Key: E majorDifficulty: Advanced
Intro 1
F#
C#
B
D#m
C#
F#
C#
B
D#m
C#
F#
C#
B
D#m
C#
F#
B
C#
Verse 1
F#
Well, lights out tonight
B
F#/C#
C#
Trouble in the heart land
F#
Got a head on collision
B
F#/C#
C#
Smashin' in my guts, man
F#
I'm caught in a cross fire
B
F#/C#
C#
F#
That I don't un der stand
B
C#
But there's one thing I know for sure
Verse 2
F#
C#
Girl I don't give a damn
B
B/C#
For the same old played out scenes
C#
F#
Baby, I don't give a damn
C#
B
B/C#
C#
For just the in-betweens
F#
B
Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul
B/C#
C#
F#
I want control right now
B
C#
You better listen to me, baby
Pre-chorus 1
B
Talk about a dream, try to make it real
C#
You wake up in the night with a fear so real
B
You spend your life waiting
C#
B
For a moment that just don't come
Bmaj7
C#
B/D#
C#/E#
Well, don't waste your time wait ing
Chorus 1
F#
B
D#m
Badlands, you gotta live it everyday
C#
F#
Let the broken hearts stand
B
D#m
C#
As the price you've gotta pay
F#
Keep pushin' 'til it's understood
B
F#/C#
C#
F#
And these badlands start treat ing us good
B
C#
Verse 3
F#
Workin' in the fields
B
F#/C#
C#
That'll get your back burned
F#
Workin' 'neath the wheels
B
F#/C#
C#
'Til you get your facts learned
F#
Baby, I got my facts
B
F#/C#
C#
F#
Learned real good right now
B
C#
You better get it straight, darlin'
Verse 4
F#
C#
Poor man wanna be rich
B
B/C#
C#
Rich man wanna be king
F#
And a king ain't satisfied
C#
B
B/C#
'Til he rules everything
C#
F#
I wanna go out tonight
C#
B
B/C#
C#
F#
I wanna find out what I got
B
C#
Pre-chorus 2
B
Well, I believe in the love that you gave me
C#
I believe in the faith that can save me
B
I believe in the hope and I pray
C#
B
Bmaj7
C#
That someday it may raise me
B/D#
C#/E#
Above these
Chorus 2
F#
B
D#m
Badlands, you gotta live it everyday
C#
F#
Let the broken hearts stand
B
D#m
C#
As the price you've gotta pay
F#
Keep pushin' 'til it's understood
B
F#/C#
C#
F#
And these badlands start treat ing us good
B
C#
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Solo 1
F#
C#
B
B/C#
C#
F#
C#
B
B/C#
C#
F#
C#
B
B/C#
C#
F#
C#
B
B/C#
C#
Solo 2
F#
C#
B
B/C#
C#
F#
C#
B
B/C#
C#
F#
C#
B
B/C#
C#
F#
C#
B
B/C#
C#
Interlude 1
F#
B
C#7sus4
(Mmm...)
F#
B
C#7sus4
C#7
F#
B
C#7sus4
C#7
F#
B
C#7sus4
C#7
Verse 5
F#
For the ones who had a notion,
B
B/C#
C#
a notion deep inside
F#
That it ain't no sin
B
B/C#
C#
to be glad you're alive
F#
I wanna find one face
B
B/C#
C#
that ain't looking through me
F#
I wanna find one place
B
B/C#
C#
I wanna spit in the face of these
Chorus 3
F#
B
D#m
Badlands, you gotta live it everyday
C#
F#
Let the broken hearts stand
B
D#m
C#
As the price you've gotta pay
F#
Keep movin' 'til it's understood
B
F#/C#
C#
F#
And these badlands start treat ing us good
B
C#
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Outro 1
F#
B
D#m
C#
Badlands, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
F#
B
D#m
C#
Badlands, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
[Repeat and fade]
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