INTRO: Lights out tonight Trouble in the heartland Got a head-on collision Smashin' in my guts, man I'm caught in a cross fire That I don't understand But there's one thing I know for sure girl I don't give a damn For the same old played out scenes I don't give a damn For just the in betweens Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul I want control right now Talk about a dream Try to make it real You wake up in the night With a fear so real Spend your life waiting For a moment that just don't come Well, don't waste your time waiting (Chorus) Badlands, you gotta live it everyday Let the broken hearts stand As the price you've gotta pay We'll keep pushin' till it's understood And these badlands start treating us good VERSE II:Use the same chords form the first verse.(In some live versions, Bruce does a little note picking when the chords change. It seemed easy enoungh to tab out. A|7-----| Workin' in the fiedls E|-7-5-7| Till you get your back burned Workin' `neath the wheel Till you get your facts learned Baby I got my facts Learned real good right now You better get it straight darling Poor man wanna be rich, Rich man wanna be king And a king ain't satisfied Till he rules everything I wanna go out tonight, I wanna find out what I got Well I believe in the love that you gave me I believe in the love that you gave me I believe in the faith that could save me I believe in the hope And I pray that some day It may raise me above these Chorus: Same chords as before. INTERLUDE: mmmmmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmmm X4 VERSE III:Still the same chords. Turn your guitar up, and palm mute The chords as you play them. For the ones who had a notion, A notion deep inside That it ain't no sin To be glad you're alive I wanna find one face That ain't looking through me I wanna find one place, I wanna spit in the face of these badlands Chorus: Same chords. End with: BADLANDS! WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA X4 OUTRO(optional):This is yet another thing Bruce does in some live versions. Turn the distorion on and play: |7--7--7---|------------------| |9--9--9---|------------------| |9--9--9---|------------------|X4 |9--9--9---|------------------| |7--7--7---|7-/-\-0-0-0-0-4-2-| |X--X--X---|------------------| End with: E (Let the E ring out)
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