Badlands - Bruce Springsteen

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INTRO:    E       B A  A    E B  -- 3x's   THEN   E  A  B
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VERSE:
E                 B A      NOTE 1: THIS PART IS PLAYED LIKE THE
Lights out tonight                  INTRO. SAME BEAT. IF YOU CAN'T
                 E   B              GET THE TIMING YOU CAN JUST
Trouble in the heartland            PLAY:  E  A  B
E                      B A         THIS TAB IS REALLY ONE GUITAR
Got a head-on collision             ARRANGED FOR TWO.
              
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

 ***          

      NOTE 2: 

THIS PART IS H

OW YOU CAN
         A                    B            PLAY THE PART I WAS
For the same old played out scenes         TALKING ABOUT IN (NOTE 1)
E                                          HOWEVER, YOU CAN CLEARLY
I don't give a ***                        HEAR THE INTRO BEAT....
     A              B                      PLAY THE WAY YOU FEEL
For just the in betweens                   MORE COMFORTABLE WITH.
             
Honey, I want 

              
the heart, I w

        
ant the soul
             
I want control

        
 right now
             
You better lis

           
ten to me baby


BREAK:


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


CHORUS:
             
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

VERSE:
Workin' in the fields
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

BREAK:
Well 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:
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


INSTRUMENTAL:  SOLO OVER VERSE CHORDS


INTERLUDE:

            
Mmmmmmmm, Mmmm

    
m, Mmmmmm  -- 

4x's
         
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

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

OUTRO:
            
Badlands, woh,

    
 oh, oh  -- TO

 FADE 

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