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by Meat Loaf


Martin Newbold 
Meatloaf - Bat out of hell

>Notes:
>Capo on I , its needed because there is a jump from D#  to F thats quite
hard so I translated it.
>This also makes it quite easy to play, but try it with out if can sing it
in that key.
>
>The Instrumental parts where quite hard to work out and I am not sure if
they are total correct but the sound ok
>played acoustically.  I havent done any tab for the solos but if you wany
you can add the tab to this document,
>but please leave the information above. Also please send me a copy of the
finished tab if you can I would be
>grateful.
>
>I must also thank you to Alex Pfaffinger, whose Heaven can wait song also
in the archive challenged me to
>
>I might work out the intro for this but I havent got any time at the moment
to do it.
>
> :) Well Enjoy I hope its accurate I havent performed it yet.

Long intro insert here

           -                     -       
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    The sirens are screaming and the fires are howling
          
    Way down in the valley tonight
 -                                    
    Theres a man in the shadows with a gun in his eye
          
    And a blade shining oh so bright
                                       
    Theres evil in the air and theres thunder in the sky
                                 
    And a killers on the bloodshot streets
                                       
    Oh and down in the tunnel where the deadly are rising
       
    Oh I swear I saw a young boy,    Down in the gutter
                                              (piano climb)
    He was starting to foam in the heat

                                         
    Oh Baby youre the only thing in this whole world
                            
    Thats pure and good and right
                            
    And wherever you are and wherever you go
                                
    Theres always gonna be some light
                                
    But I gotta get out, I gotta break it out now
                             (piano climb)
    Before the final crack of dawn

                                    
    So we gotta make the most of our one night together
              
    When its over you know
                                 
    Well both be so alone

    
    Like a bat out of hell
                                  
    Ill be gone when the morning comes
    
    When the night is over
                                        
    Like a bat out of hell Ill be gone gone gone
                                                       
    Like a bat out of hell Ill be gone when the morning comes
                 
    But when the day is done
            
    And the sun goes down
                                     .. .. .. .. ..
    And the moonlights shining through
                                    
    Then like a sinner before the gates of heaven
                                      
    Ill come crawling on back to you

Strum
pattern
fast: ///    /             ///   /
                                    

                                    
    Im gonna hit the highway like a battering ram
         
    On a silver black phantom bike
                                 
    When the metal is hot and the engine is hungry
             
    And were all about to see the light
                              
    Nothing ever grows in this rotting old hole
                           
    Everything is stunted and lost
                                 
    And nothing really rocks, And nothing really rocks
                                
    And nothings ever worth the cost

                                            
    And I know that Im damned if I never got out
                            
    And maybe Im damned if I do
                                          ...
    But with every other beat I got left in my heart
                                     
    You know Id rather be damned with you
                                      
    Well if I gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned
                                 
    Dancing through the night with you
                                        
    Well if I gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned
                              
    Gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned
                              
    Gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned
    
    Dancing through the night, Dancing through the night
                                  
    Dancing through the night with you

Instrumental

        
 .............................................

                                    
    Oh Baby youre the only thing in this whole world
                            
    Thats pure and good and right
                            
    And wherever you are and wherever you go
                                
    Theres always gonna be some light
                                
    But I gotta get out, I gotta break it out now
                                (piano climb)
    Before the final crack of dawn
                                    
    So we gotta make the most of our one night together
              
    When its over you know
                                          
    Well both be so alone

    
    Like a bat out of hell
                                 
    Ill be gone when the morning comes
    
    When the night is over
                                        
    Like a bat out of hell Ill be gone gone gone
                                                          
    Like a bat out of hell Ill be gone when the morning comes
                 
    But when the day is done
            
    And the sun goes down
                                       ..   ..  ..  ..   ..
    And the moonlights shining through
                                                         

    Then like a sinner            before                 the gates      of
heaven
                                     
    Ill come crawling on, back to you
                                    
    Then like a sinner before the gates of heaven
                               
    Ill come crawling on, back to you

Instrumental long version
motorbike sound overlay
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     - ..  - ..    - ..     ..
                                     
                  
    


                 
    Oh I can see myself tearing up the road
                                       
    Faster than any other boy has ever gone
            
    And my skin is raw but my soul is ripe

    No ones gonna stop me now
                     
    I gotta make my escape,
                               
    But I cant stop thinking of you
                                                      
    And I never see the sudden curve until its way too late

                    ,                 x3

                                                      
    Well I never see the sudden curve till its way too late
    (Crash)

Slow
                                                       
    Then Im dying on the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun
                                             
    Torn and twisted and the foot of a burning bike
                                                   
    And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell
                                                
    And the last thing I see is my heart still beating
                                
    Breaking out of my body , And flying away
                      
    Like a bat out of hell
                                                       
    Then Im dying at the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun
                                            
    Torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bike
                                                   
    And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell
                                           
    And the last thing I see is my heart still beating

    Still beating, Still beating
                              
    Breaking out of my body and flying away
                                     
    Like a bat out of hell
                                     
    Like a bat out of hell
    
    Like a bat out of hell
      x 4 fast              
    Like a bat out of hell
      x 4 fast              
    Like a bat out of hell
Slow it down
                      
    Like a bat out of hell
        ..            


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