Intro:
   E  B   A  E
   B (x3)
   E A B


E                 B
Lights out tonight
A              E    B
Trouble in the heartland
E                      B
Got a head-on collision
A              E     B
Smashin' in my guts, man
    E
I'm caught in a cross fire
A            B    E
That I don't understand
                A                B
But there's one thing I know for sure girl


E
I don't give a damn
        A                   B
For the same old played out scenes
E
I don't give a damn
    A             B
For just the in betweens
E                                   A
Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul
          B          E
I want control right now
           A            B
You better listen to me baby


A
Talk about a dream


Try to make it real
    B
You wake up in the night


With a fear so real
A
Spend your life waiting
                                B
For a moment that- just- don't- come
                            A   B
Well, don't waste your time waiting


E  E                A            B
Badlands, you gotta live it everyday
        E
Let the broken hearts stand
       A                  B
As the price you've gotta pay
           E
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood
          A              B           E    A  B
And these badlands start treating us good


E
Workin' in the fields
A                 B    A
Till you get your back burned
E
Workin' `neath the wheel
A                 B
Till you get your facts learned
E
Baby I got my facts
A            B          E
Learned real good right now
           A               B
You better get it straight darling


E
Poor man wanna be rich,
A                 B
Rich man wanna be king
      E
And a king ain't satisfied
        A          B
Till he rules everything
        E
I wanna go out tonight,
        A        B      E   A  B
I wanna find out what I got


         A
Well I believe in the love that you gave me
    B
I believe in the faith that could save me
    A
I believe in the hope
                     B
and I pray that some day
                 A    B
It may raise me above these


E  E                A            B
Badlands, you gotta live it everyday
        E
Let the broken hearts stand
       A                  B
As the price you've gotta pay
           E
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood
          A              B           E     A      B
And these badlands start treating us good (wo o o oh)

Interlude (x4):
E         A      B
Mmmmmmmm, Mmmmm, Mmmmmm


        E
For the ones who had a notion,
  A             B
A notion deep inside
        E
That it ain't no sin
      A            B
To be glad you're alive
        E
I wanna find one face
     A             B
That ain't looking through me
        E
I wanna find one place,
        A           B
I wanna spit in the face of these


E  E                A            B
Badlands, you gotta live it everyday
        E
Let the broken hearts stand
       A                  B
As the price you've gotta pay
           E
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood
          A              B           E     A      B
And these badlands start treating us good (wo o o oh)


E  E      A        B
Badlands, woh, oh, oh  5x
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