MEATLOAF - "paradise by the dashboard light" Tablature

Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 18:00:24 -0500
From: Chris Wells <cfw7@cornell.edu>
Subject: m/meat_loaf/paradise_by_the_dashboard_light.crd

I fixed the tablature by shortening each line, so one won't run into
the next and get mixed up. I also took out the lyrics. It's a little
less clear this way, but very self-explanatory when you listen to the
music.

The transcription of this song is all my own work, of the only
studio-recorded version of the song I know of.

Chris Wells

Paradise By the Dashboard Light
By Jim Steinman
Performed by Meatloaf

S = slide, H=hammer on

Intro:

-------------10----13--13---------------13--13---------------
-10----------10----12--12----15-S-13----12--12------15-S-13--
-11-H-12---------------------14-S-12----------------14-S-12--
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------

A basic rock and roll rhythm is used for a good portion of the song.
For the D and G chords, it looks something like this:

D G
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
---7--7--9--9----7--7--9--9-------------------------------
---5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5----5--5--7--7-----5--5--7--7--
--{-one set-}------------------3--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3

The time interval between brackets (/ /) represents two of the sets
above, or four beats (one measure) where another rhythm is used.

VERSE:

D /D /G /G /A /G /D /D
D /D /G /G /A /G /D /D

6/4 measures alternating with 4/4 measures:

(6) D C C /(4)D /(6)D C C C /(4)D

G D /A D /G D /A D /
G D /A D /G D /A D /
G /D /G /A F E /D /
G A /D A G /A G /A D /

G A /D /D A /G /G A /D (X2 this line)

There are two identical verses, then it heads into the play-by-play /
porn section with an A chord.

The porn section is all over an E chord. There's a lot of stuff going
on, but the most audible guitar is doing this over and over again:

------0-------------------------------------------------
------------3-----2-2-H-3-------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--0------0-----0----0-----------------------------------

The woman's voice breaks in with an A chord, then:

Single strum: A G G D A

Woman's part:

G /G /D /D /C /G /A /D
G /A /G /D /

Man's part:

G /G /D /D /C /G /D /D
G /A /C /D /C G /

Leading into the crazy section:

D ...... D#......E

Then:

F /F /C /C /C /G /F G /C /F G /C
F G /C /F G /C /F /F /F /G /G
F /F /C /C /F G /C /C /C
F G /C /F G /C /C

Fading out:

F C /G C /F C /G C