Bat out of
hell
1. The
sirens are screaming and the fires are howling
D
way down in the valley tonight.
C D F#m
There’s a man in the shadows with a gun in
his eye,
G
and a blade shining, oh, so bright.
D A
There’s evil in the air and there’s thunder
in the sky,
Bm G ~
And a killer’s on the bloodshot streets.
D A
Oh, and down in the tunnel where the deadly
are rising,
Em
oh, I swear I saw a young boy, down in the
gutter,
G A - G - A
- G
he was starting to foam in the heat
Oh, Baby you’re the only thing in this
whole world,
D G
that’s pure and good and right,
G A
and wherever you are and wherever you go,
G A
D
there’s always gonna be some light.
G A
But I gotta get out, I gotta break it
out now,
Bm G ~
before the final crack of dawn.
D A
So we gotta make the most of our one
night together,
G / A - G – A - G
when it’s over, you know, we’ll both be
so alone.
Like a bat out of hell, I’ll be gone
when the morning comes.
D F#m G A
G
When the night is over, like a bat out
of hell I’ll be gone, gone, gone.
D A G
Like a bat out of hell I’ll be gone when
the morning comes.
D A
But when the day is done, and the sun
goes down,
G A - F#m – G - A
And the moonlight’s shining through - -
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D F#m Bm D
then like a sinner before the gates of
heaven
G Em ~ ~
I’ll come crawling home back to you.
2. I’m gonna
hit the highway like a battering ram,
D
on a silver black phantom bike,
D F#m
when the metal is hot and the engine is
hungry,
G
and we’re all about to see the light.
D A
Nothing ever grows in this rotten old hole,
Bm G ~
and everything is stunted and lost.
D A
And nothing really rocks, and nothing
really rolls,
G A D ~
and nothing’s ever worth the cost.
And I know that I’m damned if I never get
out,
G A D
and maybe I’m damned if I do,
G A h
but with every other beat I got left in my
heart,
G A D
you know I’d rather be damned with you.
D A
Well, if I gotta be damned, you know I
wanna be damned,
G A D
dancing through the night with you.
D A
Well, if I gotta be damned, you know I
wanna be damned,
D G
gotta be damned, you know, I wanna be
damned,
D A
gotta be damned, you know, I wanna be
damned,
G A G A
dancing through the night, dancing through
the night,
G A D
dancing through the night with you.
Then like a sinner before the gates of
heaven
G Em
I’ll come crawling home back to you.
Oh I can see myself tearing up the road,
D
faster than any other boy has ever gone.
G
And my skin is raw but my soul is ripe,
D
and no one’s gonna stop me now, I gotta
make my escape.
Bb C D
But I cant stop thinking of you,
F C D
and I never see the sudden curve until its
way too late.
Well I never see the sudden curve till its
way too late. (Crash)
Then I’m dying on the bottom of a pit in
the blazing sun,
C D Em
torn and twisted at the foot of a burning
bike.
F G Am
And I think somebody somewhere must be
tolling a bell,
C D Em F
C
and the last thing I see is my heart still
beating -
Em C
and breaking out of my body , and flying
away,
A D
like a bat out of hell.
Then I’m dying at the bottom of a pit in
the blazing sun,
F G Am
torn and twisted at the foot of a burning
bike.
C D Em
And I think somebody somewhere must be
tolling a bell,
F G Am Bb
and the last thing I see is my heart still
beating, still beating,
A - A7
but breaking out of my body and flying away,
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A – G D - A - G
like a bat out of hell, like a bat out of hell,
D - A – G
like a bat out of hell ……..