete or accurate.
It's useful to follow it with the recording first to see how it all
works out. I assure you that it's all here.

Eb| (x43121@3)F (133211@1)Eb| (x43121@3)F (133211@1)Eb| (x43121@3)
| Ab/F  Eb/F  Bb/F  F  | x16 | Ab/F Eb/F Bb/F Ab/F Eb/F Bb/F | x2

| F (133211@1)name="chord_x43121@3">Eb F (133211@1)name="chord_x43121@3">Eb F (133211@1)name="chord_x43121@3">Eb F (133211@1)name="chord_x43121@3">Eb | x2 | F/ (133211@1)/ Ab| (xx1114@1)Eb/ (x43121@3)/ Bb| (x1333x@1)x11 | Eb| (x43121@3)Eb| (x43121@3)
| F| (133211@1)C| (x32010@1)Bb| (x1333x@1)/ | F| (133211@1)C| (x32010@1)Bb| (x1333x@1)/ || F| (133211@1)Bb/F/ (102220@1)/ Eb| (x43121@3)F| (133211@1)Bb/F/ (102220@1)/ Eb| (x43121@3)
(Eb)  F (133211@1)                          Bb/F (102220@1) The sirens are screaming and the fires are howling
    F (133211@1)                      
Way down in the valley tonight
  Eb (x43121@3)    F (133211@1)                       AmThere's (x02210@1)a man in the shadows with a gun in his eye
      BbAnd (x1333x@1)a blade shining oh so bright
    
        F (133211@1)                         CThere's (x32010@1)evil in the air and there's thunder in the sky
      Dm (xx0231@1)                 C (x32010@1)  BbAnd (x1333x@1)a killer's on the bloodshot streets
       F (133211@1)                          COh (x32010@1)and down in the tunnel where the deadly are rising
     DmOh (xx0231@1)I swear I saw a young boy
Bb/D (x1033x@1)                                             C (x32010@1)| Bb/C | C| (x32010@1)Down in the gutter, he was starting to foam in the heat

Pre-Chorus:
   Bb (x1333x@1)                           C (x32010@1)             
Oh Baby, you're the only thing in this whole world 
       F (133211@1)               BbThat's (x1333x@1)pure and good and right
                             CAnd (x32010@1)wherever you are and wherever you go
        Bb (x1333x@1)         C (x32010@1)     FThere's (133211@1)always gonna be some light

BbBut (x1333x@1)I gotta get out
        CI (x32010@1)gotta break it out now
  Dm (xx0231@1)                    BbBefore (x1333x@1)the final crack of dawn
      F (133211@1)                        CSo (x32010@1)we gotta make the most of our one night together
          BbWhen (x1333x@1)it's over you know
                   C| (x32010@1)Bb/C | C| (x32010@1)/ ||
We'll both be so alone

Chorus:
       F (133211@1)Like a bat out of hell
        Bb (x1333x@1)                  F (133211@1)  | / |
I'll be gone when the morning comes
     FWhen (133211@1)the night is over
       Am (x02210@1)                    Bb (x1333x@1) Am (x02210@1) Gm (355333@1)| / |
Like a bat out of hell I'll be gone gone gone

FLike (133211@1)a bat out of hell 
        C (x32010@1)                   Bb (x1333x@1) | Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C 
I'll be gone when the morning comes
Dm (xx0231@1)  C/E (x3111x@5)    F (133211@1) But when the day is done
        CAnd (x32010@1)the sun goes down
    Bb (x1333x@1)Dm/A    Bb/G (20222x@1)name="chord_102220@1">Bb/F Gm (355333@1)   Am (x02210@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb | CAnd (x32010@1)moonlight's shin-ing  through

(C)         F (133211@1)      Am/E (x02210@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)     FThen (133211@1)like a sinner before the gates of heaven
          Bb (x1333x@1)        Gm/A    Gm7 | / | Bb/D/ (x1033x@1)C/E/ (x3111x@5)| Bb/D/ (x1033x@1)C/E| (x3111x@5)I'll come crawling on back to you

F (133211@1)                          BbI'm (x1333x@1)gonna hit the highway like a battering ram
     FOn (133211@1)a silver black phantom bike
         F (133211@1)                  AmWhen (x02210@1)the metal is hot and the engine is hungry
          BbAnd (x1333x@1)we're all about to see the light

F (133211@1)                        CNothing (x32010@1)ever grows in this rotting old hole and
Dm (xx0231@1)                      BbEverything (x1333x@1)is stunted and lost
    F (133211@1)     
And nothing really rocks
    CAnd (x32010@1)nothing really rolls 
    Bb (x1333x@1)           C (x32010@1)       FAnd (133211@1)nothing's ever worth the cost

Bb (x1333x@1)          C (x32010@1)         FAnd (133211@1)I know that I'm damned if I never get out
    Bb (x1333x@1)      C (x32010@1)          FAnd (133211@1)maybe I'm damned if I do
          Bb (x1333x@1)       C (x32010@1)        DmBut (xx0231@1)with every other beat I got left in my heart
C (x32010@1)          Bb (x1333x@1)      C (x32010@1)         FYou (133211@1)know I'd rather be damned with you

F (133211@1)                        CIf (x32010@1)I gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned
 Bb (x1333x@1)               C (x32010@1)         FDancing (133211@1)through the night with you
                                CIf (x32010@1)I gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned
F (133211@1)                        BbGotta (x1333x@1)be damned you know I wanna be damned
     F (133211@1)                        C (x32010@1)          
If I gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned
 Bb (x1333x@1)                CDancing (x32010@1)through the night
 Bb (x1333x@1)                CDancing (x32010@1)through the night
 Bb (x1333x@1)                C (x32010@1)       FDancing (133211@1)through the night with you

| F/ (133211@1)Eb/ (x43121@3)| Bb/D/ (x1033x@1)C/ (x32010@1)| x4 | Csus4| (x33010@1)C| (x32010@1)/ | / |

Pre-Chorus - Chorus

Am/D (000210@1)name="chord_x3111x@5">C/E  C (x32010@1)name="chord_133211@1">F      C/E (x3111x@5)      Dm (xx0231@1)     F/CThen (133211@1)like a sinner before the gates of heaven 
          Bb (x1333x@1)        Gm/A    Gm7
I'll come crawling on back to you 
            F (133211@1)      Am/E (x02210@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)     FThen (133211@1)like a sinner before the gates of heaven 
          Bb (x1333x@1)        Gm/A    Gm7
I'll come crawling on back to you

Guitar-Cycle | Drums two bars |

Fsus4 F / / | Fsus4 F F2 F Absus | Absus Ab / / | Absus Ab Ab2 Ab Ebsus |

Ebsus Eb / / | Ebsus Eb Ebsus Eb | Csus4 C / / | Csus4 C Csus4 C | x2

G/D | D | G/D | D | Bb/F | F | Bb/F | F - - - |

Bb (x1333x@1)        Bbsus4 (x13341@1)      BbI (x1333x@1)can see myself tearing up the road 
Eb (x43121@3)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb        Eb (x43121@3)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb    C/Bb Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1)     | / | / | FF/Eb (133211@1)F/D (153211@1)Faster than any    other boy  has ever gone 
F (133211@1)  Bb (x1333x@1)                Bbsus4 (x13341@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb
And my skin is raw but my soul is ripe 
BbNo (x1333x@1)one's gonna stop me now 
                  F (133211@1)| / | 
I gotta make my escape 
      Eb (x43121@3)       Bb (x1333x@1)        FBut (133211@1)I can't stop thinking of you 
      Ab (xx1114@1)                 Eb (x43121@3)                     FAnd (133211@1)I never see the sudden curve until it's way too late

| F (133211@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C / / | C (x32010@1)Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_x03211@1">F/A Bb| (x1333x@1)F (133211@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C / / | C (x32010@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb F/A (x03211@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb || x2

Ab (xx1114@1)                 Eb (x43121@3)                    Fsus4| (113311@1)F| (133211@1)/ |
And I never see the sudden curve till it's way too late

Eb (x43121@3)                     F (133211@1)                GmThen (355333@1)I'm dying at the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun 
Eb (x43121@3)                    F (133211@1)               GmTorn (355333@1)and twisted at the foot of a burning bike 
      Ab (xx1114@1)               Bb (x1333x@1)                    CmAnd (x3101x@1)I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell 
        Eb (x43121@3)         F (133211@1)       GmAnd (355333@1)the last thing I see is my heart 
      EbStill (x43121@3)beating 
         Gm (355333@1)               Cm (x3101x@1)     
Breaking out of my body and flyin away 
C (x32010@1)                  Fsus4 (113311@1) FLike (133211@1)a bat out of hell

Ab (xx1114@1)                     Bb (x1333x@1)               CmThen (x3101x@1)I'm dying at the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun 
Ab (xx1114@1)                    Bb (x1333x@1)              CmTorn (x3101x@1)and twisted at the foot of a burning bike 
      Eb (x43121@3)               F (133211@1)                     GmAnd (355333@1)I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell 
        Ab (xx1114@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)      CmAnd (x3101x@1)the last thing I see is my heart 
      C#sus2Still (x13311@4)beating, Still beating 
         Fm(add9)/C         CBreaking (x32010@1)out of my body and flyin away 
                      F/ (133211@1)/ C| (x32010@1)
Like a bat out of hell

Bb (x1333x@1)                   F/ (133211@1)/ C| (x32010@1) x2
  Like a bat out of hell 
Bb (x1333x@1)                   F/ (133211@1)/ / | Fm/C | C| (x32010@1)  Like a bat out of hell
(C)(1xo)               F| (133211@1)C| (x32010@1)Bb| (x1333x@1)/ | x2
  Like a bat out of hell
(Bb)                   F| (133211@1)/ | 
  Like a bat out of hell

F | C | Bb | / | (repeat and fade)
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