Capo: 5 Tuning:

Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell --------------------------- as I play it on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEn_ywW7_6k I transposed it down so that a normal person can sing it. The high notes at the end went from a high C to a G. If you want to sing it in the original key, use a capo on 5th fret This is a big song with many parts, work through it part by part and check out my video to get how it's meant to be played chords: ------- C G F C6 Bbx Em F/A Dm Dm7 Cs Bb Fs D#s F4 D#* Cx Gm G5 Gx C4 e|-0-3-1-----x---0---1--1---1--8--6---8--6---1--6---3--3--x--3--1-| B|-1-0-1-----x---0---1--3---1--8--6--10--8---1--4---1--3--x--3--1-| G|-0-0-2--2--x---0---2--2---2--9--7--10--8---3--0---0--3--x--4--0-| D|-2-0-3--2--x---2---3--0---0-10--8--10--8---3--5---2--0--5--5--2-| A|-3-2-3--3--1---2---0--x---x-10--8---8--6---3--6---3--x--5--5--3-| E|-x-3-1--x--x---0---x--x---x--8--6---x--x---1--x---x--3--3--3--x-| * you can play the D# with barré too, this one is just easier Fills:

ll1 Fill2 Fill3 Fill4 e|--------|0-1-0---------|-----------|--------------------------| B|--------|------3-1-0-1-|-----------|-4------4-----4-----4-----| G|--------|--------------|-----------|---6------6-----6-----6---| D|------2-|--------------|-3-3-3-3-5-|-----6------6-----6-----6-| A|----0---|--------------|-3-3-3-3-5-|--------------------------| E|1-3-----|--------------|-1-1-1-1-3-|--------------------------|

Intro:

x 4x 2x 2x 7x 4x e|------|-------------|--------|-----|------|------------| B|------|-------------|--------|-----|------|------------| G|------|-------------|--------|-----|------|------------| D|------|-8-7---------|-8-7-10-|-8-7-|-10-8-|------------| A|-8-10-|-----10-8-10-|--------|-----|------|-15\10-13\8-| E|-6--8-|-6-6--8-8--8-|-6-6--8-|-6-6-|--8-6-|-13\8--11\6-|

C G F F->G->C G F (you can whistle the guitar solo melody) e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-0-----0-----0---2-----2-----2---0-----0-----0---0-----0-------| D|---2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2-----| A|-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3-1-| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| Verse 1 (picked) -------

[Bbx]The ^Csirens are screaming and the ^Ffires are howling Way ^Cdown in the valley tonight [Bbx]There's a ^Cman in the shadows with a ^Emgun in his eye And a ^Fblade shining oh so bright There's ^Cevil in the air and there's ^Gthunder in the sky And a ^Amkiller's on the blood^Gshot ^Fstreets [Fill1] Oh and ^Cdown in the tunnel where the ^Gdeadly are rising Oh I ^Amswear I saw a young boy ^F/ADown in the gutter, he was ^Fstarting to foam in the heat [G F G]

Pre-Chorus (picked) ----------

Oh ^FBaby, you're the only thing in ^Gthis whole world That's ^Cpure and good and ^Fright And wherever you are and wher^Gever you go There's ^Falways gonna ^Gbe some ^Clight But I ^Fgotta get out, I gotta ^Gbreak it out now Be^Amfore the final crack of ^Fdawn [Fill1] So we ^Cgotta make the most of our ^Gone night together When it's ^Fover you know, We'll both be so a^Glone [F G F Fill1]

Chorus (strummed) ------

Like a ^Cbat out of hell I'll be ^Fgone when the morning ^Ccomes [Fill2] When the ^Cnight is over Like a ^Embat out of hell I'll be ^Fgone ^Emgone ^Dmgone Like a ^Cbat out of hell I'll be ^Ggone when the morning ^Fcomes [Fill1] But when the ^Cday is done, And the ^Gsun goes down And ^Fmoonlight's ^Amshining ^Dmthrough [C Dm G] Then like a ^Csinner be^Emfore the ^Amgates of ^Gheaven I'll come ^Fcrawling on ^Emback to ^Dm7you

2x Fill 3 Verse 2 (strummed) -------

I'm ^Cgonna hit the highway like a ^Fbattering ram On a ^Csilver black phantom bike [Fill2] When the metal is hot and the ^Emengine is hungry And we're ^Fall about to see the light ^CNothing ever grows in this ^Grotting old hole And ^Ameverything is stunted and ^Flost [Fill1] And ^Cnothing really rocks, And ^Gnothing really rolls And ^Fnothing's ever ^Gworth the ^Ccost

Bridge 1 (strummed) --------

And I ^Fknow that I'm ^Gdamned if I ^Cnever get out And ^Fmaybe I'm ^Gdamned if I ^Cdo But with ^Fevery other ^Gbeat I got ^Amleft in my heart You know I'd ^Frather be ^Gdamned with ^Cyou If I ^Cgotta be damned you know I ^Gwanna be damned ^FDancing through the ^Gnight with ^Cyou If I ^Cgotta be damned you know I ^Gwanna be damned ^CGotta be damned you know I ^Fwanna be damned If I ^Cgotta be damned you know I ^Gwanna be damned ^FDancing through the night ^G ^FDancing through the night ^G ^FDancing through the night ^Gwith ^Cyou

Solo 1 ------ 4x Cs Bb Fs D#s G F G Pre-Chorus ---------- Chorus ------ Bridge 2 --------

Then like a ^Csinner be^Emfore the ^Amgates of ^Gheaven I'll come ^Fcrawling on ^Emback to ^Dm7you

Solo 2

an try to make some kind of motor sound by slowly sliding up on the lower strings first and land on a C which climbs into the solo chords:

2x C4 C C4 C D#4 D# D#4 D# Bb4 Bb Bb4 Bb G4 G G4 G A4 A C4 C e|-3--3--3--3----6--6---6--6---6--6---6--6---3-3--3-3-|-5-5--1-0-| B|-6--5--6--5----9--8---9--8---6--6---6--6---3-3--3-3-|-5-5--1-1-| G|-5--5--5--5----8--8---8--8---8--7---8--7---5-4--5-4-|-7-6--0-0-| D|-5--5--5--5----8--8---8--8---8--8---8--8---5-5--5-5-|-7-7--2-2-| A|-3--3--3--3----6--6---6--6---8--8---8--8---5-5--5-5-|-7-7--3-3-| E|-x--x--x--x----x--x---x--x---6--6---6--6---3-3--3-3-|-5-5--x-x-| Coda ----

I can ^Fsee myself ^Fsus4tearing up the ^Froad ^Fsus4 Fas^Fter than ^Fsus4any other ^Fboy has ^Cever gone And my ^Fskin is raw but my ^Fsus4soul is ^Fripe No one's gonna stop me now I gotta make my es^Ccape But I ^Bbcan't stop ^Fthinking of ^Cyou And I ^D#never see the sudden ^Bbcurve until it's way too ^Clate 4x Cx G F C And I ^D#never see the sudden ^Bbcurve until it's way too ^Clate

Then I'm ^Bbdying at the bottom of a ^Cpit in the blazing ^Dmsun ^BbTorn and twisted at the ^Cfoot of a burning ^Dmbike And I ^D#think somebody some^Fwhere must be tolling a ^Gmbell And the ^Bblast thing I ^Csee is my ^Dmheart Still ^Bbbeating

I'm breaking ^Dmout of my body and ^Gmflyin away ^FLike a ^Gbat out of ^Csus4 hell ^C Then I'm ^D#dying at the bottom of a ^Fpit in the blazing ^Gmsun ^D#Torn and twisted at the ^Ffoot of a burning ^Gmbike And I ^Bbthink somebody some^Cwhere must be tolling a ^Dmbell And the ^D#last thing I ^Fsee is my ^Gmheart Still [Fill4] beating, still beating Breaking ^G5out of my body and [Gx]flyin away [-]Like a bat out of hell

[C G F] Like a bat out of hell (repeat 3 times low, 4 times with high singing) Outro (picked)

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C4 C] repeat and fade

Meat Loaf - Bat out of hell