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
E A C#m A E A C#m A E A C#m A