IntroEC#BABC#B X4
Verse 1EAB
Lights out tonight trouble in the heartland
EAB
Got a head on collision trashin' in my guts, man
EABEAB
I'm caught in a cross fire that I don't understand but there's one thing I know for sure girl
Verse 2EAB
I don't give a damn for the same old played out scenes
EAB
I don't give a damn for just the in-betweens
EABEAB
Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul, I want control right now, you better listen to me baby
Pre-ChorusAB
Talk about a dream, try to make it real, you wake up in the night with a fear so real
ABAB
Spend your life waiting for a moment that just don't come, well, don't waste your time waiting
ChorusEAC#m
Badlands, you gotta live it every day
EAB
Let the broken hearts stand as the price you've gotta pay
EABEAB
Keep pushin' till it's understood and these badlands start treating us good
Verse 3EAB
Workin' in the fields and you get your back burned
EAB
Workin' `neath the wheel and you get your facts learned
EABEAB
Baby I got my facts learned real good right now, you better get it straight darling
Verse 4EAB
Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king
EAB
And a king ain't satisfied 'til he rules everything
EABEAB
I wanna go out tonight, I wanna find out what I got
Pre-ChorusAB
Well I believe in the love that you gave me, I believe in the faith that could save me
ABAB
I believe in the hope and I pray that some day it may raise me above these
ChorusEAC#m
Badlands, you gotta live it every day
EAB
Let the broken hearts stand as the price you've gotta pay
EABEAB
Keep pushin' till it's understood and these badlands start treating us good
Instrumental
[Break] EC#BABC#B X8 EAB X4
Verse 5]
EAB
For the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside
EAB
That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
EABEAB
I wanna find one face that aint looking through me, I wanna find one place, I wanna spit in the face of these
ChorusEAC#m
Badlands, you gotta live it every day
EAB
Let the broken hearts stand as the price you've gotta pay
EABEAB
Keep pushin' till it's understood and these badlands start treating us good, wo, oh, oh, oh
Ending (to fade)
EABEABEAB
Badlands, wo, oh, oh, oh, badlands, wo, oh, oh, oh, badlands, wo, oh, oh, oh
EABEABEAB
Badlands, wo, oh, oh, oh, badlands, wo, oh, oh, oh, badlands, wo, oh, oh, oh
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