MEATLOAF - "Bat Out Of Hell" Tablature

Member Name: the edge
Real Name: Alan Kells
E-mail: akdookie@hotmail.com

Long intro insert here

E A D - E A D - E A
D - E A
The sirens are screaming and the fires are howling
E
Way down in the valley tonight
D - E B
Theres a man in the shadows with a gun in his eye
A
And a blade shining oh so bright
E B
Theres evil in the air and theres thunder in the sky
C#m A
And a killers on the bloodshot streets
E B
Oh and down in the tunnel where the deadly are rising
A
Oh I swear I saw a young boy, Down in the gutter
A B A B (piano climb)
He was starting to foam in the heat

A B
Oh Baby youre the only thing in this whole world
E A
Thats pure and good and right
A B
And wherever you are and wherever you go
A E
Theres always gonna be some light
A B
But I gotta get out, I gotta break it out now
C#m A (piano climb)
Before the final crack of dawn

E B
So we gotta make the most of our one night together
A
When its over you know
B A B A
Well both be so alone

E
Like a bat out of hell
A E
Ill be gone when the morning comes
E
When the night is over
G#m A F#m A
Like a bat out of hell Ill be gone gone gone
E B A
Like a bat out of hell Ill be gone when the morning comes
E
But when the day is done
B
And the sun goes down
A B G#m.. A.. F#m.. A.. B..
And the moonlights shining through
E G#m C#m E
Then like a sinner before the gates of heaven
A F#m C# A F#m
Ill come crawling on back to you

Strum
pattern
fast: \/\/\/ / \/\/\/ /
A B A B

E A
Im gonna hit the highway like a battering ram
E
On a silver black phantom bike
E G#
When the metal is hot and the engine is hungry
A
And were all about to see the light
E B
Nothing ever grows in this rotting old hole
C#m A
Everything is stunted and lost
E B
And nothing really rocks, And nothing really rocks
A E
And nothings ever worth the cost

A B E
And I know that Im ***ed if I never got out
A B E
And maybe Im ***ed if I do
A B C#m...
But with every other beat I got left in my heart
A B E
You know Id rather be ***ed with you
E B
Well if I gotta be ***ed you know I wanna be ***ed
A B E
Dancing through the night with you
E B
Well if I gotta be ***ed you know I wanna be ***ed
E A
Gotta be ***ed you know I wanna be ***ed
E B
Gotta be ***ed you know I wanna be ***ed
A
Dancing through the night, Dancing through the night
B E
Dancing through the night with you

Instrumental

A D C# B
B .............................................

A B
Oh Baby youre the only thing in this whole world
E A
Thats pure and good and right
A B
And wherever you are and wherever you go
A E
Theres always gonna be some light
A B
But I gotta get out, I gotta break it out now
C#m A (piano climb)
Before the final crack of dawn
E B
So we gotta make the most of our one night together
A
When its over you know
B A B A
Well both be so alone

E
Like a bat out of hell
A E
Ill be gone when the morning comes
E
When the night is over
G#m A F#m A
Like a bat out of hell Ill be gone gone gone
E B A
Like a bat out of hell Ill be gone when the morning comes
E
But when the day is done
B
And the sun goes down
A B G#m.. A.. F#m.. A.. B..
And the moonlights shining through
E G#m C#m
E
Then like a sinner before the gates of
heaven
A F#m C#m A F#m
Ill come crawling on, back to you
E G#m C#m E
Then like a sinner before the gates of heaven
A F#m C#m E
Ill come crawling on, back to you

Instrumental long version
motorbike sound overlay
E ............................
A - E.. C - G.. C - D.. B..
E G D B
C# F# C#
E


A
Oh I can see myself tearing up the road
E
Faster than any other boy has ever gone
A
And my skin is raw but my soul is ripe

No ones gonna stop me now
E
I gotta make my escape,
C D E
But I cant stop thinking of you
G D E
And I never see the sudden curve until its way too late

E B, A B x3

G D E
Well I never see the sudden curve till its way too late
(Crash)

Slow
D E F#m
Then Im dying on the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun
D E F#m
Torn and twisted and the foot of a burning bike
G A Bm
And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell
D E F#m G7 A
And the last thing I see is my heart still beating
F# B
Breaking out of my body , And flying away
E
Like a bat out of hell
G A Bm
Then Im dying at the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun
G A Bm
Torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bike
D E F#m
And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell
G A Bm C
And the last thing I see is my heart still beating

Still beating, Still beating
F# B
Breaking out of my body and flying away
E E D A
Like a bat out of hell
E E D A
Like a bat out of hell
E
Like a bat out of hell
E x 4 fast B A
Like a bat out of hell
E x 4 fast B A
Like a bat out of hell
Slow it down
E A
Like a bat out of hell
E A.. C#m A
E A.. C#m A