Key: E major
Intro 1
B
F#
E
G#m
F#
B
F#
E
G#m
F#
B
F#
E
G#m
F#
B
E
F#
Verse 1
B
Well, lights out tonight
E
F#
Trouble in the heartland
B
Got a head on collision
E
F#
Smashin' in my guts, man
B
I'm caught in a cross fire
E
F#
B
That I don't un derstand
E
F#
But there's one thing I know for sure
Verse 2
B
F#
Girl I don't give a damn
E
F#
For the same old played out scenes
B
Baby, I don't give a damn
F#
E
F#
For just the in-betweens
B
E
Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul
F#
B
I want control right now
E
F#
You better listen to me, baby
Pre-chorus 1
E
Talk about a dream, try to make it real
F#
You wake up in the night with a fear so real
E
You spend your life waiting
F#
E
For a moment that just don't come
F#
E
F#
Well, don't waste your time waiting
Chorus 1
B
E
G#m
Badlands, you gotta live it everyday
F#
B
Let the broken hearts stand
E
G#m
F#
As the price you've gotta pay
B
Keep pushin' 'til it's understood
E
F#
B
And these badlands start treating us good
E
F#
Verse 3
B
Workin' in the fields
E
F#
That'll get your back burned
B
Workin' 'neath the wheels
E
F#
'Til you get your facts learned
B
Baby, I got my facts
E
F#
B
Learned real good right now
E
F#
You better get it straight, darlin'
Verse 4
B
F#
Poor man wanna be rich
E
F#
Rich man wanna be king
B
And a king ain't satisfied
F#
E
F#
'Til he rules everything
B
I wanna go out tonight
F#
E
F#
B
I wanna find out what I got
E
F#
Pre-chorus 2
E
Well, I believe in the love that you gave me
F#
I believe in the faith that can save me
E
I believe in the hope and I pray
F#
E
F#
That someday it may raise me
E
F#
Above these
Chorus 2
B
E
G#m
Badlands, you gotta live it everyday
F#
B
Let the broken hearts stand
E
G#m
F#
As the price you've gotta pay
B
Keep pushin' 'til it's understood
E
F#
B
And these badlands start treating us good
E
F#
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Solo 1
B
F#
E
F#
B
F#
E
F#
B
F#
E
F#
B
F#
E
F#
Solo 2
B
F#
E
F#
B
F#
E
F#
B
F#
E
F#
B
F#
E
F#
Interlude 1
B
E
F#
(Mmm...)
B
E
F#
B
E
F#
B
E
F#
Verse 5
B
For the ones who had a notion,
E
F#
a notion deep inside
B
That it ain't no sin
E
F#
to be glad you're alive
B
I wanna find one face
E
F#
that ain't looking through me
B
I wanna find one place
E
F#
I wanna spit in the face of these
Chorus 3
B
E
G#m
Badlands, you gotta live it everyday
F#
B
Let the broken hearts stand
E
G#m
F#
As the price you've gotta pay
B
Keep movin' 'til it's understood
E
F#
B
And these badlands start treating us good
E
F#
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Outro 1
B
E
G#m
F#
Badlands, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
B
E
G#m
F#
Badlands, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
[Repeat and fade]
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