Meat Loaf – Paradise by the Dashboard Light
167 bpm 4/4 8th Note Strumming [Bat Out of Hell 1977]
Intro
(D)(D) D D D D
Verse 1
D D
Well I remember every little thing
G G
as if it happened only yesterday…
C G D D
Parking by the lake and there was not another car in sight…
D D G G
and I never had a girl… looking any better than you did…
F# G
and all the kids at school… they were wishing
D D
they were me that night…
Pre Chorus
A#. F. C. D D
and now our bodies are oh so close and tight…
A#. F. C. D D
It never felt so good… It never felt so right…
G. D. A. D.
and we're glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife…
G. D. A. D.
Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife…
G D G F F A A
C'mon… Hold on tight… Well c'mon… Hold on tight…
AAA-AAA-AAA-AAA-AAA…
Refrain 1
G A D. A. G
Though it's cold and lone-eee-ly in the deep dark night…
G D Bm G D D
I can see paradise by the dashboard light…
Chorus 1
G. A. D G G
AIN'T NO DOUBT ABOUT IT WE WERE DOUBLY BLESSED…
Em Em D D
‘CAUSE WE WERE BARELY SEVENTEEN AND WE WERE BARELY DRESSED…
G. A. D G. A. D
Ain't no doubt about it… Baby got to go and shout it…
G. A. D. A. G G
Ain't no doubt about it… We were doubly blessed…
Em Em
‘cause we were barely seventeen and we were barely
D D D D
dressed…
Verse 2
D D
Baby doncha hear my heart you got it
G G
drowning out the radio…
C G
I've been waiting so long for you to come
D D
along and have some fun…
D D G G
and I gotta let ya know… No you're never gonna regret it…
F# G
So open up your eyes… I got a big surprise…
E A D D
It'll feel all right… Well I wanna make your motor run…
Pre Chorus
A#. F. C. D D
and now our bodies are oh so close and tight…
A#. F. C. D D
It never felt so good… It never felt so right…
G. D. A. D.
and we're glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife…
G. D. A. D.
Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife…
G D G F F A A
C'mon… Hold on tight… Well c'mon… Hold on tight…
AAA-AAA-AAA-AAA-AAA…
Refreain 2
G A D. A. G
Though it's cold and lone-eee-ly in the deep dark night…
G G D F#m G G
I can see paradise by the dashboard light…
Em.. D.... Bm A
Though it's cold and lonely in the deep dark night---
F#m F#7 F#7 G
---ttt-ttt-ttt… IN THE DEEP DARK NIGHT…
* D * A * D (D)
Paradise by the dashboard light…
Chorus 2
G. A. D G. A. D
You got to do what you can… and let Mother Nature do the rest…
G. A. D. A. G G
Ain't no doubt about it… We were doubly blessed…
Em Em
‘cause we were barely seventeen and we were…
Bridge 1 (Slower Tempo)
A
We're gonna go all the way tonight…
A
We're gonna go all the way and tonight’s the night…
A
We're gonna go all the way tonight…
A
We're gonna go all the way and tonight’s the night…
A
We're gonna go all the way tonight…
A
We're gonna go all the way and tonight’s the night…
A
We're gonna go all the way tonight…
A
We're gonna go all the way and tonight’s the night…
Bridge 2 (Slower Tempo)
Em Em
Em
Okay… Here we go…
Em
We got a real pressure cooker going here…
Em
Two down… Nobody on… No score… Bottom of the
Em Em
ninth… There's the windup… and there it is…
Em
a line shot up the middle… Look at him go…
Em
This boy can really fly… He's rounding first and
Em
really turning it on now… He's not letting up at all…
Em Em
He's gonna try for second… The ball is bobbled out
Em
in center and here comes the throw and… what a throw…
Em
He's gonna slide in head first… Here he comes…
Em
He's out… No… Wait… Safe-safe at second base…
Em
This kid really makes things happen out there…
Em
Batter steps up to the plate…
Em
Here's the pitch… He's going…
Em
and what a jump he's got… He's trying for third…
Em
Here's the throw… It's in the dirt-safe at third…
Em
Holy cow… Stolen base…
Em
He's taking a pretty big lead out there…
Em
Almost daring him to try and pick him off…
Em
The pitcher glances over… Winds up… and it's bunted…
Em
Bunted down the third base line…
Em
The suicide squeeze is on… Here he comes…
Em
Squeeze play… It's gonna be close… Here’s the throw…
Em
Here's the play at the plate…
Em..
Holy cow… I think he's gonna make it…
Break (Slower Tempo)
* A G * A
STOP RIGHT THERE… I GOTTA KNOW RIGHT NOW…
Verse 4
A A
BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER DO YOU
G G
LOVE ME… WILL YOU LOVE ME FOREVER…
D D
DO YOU NEED ME… WILL YOU NEVER LEAVE ME…
C G
WILL YOU MAKE ME SO HAPPY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE…
A A
WILL YOU TAKE ME AWAY AND WILL YOU MAKE ME YOUR WIFE…
G G
DO YOU LOVE ME… WILL YOU LOVE ME FOREVER…
D D
DO YOU NEED ME… WILL YOU NEVER LEAVE ME…
C G
WILL YOU MAKE ME SO HAPPY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE…
A A
WILL YOU TAKE ME AWAY AND WILL YOU MAKE ME YOUR WIFE…
G G
I GOTTA KNOW RIGHT NOW…
A G
BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER… DO YOU LOVE ME…
* D D D
WILL YOU LOVE ME FOREVER…
Verse 5
G G D D
Let me sleep on it… Baby… Baby let me sleep on it…
C G
Let me sleep on it… and I'll give you
D D
my answer in the morning…
G G D D
Let me sleep on it… Baby… Baby let me sleep on it…
C G
Let me sleep on it… and I'll give you
D D
my answer in the morning…
G G A A
Let me sleep on it… Baby… Baby let me sleep on it…
C D
Let me sleep on it… and I'll give you my answer in the
C G
mor-rrr-ning…
Verse 6
D D
I GOTTA KNOW RIGHT NOW…
G G
DO YOU LOVE ME… WILL YOU LOVE ME FOREVER…
D D
DO YOU NEED ME… WILL YOU NEVER LEAVE ME…
C G
WILL YOU MAKE ME SO HAPPY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE…
A A
WILL YOU TAKE ME AWAY AND WILL YOU MAKE ME YOUR WIFE…
G G A
I GOTTA KNOW RIGHT NOW… BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER…
G * D
DO YOU LOVE ME… WILL YOU LOVE ME FOREVER…
D D
WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE BOY…
D D
C’MON… I CAN WAIT ALL NIGHT…
D D
WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE BOY… YES OR NO…
D D D D
WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE BOY… YES… OR… NO…
Verse 7
G G D D
Let me sleep on it… Baby… Baby let me sleep on it…
C G
Let me sleep on it… and I'll give you my answer in the
D D
morning… I GOTTA KNOW RIGHT NOW…
G G
DO YOU LOVE ME… WILL YOU LOVE ME FOREVER…
Let me sleep on it… Baby… Baby let me
D D
DO YOU NEED ME… WILL YOU NEVER LEAVE ME…
sleep on it…
C G
WILL YOU MAKE ME SO HAPPY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE… WILL YOU
Let me sleep on it… and I'll give you my answer in the
A A
TAKE ME AWAY AND WILL YOU MAKE ME YOUR WIFE…
morning… morning… I'll tell you in the morning…
G G
I GOTTA KNOW RIGHT NOW…
A G
BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER… DO YOU LOVE ME…
* D
WILL YOU LOVE ME FOREVER…
D D D# D#
Let me sleep on it… WILL YOU LOVE ME FOREVER…
E E
Let me sleep on it… WILL YOU LOVE ME FOREVER…
Verse 8
F F
I couldn't take it any longer… Lord I was crazed…
C F
and when the feeling came upon me like a tidal wave…
C G
I started swearing to my God and on my mother's grave…
F. G. C
that I would love you to the end of time…
F. G. C D D
I swore that I would love you to the end of time…
C. G. C
So now I'm praying for the end of time…
F. G. C
to hurry up and arrive…
C. G. Am
‘cause if I gotta spend another minute with you…
G G
I don't think that I can really survive…
F F
I'll never break my promise or forget my vow…
C G
but God only knows what I can do right now…
C. G. C Am Am
I'm praying for the end of time it's all that I can do…
C. G. C
Praying for the end of time so I can
F G C C
end-ddd my time-eee with you-uuu-uuu…
Outro (Fade Ending)
F. C. G. C.
It was long ago and it was far away…
F. C. G. C.
and it was so much better than it is today…
F. C. G. C.
It was long ago and it was far away…
IT NEVER FELT SO GOOD…
F. C. G. C.
and it was so much better than it is today…
IT NEVER FELT SO RIGHT AND WE WERE GLOWING LIKE A METAL
F. C. G. C.
It was long ago and it was far away…
ON THE EDGE OF A KNIFE… IT NEVER FELT SO GOOD…
F. C. G. C.
and it was so much better than it is today…
IT NEVER FELT SO RIGHT AND WE WERE GLOWING LIKE A METAL
F. C. G. C.
It was long ago and it was far away…
ON THE EDGE OF A KNIFE… IT NEVER FELT SO GOOD…
F. C. G. C.
and it was so much better than it is today…
IT NEVER FELT SO RIGHT AND WE WERE GLOWING LIKE A METAL
F. C. G. C.
It was long ago and it was far away…
ON THE EDGE OF A KNIFE… IT NEVER FELT SO GOOD…
F. C. G. C.
and it was so much better than it is today…
IT NEVER FELT SO RIGHT AND WE WERE GLOWING LIKE A METAL
F. C. G. C.
It was long ago and it was far away…
ON THE EDGE OF A KNIFE… IT NEVER FELT SO GOOD…
F. C. G. C.
and it was so much better than it is today…
IT NEVER FELT SO RIGHT…
Note:
Dashboard – Meat Loaf
DASHBOARD – Ellen Foley
La rusa
La angla