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.