Badlands - Bruce Springsteen

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Verses 2 and 4 actually differ slightly from the others although I have shown them as identical, the
chords I have shown work fine but if you want to be more accurate you could replace them with the intro
chords. Feel free to comment, criticize etc. Please rate

[Intro]        X4

[Verse 1]
             
Lights out ton

             
ight trouble i

             
n the heartlan

d             

              

   
             
Got a head on 

             
collision tras

             
hin' in my gut

   
s, man        

     
             
I'm caught in 

             
a cross fire t

             
hat I don't un

             
derstand but t

             
here's one thi

              
ng I know for 

                     
sure girl

[Verse 2]
             
I don't give a

              
 damn for the 

             
same old playe

            
d out scenes  

              

         
             
I don't give a

             
 damn for just

             
 the in-betwee

              
ns            

   
             
Honey, I want 

              
the heart, I w

             
ant the soul, 

             
I want control

             
 right now, yo

             
u better liste

        
n to me baby

[Pre-Chorus]
             
Talk about a d

              
ream, try to m

              
ake it real, y

   
ou wake up in 

the night with

 a fear so rea

l
             
Spend your lif

              
e waiting for 

              
a moment that 

             
just don't com

              
e, well, don't

              
 waste your ti

      
me waiting

[Chorus]
             
Badlands, you 

             
gotta live it 

           
every day
             
Let the broken

              
 hearts stand 

             
as the price y

            
ou've gotta pa

y       
             
Keep pushin' t

              
ill it's under

             
stood and thes

             
e badlands sta

              
rt treating us

     
 good

[Verse 3]
             
Workin' in the

             
 fields and yo

             
u get your bac

  
k burned
             
Workin' `neath

             
 the wheel and

              
 you get your 

  
facts learned
             
Baby I got my 

             
facts learned 

             
real good righ

             
t now, you bet

             
ter get it str

      
aight darling

[Verse 4]
             
Poor man wanna

             
 be rich, rich

              
 man wanna be 

    
king 
             
And a king ain

              
't satisfied '

             
til he rules e

    
verything
             
I wanna go out

              
 tonight, I wa

            
nna find out w

         
hat I got

[Pre-Chorus]
             
Well I believe

              
 in the love t

              
hat you gave m

       
e, I believe i

n the faith th

at could save 

me
             
I believe in t

              
he hope and I 

              
pray that some

             
 day it may ra

            
ise me above t

hese

[Chorus]
             
Badlands, you 

             
gotta live it 

      
every day
             
Let the broken

              
 hearts stand 

             
as the price y

            
ou've gotta pa

y       
             
Keep pushin' t

              
ill it's under

             
stood and thes

             
e badlands sta

             
rt treating us

       
 good

[Break]        X8     X4

[Verse 5]
             
For the ones w

              
ho had a notio

             
n, a notion de

     
ep inside
             
That it ain't 

             
no sin to be g

            
lad you're ali

ve
             
I wanna find o

             
ne face that a

             
int looking th

              
rough me, I wa

             
nna find one p

              
lace, I wanna 

           
spit in the fa

ce of these 

[Chorus]
             
Badlands, you 

             
gotta live it 

      
every day
             
Let the broken

              
 hearts stand 

             
as the price y

            
ou've gotta pa

y       
             
Keep pushin' t

              
ill it's under

             
stood and thes

             
e badlands sta

              
rt treating us

            
 good, wo, oh,

 
 oh, oh
  
[Ending] (to fade)
            
Badlands, wo, 

            
oh, oh, oh, ba

             
dlands, wo, oh

            
, oh, oh, badl

             
ands, wo, oh, 


oh, oh
            
Badlands, wo, 

            
oh, oh, oh, ba

             
dlands, wo, oh

            
, oh, oh, badl

             
ands, wo, oh, 


oh, oh 

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