Biography:
James Richard Steinman (born November 1, 1948 in New York City, New York) (more commonly known as Jim Steinman) is an American rock and musical theater composer. He is notable for having written most of Meat Loaf's hit songs, in addition to hits for many other musical artists. His three biggest musical successes are an album Bat Out Of Hell (1977), sung by Meat Loaf, Total Eclipse Of The Heart (1983), sung by Bonnie Tyler, and a German musical Tanz der Vampire (1998).
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01 - All Revved Up/Wasted Youth
[Intro]
A A9/G D/F# E
A A9/G D/F# E
[Verse 1]
A G
I was nothing but a hungry boy
A Asus4 A
Looking for something new
G
And it was nothing but an endless dream
E E7
But it was something,Something like a dream come true
[Pre Chorus]
D
Well, I was out on the prowl, down by the edge of the track
E E7
And like a son of a jackal, I've been running with the pack
[Chorus]
A C#m
Every day every night
D A
I felt the fever grow
Asus4 A
Do ya know what it's like
Dsus2 E A
All revved up with no place to go?
Asus4 A
Do ya know what it's like
Dsus2 E A
All revved up with no place to go?
[Link]
A A9/G D/F# E
[Verse 2]
A G
Let the revels begin, let the cages be opened
A Asus4 A
Let the flags all be unfurled
G
I'm just a blue-eyed blond-haired black-hearted boy
E E7
Killing time until the end of the world!
[Pre Chorus]
D
What’s the meaning of life, what’s the meaning of it all
E E7
You’ve gotta learn to dance before you learn to crawl
[Chorus]
A C#m
Every day every night
D A
I felt the fever grow
Asus4 A
Do ya know what it's like
Dsus2 E A
All revved up with no place to go?
Asus4 A
Do ya know what it's like
Dsus2 E A
All revved up with no place to go?
Bm Em/B A#dim/B G/B A
Bm Em/B A#dim/B G/B A
Wasted youth! Wasted youth!
Bm Em/B A#dim/B G/B A
Wasted youth! Wasted youth!
G/B A Bm
They got a file on you and it's a mile long
Em/B
And they say that I got all of the proof
A#dim/B
That you’re just another case of arrested development
G/B A/B
And just another wasted youth
Bm
You know that you’re in need of some radical discipline
Em/B
You know you gotta face the truth
A#dim/B
That you’re just another case of arrested development
G/B A/B
And just another wasted youth
A G D
They say I'm wild and I'm reckless
G D
You should be acting my age
Bm F#m
I'm an impressionable child in a tumultuous world
C/G A
And they say you’re at a difficult stage
D G
But it seems to me to the contrary
D A
Of all the crap they're going to put on the page
B5 G5 A5 D5
That a wasted youth is better by far
G5 A5 B5 A5
Than a wise and productive old age
B5 G5 A5 D5
That a wasted youth is better by far
G5 A5 B5 D5
Than a wise and productive old age
B5 G5 A5 D5
That a wasted youth is better by far
G5 A5 G A
Than a wise and productive old age
A G D A G D
A G D A Asus4 A
[Verse 4]
A G D
I was nothing but a desperate all-American boy
A G
Looking out for something to do
D A G
And it was nothing but an endless all-American dream
D E A Asus4 A
But it was something like a dream come true
[Pre Chorus]
D
Well, I was out on the prowl, down by the edge of the track
E E7
And like a son of a jackal, I've been running with the pack
[Outro]
A
But every day and every Night
D E
I felt the fever grow
A
All revved up with no place to go
A D E
All revved up with no place to go
A D E
All revved up with no place to go
A D E
All revved up with no place to go
A Asus4 A
All revved up with no place to go
[Intro]
A A9/G D/F# E
A A9/G D/F# E
[Verse 1]
A G
I was nothing but a hungry boy
A Asus4 A
Looking for something new
G
And it was nothing but an endless dream
E E7
But it was something,Something like a dream come true
[Pre Chorus]
D
Well, I was out on the prowl, down by the edge of the track
E E7
And like a son of a jackal, I've been running with the pack
[Chorus]
A C#m
Every day every night
D A
I felt the fever grow
Asus4 A
Do ya know what it's like
Dsus2 E A
All revved up with no place to go?
Asus4 A
Do ya know what it's like
Dsus2 E A
All revved up with no place to go?
[Link]
A A9/G D/F# E
[Verse 2]
A G
Let the revels begin, let the cages be opened
A Asus4 A
Let the flags all be unfurled
G
I'm just a blue-eyed blond-haired black-hearted boy
E E7
Killing time until the end of the world!
[Pre Chorus]
D
What’s the meaning of life, what’s the meaning of it all
E E7
You’ve gotta learn to dance before you learn to crawl
[Chorus]
A C#m
Every day every night
D A
I felt the fever grow
Asus4 A
Do ya know what it's like
Dsus2 E A
All revved up with no place to go?
Asus4 A
Do ya know what it's like
Dsus2 E A
All revved up with no place to go?
Bm Em/B A#dim/B G/B A
Bm Em/B A#dim/B G/B A
Wasted youth! Wasted youth!
Bm Em/B A#dim/B G/B A
Wasted youth! Wasted youth!
G/B A Bm
They got a file on you and it's a mile long
Em/B
And they say that I got all of the proof
A#dim/B
That you’re just another case of arrested development
G/B A/B
And just another wasted youth
Bm
You know that you’re in need of some radical discipline
Em/B
You know you gotta face the truth
A#dim/B
That you’re just another case of arrested development
G/B A/B
And just another wasted youth
A G D
They say I'm wild and I'm reckless
G D
You should be acting my age
Bm F#m
I'm an impressionable child in a tumultuous world
C/G A
And they say you’re at a difficult stage
D G
But it seems to me to the contrary
D A
Of all the crap they're going to put on the page
B5 G5 A5 D5
That a wasted youth is better by far
G5 A5 B5 A5
Than a wise and productive old age
B5 G5 A5 D5
That a wasted youth is better by far
G5 A5 B5 D5
Than a wise and productive old age
B5 G5 A5 D5
That a wasted youth is better by far
G5 A5 G A
Than a wise and productive old age
A G D A G D
A G D A Asus4 A
[Verse 4]
A G D
I was nothing but a desperate all-American boy
A G
Looking out for something to do
D A G
And it was nothing but an endless all-American dream
D E A Asus4 A
But it was something like a dream come true
[Pre Chorus]
D
Well, I was out on the prowl, down by the edge of the track
E E7
And like a son of a jackal, I've been running with the pack
[Outro]
A
But every day and every Night
D E
I felt the fever grow
A
All revved up with no place to go
A D E
All revved up with no place to go
A D E
All revved up with no place to go
A D E
All revved up with no place to go
A Asus4 A
All revved up with no place to go
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