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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 18:00:24 -0500
From: Chris Wells 
Subject: m/meat_loaf/paradise_by_the_dashboard_light.crd

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--
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------


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
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
---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-------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--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