Year: 1977 - Album: Bat out of Hell
Written by James Richard Steinman
Eb F
N.C (F)
| Ab Eb Bb F || (x6)
| F Eb F Eb (x8) |
| F Ab | Eb Bb ||
Eb F Bb
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
Down in the gutter, he was starting to foam in the heat
| C | Bb | C | ||
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
We'll both be so alone
| C | Bb | C5 Bb5 | C5 D5 ||
F
Like a bat out of hell
Bb F
I'll be gone when the morning comes
When the night is over
Am Bb5 Ab5 G
Like a bat out of hell I'll be gone gone gone
F
Like a bat out of hell
C Bb
I'll be gone when the morning comes
C5 D5 E5 F
But when the day is done
C
And the sun goes down
Bb5 A5 G5 F5 G5 A5 Bb5 C5
And moonlight's shining through
F Am/E Dm F/C
Then like a sinner before the gates of heaven
Bb Bb/Ab Gm7 Bb5
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
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
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
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 | Ab/C | F Eb Bb/D | Ab/C ||
| C | Bb/C | C | ||
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 C
But I gotta get out, 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
We'll both be so alone
| C | Bb | C | Bb C ||
F
Like a bat out of hell
Bb F
I'll be gone when the morning comes
When the night is over
Am Bb A G
Like a bat out of hell I'll be gone gone gone
F
Like a bat out of hell
C Bb
I'll be gone when the morning comes
C5 D5 E5 F
But when the day is done
C
And the sun goes down
Bb A G F G A Bb C
And moonlight's shining through
F C/E Dm
Then like a sinner before the gates of heaven
F/C Bb F/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 F/A Gm7
I'll come crawling on back to you
| Ab/Eb Eb | | F/C C | |
| Bb/F F | | Db/Ab Ab | |
| Ab/Eb Eb | | F/C C | |
| D | | Dsus4 | D |
| Fsus4 | F | Fsus4 | F |
Bb Bbsus4 Bb
I can see myself tearing up the road
Bbsus4 Bb C Bb F
Faster than any other boy has ever gone
G5 G#5 A5 Bb Bbsus4 Bb
And my skin is raw but my soul is ripe
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 | Bb A Bb | F C | Bb A Bb ||
Ab Eb F
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 Bb
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 C
Breaking out of my body and flyin away
Like a bat out of hell
F C Bb
Like a bat out of hell
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