Paradise By The Dashboard Light

Meat Loaf

 DG
 I remember every little thing as if it happened only yesterday
 CGD
 Parking by the lake and there was not another car in sight
 DG
And I never had a girl looking any better than you did
 F#GAD
 And all the kids at school they were wishing they were me that night

PRECHORUS:
 BbFCD
And now our bodies are oh so close and tight
 BbFCD
It never felt so good, it never felt so right
 G/DDA/DD
 And we're glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife
 G/DDA/DD
 Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife
 GDGF
 C'mon! Hold on tight! C'mon! Hold on tight!

CHORUS:
 GADAG
Though it's cold and lonely in the deep dark night
 DBmGEmD
I can see paradise by the dashboard light

Girl:
 GADAG
 Ain't no doubt about it we were doubly blessed
 EmD
Cause we were barely seventeen and we were barely dressed
 GADGAD
 Ain't no doubt about it baby got to go and shout it
 GADAG
 Ain't no doubt about it we were doubly blessed

Boy: Em D
Cause we were barely seventeen and we were barely dressed

 DG
 Baby doncha hear my heart you got it drowning out the radio
 CGD
I've been waitin' so long for you to come along and have some fun
 DG
And I gotta let ya know no you're never gonna regret it
 F#GE
So open up your eyes I got a big surprise it'll feel all right
 AD
Well I wanna make your motor run

PRECHORUS (same chords)
And now our bodies are oh so close and tight
It never felt so good, it never 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
C'mon! Hold on tight! C'mon! Hold on tight!

CHORUS II:
 GADAG
Though it's cold and lonely in the deep dark night
 GDF#G
I can see paradise by the dashboard light
 EDBmAF#
Oh it's cold and lonely in the deep dark night  
 GDAD
   Paradise by the dashboard light

 GADGAD
   You got to do what you can and let mother nature do the rest
 GADAG
 Ain't no doubt about it we were doubly blessed
 Em
Cause we were barely seventeen and we were barely --
(4x) A Bm A G A G A
We're gonna go all the way tonight we're gonna go all the way and tonight's the night

Radio broadcast: just keep hammering on Em

Ii. let me sleep on it
Girl:
 AGDA
 Stop right there!  I gotta know right now!  Before we go any further --!
 GD
Do you love me?  Will you love me forever?  Do you need me?  Will you never leave me?
 CG
Will you make me so happy for the rest of my life?
 A
Will you take me away and will you make me your wife?
(same chord pattern)
Do you love me? Will you love me forever?
Do you need me? Will you never leave me?
Will you make me so happy for the rest of my life?
Will you take me away and will you make me your wife?
 GA
I gotta know right now before we go any further
 GD
Do you love me?  Will you love me forever?

Boy: (same rhythm, but for the sake of explaining it):
 GD
Let me sleep on it, baby, baby let me sleep on it
 CGD
Let me sleep on it, I'll give you an answer in the morning
(same chord pattern twice)
Let me sleep on it, baby, baby let me sleep on it
Let me sleep on it, I'll give you an answer in the morning
Let me sleep on it, baby, baby let me sleep on it
Let me sleep on it, I'll give you an answer in the morning

Girl:
 D
 I gotta know right now!
(same chord progression)
Do you love me? Will you love me forever?
Do you need me? Will you never leave me?
Will you make me so happy for the rest of my life?
Will you take me away and will you make me your wife?
 GA
I gotta know right now!  Before we go any further
 GD
Do you love me?  Will you love me forever?

What's it gonna be boy? FOR THIS PART keep hammering on A string
Come on
I can wait all night
What's it gonna be boy yes or no?
What's it gonna be boy yes or no?

For this part and both boy and girls singing repeat same chord pattern from above
Boy:
Let me sleep on it, baby, baby let me sleep on it
Let me sleep on it, I'll give you an answer in the morning

Girl:
I gotta know right now!!!
(alternate lines back and forth)

Boy: Girl:
 Eb
 Let me sleep on it!     Will you love me forever?

Boy: Girl:
 E
 Let me sleep on it!     Will you love me forever?

iii. Praying for the end of time

Boy:
 F
I couldn't take it any longer Lord I was crazed
 CF
And then the feeling came upon me like a tidal wave
 CG
I started swearing to my god and on my mother's grave
 FGC
That I would love you to the end of time
 FGC
I swore that I would love you to the end of time!

 GCGC
   So now I'm praying for the end of time
 FGC
To hurry up and arrive
 CEm/bAm
Cause if I gotta spend another minute with you
 G
I don't think that I can really survive
 F
I'll never break my promise or forget my vow
 CG
But god only knows what I can do right now
 CGC
I'm praying for the end of time
 Am
It's all that I can do
 CGCFGC
 Praying for the end of time, so I can end my time with you!

Boy:
 F/CCG/CC
It was long ago and it was far away
 F/CCG/CC
And it was so much better than it is today

Girl:
(same chords as above)
It never felt so good
It never felt so right
And we were glowing like
A metal on the edge of a knife


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