Paradise By The Dashboard Light chords by Meat Loaf

Chords with lyrics

I fixed the tablature by shortening each line, so one won't run into
the next and get mixed up. I also took out the lyrics. It's a little
less clear this way, but very self-explanatory when you listen to the
music.


The transcription of this song is all my own work, of the only
studio-recorded version of the song I know of.

Chris Wells

Paradise By the Dashboard Light
By Jim Steinman
Performed by Meatloaf

S = slide,     H=hammer on


Intro:


-------------10----13--13---------------13--13---------------
-10----------10----12--12----15-S-13----12--12------15-S-13--
-11-H-12---------------------14-S-12----------------14-S-12--
-------------------------------------------------------------
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A augmentedA basic rock and roll rhythm is used for a good portion of the song.
For the D MajorD and G+G chords, it looks something like this:

D MajorD			       G+G
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
---7--7--9--9----7--7--9--9-------------------------------
---5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5----5--5--7--7-----5--5--7--7--
--{-one set-}------------------3--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3

The time interval between brackets (/  /) represents two of the sets
above, or four beats (one measure) where another rhythm is used.


VERSE:

D MajorD      /D      /G     /G     /A      /G     /D       /D
D MajorD      /D      /G     /G     /A      /G     /D       /D

6/4 measures alternating with 4/4 measures:

(6) D MajorD  C majorC C majorC /(4)D      /(6)D C majorC C majorC C majorC   /(4)D

G+G   D MajorD    /A    D MajorD   /G    D MajorD   /A  D MajorD      /
G+G   D MajorD    /A    D MajorD   /G    D MajorD   /A  D MajorD      /
G+G        /D        /G        /A    FF  E MajorE /D      /
G+G   A augmentedA    /D A augmentedA G+G    /A    G+G   /A  D MajorD      /

G+G   A augmentedA    /D        /D   A augmentedA    /G     /G   A augmentedA    /D    (X2 this line)

There are two identical verses, then it heads into the play-by-play /
porn section with an A augmentedA chord.

The porn section is all over an E MajorE chord. There's a lot of stuff going
on, but the most audible guitar is doing this over and over again:


------0-------------------------------------------------
------------3-----2-2-H-3-------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--0------0-----0----0-----------------------------------


The woman's voice breaks in with an A augmentedA chord, then:

Single strum:     A augmentedA  G+G  G+G  D MajorD  A augmentedA

Woman's part:

G+G   /G   /D   /D   /C   /G   /A   /D
G+G   /A   /G   /D   /

Man's part:

G+G   /G   /D   /D   /C   /G   /D   /D
G+G   /A   /C   /D   /C  G+G  /

Leading into the crazy section:

D MajorD ...... D#......E

Then:

FF    /F    /C    /C     /C     /G     /F   G+G   /C    /F   G+G   /C
FF   G+G   /C     /F   G+G   /C     /F     /F      /F      /G      /G
FF    /F    /C    /C     /F   G+G   /C     /C     /C
FF   G+G   /C       /F   G+G   /C     /C

Fading out:

FF  C majorC   /G   C majorC   /F  C majorC  /G   C majorC

Other versions of Paradise By The Dashboard Light

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Paradise by the dashboard light (Ver. 3) by Meat Loaf