Key: E majorDifficulty: Advanced
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Well, lights out tonight
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Trouble in the heart land
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Got a head on collision
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Smashin' in my guts, man
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I'm caught in a cross fire
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That I don't un derstand
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But there's one thing I know for sure
Verse 2
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Girl I don't give a damn
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For the same old played out scenes
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Baby, I don't give a damn
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For just the in-betweens
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Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul
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I want control right now
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You better listen to me, baby
Pre-chorus 1
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Talk about a dream, try to make it real
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You wake up in the night with a fear so real
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You spend your life waiting
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For a moment that just don't come
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Well, don't waste your time wait ing
Chorus 1
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Badlands, you gotta live it everyday
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Let the broken hearts stand
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As the price you've gotta pay
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Keep pushin' 'til it's understood
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And these badlands start treat ing us good
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Verse 3
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Workin' in the fields
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That'll get your back burned
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Workin' 'neath the wheels
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'Til you get your facts learned
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Baby, I got my facts
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Learned real good right now
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You better get it straight, darlin'
Verse 4
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Poor man wanna be rich
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Rich man wanna be king
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And a king ain't satisfied
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'Til he rules everything
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I wanna go out tonight
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I wanna find out what I got
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Pre-chorus 2
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Well, I believe in the love that you gave me
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I believe in the faith that can save me
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I believe in the hope and I pray
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That someday it may raise me
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Above these
Chorus 2
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Badlands, you gotta live it everyday
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Let the broken hearts stand
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As the price you've gotta pay
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Keep pushin' 'til it's understood
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F/C
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And these badlands start treat ing us good
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C
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Solo 1
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Solo 2
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Interlude 1
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C7sus4
(Mmm...)
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C7
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Verse 5
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For the ones who had a notion,
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a notion deep inside
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That it ain't no sin
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to be glad you're alive
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I wanna find one face
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that ain't looking through me
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I wanna find one place
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I wanna spit in the face of these
Chorus 3
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Badlands, you gotta live it everyday
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Let the broken hearts stand
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As the price you've gotta pay
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Keep movin' 'til it's understood
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F/C
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And these badlands start treat ing us good
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Outro 1
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Badlands, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
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Badlands, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
[Repeat and fade]
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