Badlands chords 
Bruce Springsteen  1978  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badlands_(song)

Capo II* 

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Lights out ton

          
ight          

        
             
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 u

               
nderstand
              
But there's on

             
e thing I know

     
 for sure girl


I don't give a

 damn         

       
             
For the same o

              
ld played out 

            
scenes        

 
             
I don't give a

 
 damn         

              
             
For just the i

             
n betweens    

             
              

 
             
Honey, I want 

              
the heart, I w

        
ant the soul
             
I want control

       
 right now
             
You better lis

          
ten to me baby


Talk about a d

ream

Try to make it real
    
You wake up in

 the night

With a fear so real

Spend your lif

e waiting 
              
For a moment t

              
hat- just- don

    
't- come
              
Well, don't wa

              
ste your time 

   
waiting

            
Badlands, you 

             
gotta live it 

     
everyday
        
Let the broken

 hearts stand 

      
             
As the price y

            
ou've gotta pa

y
           
We'll keep pus

hin' till it's

 understood
             
And these badl

             
ands start tre

               
ating us good


Workin' in the

 fields
             
Till you get y

        
our back burne

d

Workin' `neath

 the wheel
             
Till you get y

         
our facts lear

ned

Baby I got my 

facts
            
Learned real g

          
ood right now
             
You better get

             
 it straight d

arling


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 o

              
ut what I got

         
Well I believe

 in the love t

hat you gave m

e
    
I believe in t

he faith that 

could save me
    
I believe in t

he hope
              
and I pray tha

       
t some day
              
It may raise m

       
e above these

            
Badlands, you 

             
gotta live it 

     
everyday
        
Let the broken

 hearts stand 

      
             
As the price y

            
ou've gotta pa

y
           
We'll keep pus

hin' till it's

 understood
             
And these badl

             
ands start tre

             
ating us good 

       
(wo o o oh

break

            
Mmmmmmmm, Mmmm

   
m, Mmmmmm  4x

        
For the ones w

ho had a notio

n,
             
A notion deep 

  
inside
        
That it ain't 

no sin
             
To be glad you

     
're alive
        
I wanna find o

ne face
             
That ain't loo

     
king through m

e
        
I wanna find o

ne place,
             
I wanna spit i

             
n the face of 

      
these 

            
Badlands, you 

             
gotta live it 

     
everyday
        
Let the broken

 hearts stand 

      
             
As the price y

            
ou've gotta pa

y
           
We'll keep pus

hin' till it's

 understood
             
And these badl

             
ands start tre

             
ating us good 

       
(wo o o oh

           
Badlands, woh,

     
 oh, oh  5x

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