Bat Out of Hell Chords & Lyrics by Meat Loaf

Bat Out of Hell

guitar chords lyrics

Meat Loaf

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/C
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 | Csus | 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/C
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 |

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

Ebsus Eb / / | Ebsus Eb Ebsus Eb | Csus C / / | Csus C Csus 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 Bb C/Bb Bb F | / | / | F F/Eb F/D
Faster than any other boy has ever gone
F/C 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 Fsus | 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
Dbsus2
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)