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Everything Louder Than Everything Else

Meat Loaf
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
   this whole thing repeats twice
 Wasted youth! Wasted youth!
 Wasted  youth!  Wasted  youth!
 in both of these verses there is no guitar during the actual singing..
 the second half is played, just listen to the song
 I know  that I will  never be politically correct
 And  I don't give a  damn about my lack  of etiquette
 As far  as I'm concerned,  the world  could still  be flat
 And if the thrill  is gone,  then it's time  to take it  back
 If the thrill  is gone,  then it's time  to take it back
 Who am I? Why am I here? Forget the questions, someone gimme another beer
 What's the meaning of life, what's the meaning of it all?
 You gotta learn to dance before you learn to crawl
 You gotta learn to dance before you learn to
 crawl
 i palm mute this, do what you will
 So  sign up all you raw  recruits
 Throw  away those designer  suits
 You  got your weapons cocked
 Your  targets in your sights
   There's a  party raging somewhere  in the world
 You gotta serve  your country, gotta service  your girl
 You're  all enlisted in the armies  of the night
 And I  ain't in  it for the power
 And I  ain't in  it for my health
 I ain't in  it for the glory  of anything  at all
 And I sure  ain't in it for the wealth
 But I'm in  it till it's over  and I just  can't stop
 If you wanna  get it done,  you gotta do it yourself
 And I like  my music  like I like my  life
 Everything  louder than everything  else
 Everything  louder than everything  else
 Everything  louder than  everything else
  Bm Em/B Adim/B G/B A from here until "they say i'm wild and i'm
 Wasted youth! Wasted youth! reckless just do little slides and stuff,
  don't play the actual chords unless you
  want to
 They  got a file  on me and it's a mile long
 And they say  that they got all of the proof
 That I'm  just another  case of arrested development
 And just  another wasted youth
 They say that I'm in need of some radical discipline
 They say I gotta face the truth
 That I'm just another case of arrested development
 And just another wasted youth
They  say I'm wild and I'm reckless
 I  should be acting my age
 I'm an impressionable  child in a tumultuous  world
 And they say  I'm at a difficult stage
 But it seems  to me to the contrary
 Of all the crap  they're going to put on the page
  B5 G5 A5 D5 there are six "wasted youths" and it
 That a wasted youth is better by far goes (by ending chords)
 Than a wise  and productive  old age (so in order,  1 2  1 2 1 3)
 That a wasted  youth  is better  by far
 Than a wise  and productive  old age
 That a wasted  youth  is better  by far
 Than a wise  and productive  old age
 from here until Mo, just strike each note once and mute it right away
 If you want  my views of history  then there's something  you should know
 The three  men I admire  most are Curly,  Larry and Mo!
 If you don't worry  'bout the future,  sooner  or later it's the past
 And if they say  the thrill is gone,  then it's time  to take it back
 If the thrill  is gone,  then it's time  to take it back
 again palm mute this
 So sign up all you raw recruits, throw away all those two-bit suits
 You got your weapons cocked, your targets in your sights
 There's a party raging somewhere in the world
 You gotta serve your country, gotta service your girl
 You're all inducted in the armies of the night
 And I ain't in it for the power, and I ain't in it for the health
 I ain't in it for the glory of anything at all
 And I sure ain't in it for the wealth
 But I'm in it till it's over and I just can't stop
 If you wanna get it done, you gotta fight for yourself
 And I like my music like I like my life
 Everything louder than everything else
 this is repeated a bunch of times, and the first 6 times through (listen you'll
 hear) are just bass and stuff, after that guitar comes in...try some weird stuff
 add slides after the A is played, or play the a as X-12-14-14-14-12, then play
 the D A and G one octave up as bar chords, stuff like that
 FINAL RIFF (for bagpipes)
G---12--13--10--12--8----10-8-10-12----12--13--10--12--8----10-8-7-8
 have fun, this is one of the best songs in creation
 again i take no credit nor blame for chords, i gave instructions and the riff and
 i think that's in the wrong key but the intervals are right
 PEACE OUT
 DJ 62

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Readable chord sheet for Everything Louder Than Everything Else by Meat Loaf

[Bm]   [G]  [A]   [D]   [Bm]   [G]   [D]   [A]  this whole thing repeats twice
Wasted youth!   Wasted   youth!
W[Bm]asted[G] yo[A]uth![D]   W[Bm]asted[G]   y[A]outh[D]!

in both of these verses there is no guitar during the actual singing..
the second half is played, just listen to the song

I k[Bm]now that I w[G]ill never be po[A]litically [D]correct [Bm]      [G]          [D]              [A]
And[Bm] I don't give [G]a damn about my l[A]ack of et[D]iquette[Bm]     [G]         [A]             [D]
As [Bm]far as I'm co[G]ncerned, the world[A] could st[D]ill be flat [Bm]      [G]          [D]              [A]
And if the t[Bm]hrill is g[G]one, then it's t[A]ime to take [D]it back
If the th[Bm]rill is g[G]one, then it's t[A]ime to take it b[G]ack

Who am I? Why am I here? Forget the questions, someone gimme another beer
What's the meaning of life, what's the meaning of it all?
You gotta learn to dance before you learn to crawl
You gotta learn to dance before you learn to

cr[G]awl   [D]

i palm mute this, do what you will

S[G]o sign up all you r[A]aw rec[Bm]ruits
T[D]hrow away those des[A]igner suits
Y[Bm]ou got your weapons cocked
Y[G]our targets in your sights[A]
 [D/A]      [A7]  There's [G]a party raging so[A]mewhere in the w[Bm]orld
You gotta se[D]rve your country, gotta ser[A]vice your girl
Y[Bm]ou're all enlisted in the ar[G]mies of the n[A]ight

And [Bm]I ain't [G]in it for the po[A]wer
And [Bm]I ain't [G]in it for my hea[A]lth
I ain't in[Bm] it for the g[F#m]lory of an[Bm]ything at all
And I s[C]ure ain't in it for the we[A]alth
But I'm [Bm]in it till it's o[G]ver and I j[A]ust can't stop[D]
If you w[Bm]anna get it done[F#m], you gotta do it yourself[A]
And I l[G]ike my m[D/F#]usic like I l[Em]ike [G/D]my l[A/C#]ife    [A]

E[D]verything louder than eve[Gsus2]rything else
E[D]verything louder than eve[Gsus2]rything else
E[D]verything louder tha[Gsus2]n everything e[A]lse

 Bm        Em/B  A
Wasted    youth! Wasted    youth!     reckless just do little slides and stuff,
                                      don't play the actual chords unless you
                                      want to
[G/B]     T[A]hey got a f[Bm]ile on me and it's a mile long
And they [Em/B]say that they got all of the proof
That I'm[Bbdim] just [B]another case of arrested development
And [G/B]just another wasted y[A/B]outh

They say that I'm in need of some radical discipline
They say I gotta face the truth
That I'm just another case of arrested development
And just another wasted youth

[A]    [G]They say I'm wild and I'm rec[D]kless
I[G] should be acting my age[D]
I'm an im[Bm]pressionable child in a tum[F#m]ultuous world
And they [C/G]say I'm at a difficult stage[A]
But it seems[D] to me to the co[G]ntrary
Of all the c[D]rap they're going to put on the page[A]

         B5    G5       A5       D5      there are six "wasted youths" and it
That a wasted youth is better by far     goes (by ending chords)
Than a wi[G5]se and prod[A5]uctive old [B5]age  [A5]     [A5](so [D5]in [A5]ord[D5]er,[A5] 1 [A]2 1 2 1 3)

That a wa[B5]sted y[G5]outh is b[A5]etter by [D5]far
Than a wi[G5]se and prod[A5]uctive old [B5]age  [D5]

That a wa[B5]sted y[G5]outh is b[A5]etter by [D5]far
Than a wi[G5]se and prod[A5]uctive old a[G]ge  [A]

from here until Mo, just strike each note once and mute it right away
If you w[Bm]ant my views of his[G]tory then there's some[A]thing you should k[D]now
The th[Bm]ree men I admir[G]e most are Cu[A]rly, Larry and [D]Mo!
If you don't w[Bm]orry 'bout the fu[G]ture, so[A]oner or later it's the p[D]ast
And if they [Bm]say the thrill is g[G]one, then it's t[A]ime to take it b[D]ack
If the th[Bm]rill is g[G]one, then it's t[A]ime to take it b[D]ack

again palm mute this

So sign up all you raw recruits, throw away all those two-bit suits
You got your weapons cocked, your targets in your sights
There's a party raging somewhere in the world
You gotta serve your country, gotta service your girl
You're all inducted in the armies of the night

And I ain't in it for the power, and I ain't in it for the health
I ain't in it for the glory of anything at all
And I sure ain't in it for the wealth
But I'm in it till it's over and I just can't stop
If you wanna get it done, you gotta fight for yourself
And I like my music like I like my life

Everything louder than everything else

this is repeated a bunch of times, and the first 6 times through (listen you'll
hear) are just bass and stuff, after that guitar comes in...try some weird stuff
add slides after the A is played, or play the a as X-12-14-14-14-12, then play
the D A and G one octave up as bar chords, stuff like that
FINAL RIFF (for bagpipes)

G---12--13--10--12--8----10-8-10-12----12--13--10--12--8----10-8-7-8
have fun, this is one of the best songs in creation
again i take no credit nor blame for chords, i gave instructions and the riff and
i think that's in the wrong key but the intervals are right
PEACE OUT
DJ

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