Bat Out Of Hell

Words & Music:

Jim Steinman (Meat Loaf)

 

E  A  D  E  A  D  E  A

 

D   E                                      A           E

The sirens are screaming and the fires are howling way down in the valley tonight

 

D   E                               B                    A

There's a man in the shadows with a gun in his eye and a blade shining oh so bright

        E                           B

There's evil in the air and there's thunder in the sky,

      C#m                       A

And a killer's on the bloodshot streets.

        E                            B

Oh, and down in the tunnel where the dead men are rising,

      A

Oh, I swear I saw a young boy, down in the gutter,

       A                       B    A      B

He was starting to foam in the heat.

    A                                   B                  E                 A

Oh, baby, you're the only thing in this whole world that's pure and good and right.

        A                    B                    A                    E

And wherever you are and wherever you go, there's always gonna be some light.

      A                      B                   C#m                     A [piano run]

But I gotta get out, I gotta break it out now, before the final crack of dawn.

       E                          B

So, we gotta make the most of our one night together,

         A                                 B   A   B   A

When its over, you know, we'll both be so alone.

 

CHORUS:

       E                        A                     E

Like a bat out of Hell, I'll be gone when the morning comes.

         E                     G#m                      A     F#m   A

When the night is over, like a bat out of Hell, I'll be gone, gone, gone.

       E                        B                     A

Like a bat out of Hell, I'll be gone when the morning comes.

             E                    B

But when the day is done, and the sun goes down,

        A                    B   G#m   A   F#m   A   B

And the moonlight is shining through.

            E        G#m      C#m      E                 A           F#m  C# A   F#m

Then like a sinner before the gates of Heaven, I'll come crawling on back to you.

 

A    B    A    B

 


    E                            A                  E

I'm gonna hit the highway like a battering ram on a silver black phantom bike.

         E                    G#                         A

When the metal is hot and the engine is hungry and we're all about to see the light.

E                          B                 C#m                       A

Nothing ever grows in this rotting old hole; everything is stunted and lost.

    E                         B                         A                        E

And nothing really rocks, and nothing really rolls, and nothing's ever worth the cost.

 

      A             B                     E        A         B           E

And I know that I'm damned if I never got out; and maybe I'm damned if I do.

    A                B                      C#m

But with every other beat I got left in my heart

             A         B           E

You know I'd rather be damned with you.

 

           E                           B

Well, if I gotta be damned, you know I wanna be damned

A                   B          E

Dancing through the night with you.

           E                           B

Well, if I gotta be damned, you know I wanna be damned,

         E                  A

Gotta be damned ,you know I wanna be damned,

         E                  B

Gotta be damned, you know I wanna be damned

A

Dancing through the night, Dancing through the night,

B                              E

Dancing through the night with you.

 

A    D    C#    B

 

    A                             B                       E                 A

Oh, baby you're the only thing in this whole world that's pure and good and right.

        A                    B                   A                    E

And wherever you are and wherever you go there's always gonna be some light.

       A                      B                    C#m                     A

But, I gotta get out, I gotta break it out, now, before the final crack of dawn.

       E                          B

So, we gotta make the most of our one night together.

          A                                  B   A   B   A

When it's over, you know, we'll both be so alone.

 

CHORUS:  [last lines this time as below – much slower]

E                    G#m      C#m                        A           F#m C#m A   F#m

Then like a sinner before the gates of Heaven, I'll come crawling on back to you.

            E        G#m      C#m      E                 A           F#m C#m E

Then like a sinner before the gates of Heaven, I'll come crawling on back to you

 

E   A   E   C   G   C   D   B

E   G   D   B   C#  F#  C#  E

 


              A                                                             E

Oh, I can see myself tearing up the road faster than any other boy has ever gone.

       A

And my skin is raw, but my soul is ripe, and no-one's gonna stop me now.

                 E            C     D                E

I gotta make my escape, but I can't stop thinking of you.

      G                    D                        E

And I never see the sudden curve until it's way too late.

 

E    B    A    B [repeat 3x]

 

G                            D                        E

Well, I never see the sudden curve until it's way too late.

 

[slowly]

         D                        E                  F#m

Then I'm 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                             E

Breaking out of my body, and flying away like a bat out of Hell.

         G                        A                  Bm

Yes, I'm 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                             E   D   A

Breaking out of my body and flying away like a bat out of Hell.

                  E   D   A                   E  [back to original tempo]

Like a bat out of Hell.     Like a bat out of Hell.

E                 B    A

Like a bat out of Hell.  [repeat 4x]

[slower]

E                 A        C#m    A

Like a bat out of Hell.

E                 A        C#m    A

Like a bat out of Hell.

 





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