Paradise By The Dashboard Light chords by Meat Loaf

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 basic rock and roll rhythm is used for a good portion of the song.
For the D and G chords, it looks something like this:

D			    G
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---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   /D   /G   /G   /A   /G   /D    /D
D   /D   /G   /G   /A   /G   /D    /D

6/4 measures alternating with 4/4 measures:

(6) D C C /(4)D   /(6)D C C C  /(4)D

G  D  /A  D  /G  D  /A D   /
G  D  /A  D  /G  D  /A D   /
G    /D    /G    /A  F E /D   /
G  A  /D A G  /A  G  /A D   /

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

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


The porn section is all over an E 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-------------------------------
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--------------------------------------------------------
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--0------0-----0----0-----------------------------------


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

Single strum:   A G G D A

Woman's part:

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

Man's part:

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

Leading into the crazy section:

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

Then:

F  /F  /C  /C   /C   /G   /F  G  /C  /F  G  /C
F  G  /C   /F  G  /C   /F   /F   /F   /G   /G
F  /F  /C  /C   /F  G  /C   /C   /C
F  G  /C    /F  G  /C   /C

Fading out:

F C  /G  C  /F C /G  C