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 | F Eb | F Eb | | 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 | (Eb) F Bb/F The sirens are screaming and the fires are howling F Way down in the valley tonight Eb F Am There's a man in the shadows with a gun in his eye Bb And a blade shining oh so bright F C There's evil in the air and there's thunder in the sky Dm C Bb And a killer's on the bloodshot streets F C Oh and down in the tunnel where the deadly are rising Dm Oh I swear I saw a young boy Bb/D C | Bb/C | C | Down in the gutter, he was starting to foam in the heat Pre-Chorus: Bb C Oh Baby, you're the only thing in this whole world F Bb That's pure and good and right C And wherever you are and wherever you go Bb C F There's always gonna be some light Bb But I gotta get out C I gotta break it out now Dm Bb Before the final crack of dawn F C So we gotta make the most of our one night together Bb When it's over you know C | Bb/C | C | / || We'll both be so alone Chorus: F Like a bat out of hell Bb F | / | I'll be gone when the morning comes F When the night is over Am Bb Am Gm | / | Like a bat out of hell I'll be gone gone gone F Like a bat out of hell C Bb | Bb C I'll be gone when the morning comes Dm C/E F But when the day is done C And the sun goes down Bb Dm/A Bb/G Bb/F Gm Am Bb | C And moonlight's shin-ing through (C) F Am/E Dm F Then like a sinner before the gates of heaven Bb Gm/A Gm7 | / | Bb/D / C/E / | Bb/D / C/E | I'll come crawling on back to you F Bb I'm gonna hit the highway like a battering ram F On a silver black phantom bike F Am When the metal is hot and the engine is hungry Bb And we're all about to see the light F C Nothing ever grows in this rotting old hole and Dm Bb Everything is stunted and lost F And nothing really rocks C And nothing really rolls Bb C F And nothing's ever worth the cost Bb C F And I know that I'm damned if I never get out Bb C F And maybe I'm damned if I do Bb C Dm But with every other beat I got left in my heart C Bb C F You know I'd rather be damned with you F C If I gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned Bb C F Dancing through the night with you C If I gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned F Bb Gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned F C If I gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned Bb C Dancing through the night Bb C Dancing through the night Bb C F Dancing through the night with you | F / Eb / | Bb/D / C / | x4 | Csus4 | C | / | / | Pre-Chorus - Chorus Am/D C/E C F C/E Dm F/C Then like a sinner before the gates of heaven Bb Gm/A Gm7 I'll come crawling on back to you F Am/E Dm F Then like a sinner before the gates of heaven Bb 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 Bbsus4 Bb I can see myself tearing up the road Eb Bb Eb Bb C/Bb Bb F | / | / | F F/Eb F/D Faster than any other boy has ever gone F Bb Bbsus4 Bb And my skin is raw but my soul is ripe Bb No one's gonna stop me now F | / | I gotta make my escape Eb Bb F But I can't stop thinking of you Ab Eb F And I never see the sudden curve until it's way too late | F C / / | C Bb F/A Bb | F C / / | C Bb F/A Bb || x2 Ab Eb Fsus4 | F | / | And I never see the sudden curve till it's way too late Eb F Gm Then I'm dying at the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun Eb F Gm Torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bike Ab Bb Cm And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell Eb F Gm And the last thing I see is my heart Eb Still beating Gm Cm Breaking out of my body and flyin away C Fsus4 F Like a bat out of hell Ab Bb Cm Then I'm dying at the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun Ab Bb Cm Torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bike Eb F Gm And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell Ab Bb Cm And the last thing I see is my heart C#sus2 Still beating, Still beating Fm(add9)/C C Breaking out of my body and flyin away F / / C | Like a bat out of hell Bb F / / C | x2 Like a bat out of hell Bb F / / / | Fm/C | C | Like a bat out of hell (C)(1xo) F | C | Bb | / | x2 Like a bat out of hell (Bb) F | / | Like a bat out of hell F | C | Bb | / | (repeat and fade)
