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