Meat Loaf – I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)
Official Music Video Version
210 bpm 4/4 8th Note Strumming [Bat Out of Hell Intro 1993]
Intro
D D D D D D D D
D D D D D D D/E D/F#
D/G D/G D/E D/F# D/A D/A * D/A (D/A)
and I would do
Prelude 105 bpm 8th Note Strumming
D. G. A
any---thing for love…
D.. *a * G
I'd run right into hell and back…
D. G. A
I would do any---thing for love…
D.. *a * G
I'll never lie to you and that's a fact…
Bm F#m
but I'll never forget… the way you feel right now…
G A
Oh no… No way…
D. G. A
and I would do any---thing for love…
D. G. Em7
Oh I would do any---thing for love…
D. G. A G A
I would do any---thing for love… but I won't do that…
Interlude 8th Note Strumming
D D D D D * G. * A.
No I won't do that…
Verse 1 8th Note Strumming
Bm Bm
and some days it don't come easy…
G G
and some days it don't come hard…
Em7 Em7
Some days it don't come at all and…
D D
these are the days that never end…
Bm Bm
and some nights you're breathing fire…
G G
and some nights you're carved in ice…
Em7 Em7
Some nights are like nothing
D D
I've ever seen before or will again…
Middle 8 1 105 bpm Strum
G D
and maybe I'm crazy…
Bm A
Oh it's crazy and it's true…
G D
I know you can save me…
Bm A
No one else can save me now but you…
Pre Chorus 1 8th Note Strumming
Em7 Em7
As long as the planets are turning…
A7/C# A7/C#
as long as the stars are burning…
G G
As long as your dreams are coming
A A....
true… You better believe me… that I would do
Chorus 1 105 bpm 8th Note Strumming
D. G. A
any---thing for love…
D.. *a * G
and I'll be there till the final act…
D. G. A
and I would do any---thing for love…
D.. *a * G
and I'll take my vow and seal a pact…
Bm F#m
but I'll never forgive… myself if we
G A
don't go all the way… tonight…
D. G. A
I would do any---thing for love…
G A
but I won't do that… No I won't do
Post Chorus 1 8th Note Strumming
D D
that… I would do anything for love…
Bm Bm
Anything you've been dreaming
G A
of… but I just won't do
D D
that… I would do anything for love…
Bm Bm
Anything you've been dreaming
G A
of… but I just won't do…
Verse 2 8th Note Strumming
Bm Bm
and some days I pray for silence…
G G
and some days I pray for a soul…
Em7 Em7
Some days I just pray to the God of
D D
Sex and Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll…
Middle 8 2 105 bpm Strum
G D
and maybe I'm lonely…
Bm A
that's all I'm qualified to be…
G D
There's just one and only…
Bm A
One and only promise I can keep…
Pre Chorus 2 8th Note Strumming
Em7 Em7
As long as the wheels are turning…
A7/C# A7/C#
as long as the fires are burning…
G G
As long as your prayers are coming
A A....
true… You better believe it… and I would do
Chorus 2 105 bpm 8th Note Strumming
D. G. A
any---thing for love…
D.. *a * G
and you it’s true and that's a fact…
D. G. A
and I would do any---thing for love…
D.. *a * G
and there'll never be no turning back…
Bm F#m
but I'll never do it better than I do it with you…
G A
So long… So long…
D. G. A
and I would do any---thing for love…
D. G. Em7
Oh I would do any---thing for love…
D. G. A
I would do any---thing for love…
G A
but I won't do that… No no… No I won’t do…
Post Chorus 2 8th Note Strumming
D D
I would do anything for love…
Bm Bm
Anything you've been dreaming
G A
of… but I just won't do
Solo 8th Note Strumming
D D
that… I would do anything for love…
Bm Bm
Anything you've been dreaming
G A
of… but I just won't do
D D
that… I would do anything for love…
Bm Bm
Anything you've been dreaming
G * A (A)
of… but I just won't… do…
Bridge (Play Softly) 105 bpm 8th Note Strumming
Bm A
but I'll never stop dreaming of you
G A
every night of my life… No way…
D. G. A
and I would do any---thing for love…
G A
but I won't do that… No I won’t do that…
Refrain 105 bpm 8th Note Strumming
D. G. A
WILL YOU RAISE ME UP… WILL YOU HELP ME DOWN…
D. G. Em7
WILL YOU GET ME RIGHT OUT OF THIS GOD-FORSAKEN TOWN…
D. G. A
WILL YOU MAKE IT ALL NEW LESS COLD…
G A
I can do that… Oh… Oh… Oh I can do that…
D. G. A
WILL YOU CATER TO EVERY FANTASY I GOT…
D. G.
WILL YOU HOSE ME DOWN WITH HOLY WATER…
Em7
IF I GET TO HOT…
D. G. A
WILL YOU TAKE ME PLACES I'VE NEVER KNOWN…
G A
I can do that… Oh… Oh… Oh I can do that…
D. G. A
AFTER A WHILE YOU'LL FORGET EVERYTHING…
D. G.
IT WAS A BRIEF INTERLUDE AND DOWN THIS
Em7
SUMMER NIGHT'S FLING…
D. G. A
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON…
G A
I won't do that… I won't do that…
D. G. A
I KNOW THE TERRITORY I'VE BEEN AROUND…
D. G. Em7
IT'LL ALL TURN TO DUST AND WE'LL ALL FALL DOWN…
D. G. * A
AND SOONER OR LATER YOU'LL BE SCREWING AROUND…
Outro Slower Tempo 8th Note Strumming
G A
I won’t do that…
D. G. A
I won’t do that…
ANY---THING FOR LOVE…
D. G. Em7
Oh I would do any---thing for love…
D. G. A
I would do any---thing for love…
G A * D
but I won't do that… No I won’t do that…