Bat out of hell

Bat out of hell 


A  F#m  A  F#m  A  F#m  . . .  E  B  A  E  B  A  E  B  A  E

                                 A                      E
The sirens are screaming and the fires are howling, way down in the valley tonight
D        E                         B                    A
Theres a man in the shadows with a gun in his eye and a blade shining oh so bright
       E                          B                        C#m                      A
Theres evil in the air and theres thunder in the sky and a killers on the bloodshot streets
       E                            B
Oh and down in the tunnel where the deadly are rising
     A                                                                           B    A  B (piano climb)
Oh I swear I saw a young boy, down in the gutter, he was starting to foam in the heat
   A                             B                      E                 A
Oh Baby you’re the only thing in this whole world thats pure and good and right
                             B                   A                    E
And wherever you are and wherever you go, theres always gonna be some light
      A                      B                   C#m                     A    (piano climb)
But I gotta get out, I gotta break it out now, before the final crack of dawn
      E                          B                             A                                B    A  B
So we gotta make the most of our one night together, when it’s over you know, we’ll both be so alone

       E                       A                     E
Like a bat out of hell I’ll be gone when the morning comes
                              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                     A                   B       G#m  A  F#m
But when the day is done and the sun goes down and the moonlight’s shining through
A         B E        G#m      C#m      E                 A           F#m  C#m  A   F#m  A  B  A  B
Then like a sinner before the gates of heaven, I’ll come crawling on back to   you

    E                            A                  E
I’m gonna hit the highway like a battering ram on a silver black phantom bike
                              G#m                       A
When the metal is hot and the engine is hungry and were all about to see the light
E                          B                     C#m                       A
Nothing ever grows in this rotting old hole, and 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                            A         B           E
But with every other beat I got left in my heart, you know I’d rather be damned with you
          E                          B                A                              E
Well if I gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned, dancing through the night with you
          E                          B
Well if I gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned
E                          A                E                          B
Gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned, gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned
A                                                                         B          E
Dancing through the night, dancing through the night, dancing through the night with you

Solo
A  D  C#m  B  A  D  C#m  B  A  D  C#m  B  A  D  C#m  B  A  D  C#m  B

   A                             B                      E                 A
Oh Baby you’re the only thing in this whole world thats pure and good and right
                             B                    A                    E
And wherever you are and wherever you go, there’s always gonna be some light
      A                      B                   C#m                     A    (piano climb)
But I gotta get out, I gotta break it out now, before the final crack of dawn
      E                          B                             A                                B    A  B
So we gotta make the most of our one night together, when it’s over you know, we’ll both be so alone

       E                       A                     E
Like a bat out of hell I’ll be gone when the morning comes
                              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                     A                   B       G#m  A  F#m
But when the day is done and the sun goes down and the moonlight’s shining through
A         B E        G#m      C#m      E                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  A
Then like a sinner before the gates of heaven I’ll come crawling on back to   you

Instrumental long version (motorbike sound overlay)
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                                                                             E
And my skin is raw but my soul is ripe, no ones gonna stop me now, I gotta make my escape,
      C          D           E         G                    D                        E
But I can’t stop thinking of you and I never see the sudden curve until it’s way too late

E  B  A  B  E  B  A  B  E  B  A  B

       G                    D                        E
Well I never see the sudden curve ‘till it’s way too late [(Crash)Slow]
         D                        E                  F#m  D                        E                 F#m
Then I’m dying on the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun, 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         D                F#m                  B
And the last thing I see is my heart still beating, breaking out of my body, and flying away
                  E
Like a bat out of hell
         G                        A                  Bm   G                       A                 Bm
Then I’m dying at the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun, torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bike
      D                  E                       F#m           G            A         Bm          C
And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell, and the last thing I see is my heart still beating
                                       F#m                B
Still beating, Still beating, breaking out of my body and flying away
                  E    A                   E    A                   E    B [fast]
Like a bat out of hell,  Like a bat out of hell,  like a bat out of hell
                      E    B  A                   E    B  A                      E    A  E  A [slow down]
Oh, like a bat out of hell,     Like a bat out of hell,     Oh like a bat out of hell

End
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