[Intro]
       X3 (Turn distortion on here)    

[Verse 1]
 
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 one 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

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 2]
(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-----

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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, mmmm

   
m, mmmmmm X4

[Verse 3]
(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:

e|7--7--7---|-
B|9--9--9---|-
G|9--9--9---|-
D|9--9--9---|-
A|7--7--7---|7
E|X--X--X---|-

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[Ending]
       (Let the  ring out)