Paradise By the Dashboard Light Chords by Meat Loaf
Tempo:
83.6 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
A
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [D]
[D] Well, I remember every little thing as [G] if it happened only yesterday.
[C] Walking by [G] the lake and there was not another [D] car in sight.
And I never had a girl looking any [G] better than you did.
[F#] And all the kids at [Em] school, they were wishing they were [D] me that night.
[F] But now I've got us all [D] so close and tight.
And now we're felt [C] so good [D] and now we're felt so right.
And we're glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife.
Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife.
Come on, hold on tight.
[G] Well, come on, [F] hold on tight.
[A] [G] Though it's only [A] in the deep [G] dark.
[D] I can see [Bm] paradise by the [Em] gasp [D] for light.
I doubt if [G] we were doubly blessed.
[Em] Cause we were barely seventeen and we were [D] barely dressed.
[G] Ain't no [D] doubt, [G] [D]
[A] ain't no doubt that we were doubly [G] blessed.
[Em] Cause we were barely seventeen and we were [D] barely dressed.
Baby, don't you hear my heart?
[G] You gotta drown it out to the radio.
[C] I've been waiting [G] so long for [D] you to come along and have some fun.
Well, I gotta let you know, no, you're never [G] gonna regret it.
[F#] So open up your [G] eyes, I got a big [E] surprise.
It'll feel [A] alright, well, I wanna make you [D] more than wrong.
[F] And now I've got us all [D] so close and tight.
[A#] And now we're felt so [C] good and now [D] we're felt so right.
[G] And we're glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife.
Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife.
Well, come on, [D] we're okay.
[G] Well, come on, [F] we're okay.
[A]
[G] Oh, it's [A] morning [D] in the deep [G] dark night.
I can see [D] paradise [F#m] by the gasp [G] for light.
[Em] Oh, it's [D] morning in [Bm] the deep [A] dark night.
[F#m]
[F#] In the [G] deep dark [D]
[F#m] night.
By the gasp [D] for light.
[G] You've got to do what you can, and [A] let love [D] and hate you do the rest.
[A] There ain't no doubt [Bm] about it, we [G] were stuffed and blessed.
[Em] Cause we were barely seventeen and we were [A] barely.
We're gonna go all the way tonight, we're gonna go all [E] the way tonight, tonight, tonight
[C#m]
[A] [E] [Em] the ball.
Here we go.
We got [B] a runner going [E] here.
Two down, nobody on.
[Em] No score, bottom of the ninth.
[E] There's the [Em] windup and there it is, a line shot up the middle.
[E] Boy can really fly.
[G] He's rounding first and really turning [B] it on now.
He's not letting up at all.
He's going [C#] to drive the second.
[B] Ball is bottled out in center and here comes the throw and what a throw.
He's going to glide in head first.
Here he [E] comes.
Shot.
No way.
[B] Safe.
Safe at second base.
This kid really makes things happen out there.
[Em] Pattern [B] steps up to the plate.
Here's the finish.
He's [C#] going to [B] [E] [G] [B]
[Em]
the [E] plate.
He's going to [A] the plate.
He's going to
[G] [A] the plate.
He's going to the plate.
[G] He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
[D] He's going to the plate.
[C] [G] [A]
[G] [D]
[C] He's going [G] [A]
[G] [A] [G] [D]
to [A] the plate.
[G]
[D] He's going to the plate.
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[C] He's going to the plate.
[G] [D] [G]
[D] [C]
[G] [D] [G]
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[C] He's going to the plate.
[D] [C] He's going to the plate.
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[G] [D] He's going to the plate.
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[C] [G] [A]
He's [G] [A] going
[G] to [D] the [A] plate.
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[G] He's going to the plate.
[D] He's going to the plate.
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[C] He's going to the plate.
[G] He's going to the plate.
[D]
[G] [D]
[C] He's going [G] [A] to [G] [A] [G] the plate.
[D] He's going to the plate.
He's going to the [D#] plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
[E] He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
[F] He's going to the plate.
[C] He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going [F] to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
[C] He's going to the plate.
[G] [F] [C] He's going to the plate.
He's [G] going to [C] the plate.
[G] [C]
[C] [B] [Am]
[G] He's going [F]
to the [C] plate.
[G] [C] He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
[Am] He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
[C]
[F] [G] [C]
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the [F] plate.
[C]
He's going to the plate.
He's going [F] [C] to the plate.
He's going [F] to the plate.
[C]
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
[F] He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
[C] He's going to the plate.
[F] [C] He's going to the plate.
[F] [C]
[D] Well, I remember every little thing as [G] if it happened only yesterday.
[C] Walking by [G] the lake and there was not another [D] car in sight.
And I never had a girl looking any [G] better than you did.
[F#] And all the kids at [Em] school, they were wishing they were [D] me that night.
[F] But now I've got us all [D] so close and tight.
And now we're felt [C] so good [D] and now we're felt so right.
And we're glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife.
Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife.
Come on, hold on tight.
[G] Well, come on, [F] hold on tight.
[A] [G] Though it's only [A] in the deep [G] dark.
[D] I can see [Bm] paradise by the [Em] gasp [D] for light.
I doubt if [G] we were doubly blessed.
[Em] Cause we were barely seventeen and we were [D] barely dressed.
[G] Ain't no [D] doubt, [G] [D]
[A] ain't no doubt that we were doubly [G] blessed.
[Em] Cause we were barely seventeen and we were [D] barely dressed.
Baby, don't you hear my heart?
[G] You gotta drown it out to the radio.
[C] I've been waiting [G] so long for [D] you to come along and have some fun.
Well, I gotta let you know, no, you're never [G] gonna regret it.
[F#] So open up your [G] eyes, I got a big [E] surprise.
It'll feel [A] alright, well, I wanna make you [D] more than wrong.
[F] And now I've got us all [D] so close and tight.
[A#] And now we're felt so [C] good and now [D] we're felt so right.
[G] And we're glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife.
Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife.
Well, come on, [D] we're okay.
[G] Well, come on, [F] we're okay.
[A]
[G] Oh, it's [A] morning [D] in the deep [G] dark night.
I can see [D] paradise [F#m] by the gasp [G] for light.
[Em] Oh, it's [D] morning in [Bm] the deep [A] dark night.
[F#m]
[F#] In the [G] deep dark [D]
[F#m] night.
By the gasp [D] for light.
[G] You've got to do what you can, and [A] let love [D] and hate you do the rest.
[A] There ain't no doubt [Bm] about it, we [G] were stuffed and blessed.
[Em] Cause we were barely seventeen and we were [A] barely.
We're gonna go all the way tonight, we're gonna go all [E] the way tonight, tonight, tonight
[C#m]
[A] [E] [Em] the ball.
Here we go.
We got [B] a runner going [E] here.
Two down, nobody on.
[Em] No score, bottom of the ninth.
[E] There's the [Em] windup and there it is, a line shot up the middle.
[E] Boy can really fly.
[G] He's rounding first and really turning [B] it on now.
He's not letting up at all.
He's going [C#] to drive the second.
[B] Ball is bottled out in center and here comes the throw and what a throw.
He's going to glide in head first.
Here he [E] comes.
Shot.
No way.
[B] Safe.
Safe at second base.
This kid really makes things happen out there.
[Em] Pattern [B] steps up to the plate.
Here's the finish.
He's [C#] going to [B] [E] [G] [B]
[Em]
the [E] plate.
He's going to [A] the plate.
He's going to
[G] [A] the plate.
He's going to the plate.
[G] He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
[D] He's going to the plate.
[C] [G] [A]
[G] [D]
[C] He's going [G] [A]
[G] [A] [G] [D]
to [A] the plate.
[G]
[D] He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
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[C] He's going to the plate.
[G] [D] [G]
[D] [C]
[G] [D] [G]
He's going to the plate.
[A] He's going to the plate.
[C] He's going to the plate.
[D] [C] He's going to the plate.
[D] He's going to the plate.
[G] [D] He's going to the plate.
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[C] [G] [A]
He's [G] [A] going
[G] to [D] the [A] plate.
He's going to the plate.
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[G] He's going to the plate.
[D] He's going to the plate.
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[C] He's going to the plate.
[G] He's going to the plate.
[D]
[G] [D]
[C] He's going [G] [A] to [G] [A] [G] the plate.
[D] He's going to the plate.
He's going to the [D#] plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
[E] He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
[F] He's going to the plate.
[C] He's going to the plate.
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He's going [F] to the plate.
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[C] He's going to the plate.
[G] [F] [C] He's going to the plate.
He's [G] going to [C] the plate.
[G] [C]
[C] [B] [Am]
[G] He's going [F]
to the [C] plate.
[G] [C] He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
[Am] He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
[C]
[F] [G] [C]
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the [F] plate.
[C]
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He's going [F] [C] to the plate.
He's going [F] to the plate.
[C]
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[F] He's going to the plate.
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[C] He's going to the plate.
[F] [C] He's going to the plate.
[F] [C]
Key:
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[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] Well, I remember every little thing as [G] if it happened only yesterday.
_ [C] Walking by [G] the lake and there was not another [D] car in sight.
_ And I never had a girl looking any [G] better than you did.
_ [F#] And all the kids at [Em] school, they were wishing they were [D] me that night.
_ [F] But now I've got us all [D] so close and tight.
_ And now we're felt [C] so good [D] and now we're felt so right. _
And we're glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife.
Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife.
Come on, hold on tight.
[G] Well, come on, [F] hold on tight.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] Though it's only [A] _ in the deep [G] dark. _ _
[D] I can see [Bm] paradise by the [Em] gasp [D] for light.
I _ _ _ doubt if [G] we were doubly blessed.
_ [Em] Cause we were barely seventeen and we were [D] barely dressed.
_ _ [G] Ain't no [D] doubt, _ [G] _ [D] _
_ [A] ain't no doubt that we were doubly [G] blessed. _
[Em] Cause we were barely seventeen and we were [D] barely dressed. _
_ _ _ _ Baby, don't you hear my heart?
[G] You gotta drown it out to the radio.
_ [C] I've been waiting [G] so long for [D] you to come along and have some fun.
_ Well, I gotta let you know, no, you're never [G] gonna regret it.
_ [F#] So open up your [G] eyes, I got a big [E] surprise.
It'll feel [A] alright, well, I wanna make you [D] more than wrong. _
[F] And now I've got us all [D] so close and tight.
_ [A#] And now we're felt so [C] good and now [D] we're felt so right.
_ [G] And we're glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife.
Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife.
Well, come on, [D] we're okay.
[G] Well, come on, [F] we're okay.
_ _ [A] _ _
_ [G] Oh, it's [A] morning [D] in the deep [G] dark night.
_ I can see [D] paradise [F#m] by the gasp [G] for light.
[Em] Oh, it's [D] morning in [Bm] the deep [A] dark night.
[F#m] _ _
[F#] _ In the [G] deep dark _ [D] _
[F#m] night.
By the gasp [D] for light.
_ _ [G] You've got to do what you can, and [A] let love [D] and hate you do the rest.
[A] There ain't no doubt [Bm] about it, we [G] were stuffed and blessed.
_ [Em] Cause we were barely seventeen and we were [A] barely.
We're gonna go _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
all the way tonight, we're gonna go all [E] the way tonight, tonight, tonight
[C#m] _ _
[A] _ [E] _ _ [Em] the ball.
Here we go.
We got [B] a runner going [E] here.
Two down, nobody on.
[Em] No score, bottom of the ninth.
[E] There's the [Em] windup and there it is, a line shot up the middle.
[E] Boy can really fly.
[G] He's rounding first and really turning [B] it on now.
He's not letting up at all.
He's going [C#] to drive the second.
[B] Ball is bottled out in center and here comes the throw and what a throw.
He's going to glide in head first.
Here he [E] comes.
Shot.
No way.
[B] Safe.
Safe at second base.
This kid really makes things happen out there.
[Em] Pattern [B] steps up to the plate.
Here's the finish.
He's [C#] going to [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
the _ _ _ _ [E] plate. _
_ _ _ He's going to [A] the plate.
He's going to _ _
[G] _ [A] the _ plate.
He's going to the plate.
[G] He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
[D] He's going to the plate. _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] He's going [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ [D] _
to [A] the plate.
_ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
[C] He's going to the plate.
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
He's going to the plate.
[A] He's going to the plate.
_ [C] He's going to the plate.
[D] [C] He's going to the plate.
[D] He's going to the plate. _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
He's _ [G] _ _ _ [A] going _
[G] to [D] the _ [A] _ _ plate.
_ _ _ _ _ _ He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate. _
[G] He's going to the plate.
_ _ [D] He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
[C] He's going to the plate.
[G] He's going to the plate.
[D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] He's going [G] _ _ [A] _ _ to [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] the plate.
[D] He's going to the plate.
_ He's going to the [D#] plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
[E] He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
[F] He's going to the plate.
[C] He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going [F] to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
[C] He's going to the plate. _
[G] _ _ [F] [C] He's going to the plate.
He's [G] going to [C] the plate.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [B] _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ He's going [F] _
to the [C] plate.
_ [G] _ _ [C] He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
[Am] He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ He's going to the plate.
He's going to the [F] plate.
_ [C] _
He's going to the plate.
He's going _ [F] _ [C] to the plate.
He's going [F] to the plate.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
[F] He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
[C] He's going to the plate. _ _ _ _
[F] [C] He's going to the plate.
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [D] Well, I remember every little thing as [G] if it happened only yesterday.
_ [C] Walking by [G] the lake and there was not another [D] car in sight.
_ And I never had a girl looking any [G] better than you did.
_ [F#] And all the kids at [Em] school, they were wishing they were [D] me that night.
_ [F] But now I've got us all [D] so close and tight.
_ And now we're felt [C] so good [D] and now we're felt so right. _
And we're glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife.
Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife.
Come on, hold on tight.
[G] Well, come on, [F] hold on tight.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] Though it's only [A] _ in the deep [G] dark. _ _
[D] I can see [Bm] paradise by the [Em] gasp [D] for light.
I _ _ _ doubt if [G] we were doubly blessed.
_ [Em] Cause we were barely seventeen and we were [D] barely dressed.
_ _ [G] Ain't no [D] doubt, _ [G] _ [D] _
_ [A] ain't no doubt that we were doubly [G] blessed. _
[Em] Cause we were barely seventeen and we were [D] barely dressed. _
_ _ _ _ Baby, don't you hear my heart?
[G] You gotta drown it out to the radio.
_ [C] I've been waiting [G] so long for [D] you to come along and have some fun.
_ Well, I gotta let you know, no, you're never [G] gonna regret it.
_ [F#] So open up your [G] eyes, I got a big [E] surprise.
It'll feel [A] alright, well, I wanna make you [D] more than wrong. _
[F] And now I've got us all [D] so close and tight.
_ [A#] And now we're felt so [C] good and now [D] we're felt so right.
_ [G] And we're glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife.
Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife.
Well, come on, [D] we're okay.
[G] Well, come on, [F] we're okay.
_ _ [A] _ _
_ [G] Oh, it's [A] morning [D] in the deep [G] dark night.
_ I can see [D] paradise [F#m] by the gasp [G] for light.
[Em] Oh, it's [D] morning in [Bm] the deep [A] dark night.
[F#m] _ _
[F#] _ In the [G] deep dark _ [D] _
[F#m] night.
By the gasp [D] for light.
_ _ [G] You've got to do what you can, and [A] let love [D] and hate you do the rest.
[A] There ain't no doubt [Bm] about it, we [G] were stuffed and blessed.
_ [Em] Cause we were barely seventeen and we were [A] barely.
We're gonna go _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
all the way tonight, we're gonna go all [E] the way tonight, tonight, tonight
[C#m] _ _
[A] _ [E] _ _ [Em] the ball.
Here we go.
We got [B] a runner going [E] here.
Two down, nobody on.
[Em] No score, bottom of the ninth.
[E] There's the [Em] windup and there it is, a line shot up the middle.
[E] Boy can really fly.
[G] He's rounding first and really turning [B] it on now.
He's not letting up at all.
He's going [C#] to drive the second.
[B] Ball is bottled out in center and here comes the throw and what a throw.
He's going to glide in head first.
Here he [E] comes.
Shot.
No way.
[B] Safe.
Safe at second base.
This kid really makes things happen out there.
[Em] Pattern [B] steps up to the plate.
Here's the finish.
He's [C#] going to [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
the _ _ _ _ [E] plate. _
_ _ _ He's going to [A] the plate.
He's going to _ _
[G] _ [A] the _ plate.
He's going to the plate.
[G] He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
[D] He's going to the plate. _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] He's going [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ [D] _
to [A] the plate.
_ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
He's going to the plate.
[C] He's going to the plate.
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
He's going to the plate.
[A] He's going to the plate.
_ [C] He's going to the plate.
[D] [C] He's going to the plate.
[D] He's going to the plate. _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] He's going to the plate.
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