INTRO:    E (022100@1)     BA  A (x02220@1)  EB  -- 3x's   THEN   E (022100@1)A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)         //////  / /  ///  / /


VERSE:
E (022100@1)               BA      NOTE 1: THIS PART IS PLAYED LIKE THE
Lights out tonight                  INTRO. SAME BEAT. IF YOU CAN'T
                 E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1)            GET THE TIMING YOU CAN JUST
Trouble in the heartland            PLAY:  E (022100@1)A (x02220@1)BE                      BA         THIS TAB IS REALLY ONE GUITAR
Got a head-on collision             ARRANGED FOR TWO.
                 E (022100@1)  BSmashin' (x2444x@1)in my guts, man
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      EI'm (022100@1)caught in a cross fire
  A (x02220@1)         B (x2444x@1)   EThat (022100@1)I don't understand
                  A (x02220@1)             BBut (x2444x@1)there's one thing I know for sure girl

EI (022100@1)don't give a*** (x02210@1)               NOTE 2: THIS PART IS HOW YOU CAN
         A (x02220@1)                  B (x2444x@1)          PLAY THE PART I WAS
For the same old played out scenes         TALKING ABOUT IN (NOTE 1)
E (022100@1)                                        HOWEVER, YOU CAN CLEARLY
I don't give a*** (x02210@1)                       HEAR THE INTRO BEAT....
     A (x02220@1)            B (x2444x@1)                    PLAY THE WAY YOU FEEL
For just the in betweens                   MORE COMFORTABLE WITH.
E (022100@1)                                 AHoney, (x02220@1)I want the heart, I want the soul
            B (x2444x@1)       EI (022100@1)want control right now
            A (x02220@1)          BYou (x2444x@1)better listen to me baby


BREAK:

ATalk (x02220@1)about a dream
Try to make it real
      BYou (x2444x@1)wake up in the night
With a fear so real
ASpend (x02220@1)your life waiting
                              BFor (x2444x@1)a moment that just don't come
                             A (x02220@1)BWell, (x2444x@1)don't waste your time waiting


CHORUS:
E (022100@1)                 A (x02220@1)          BBadlands, (x2444x@1)you gotta live it everyday
          ELet (022100@1)the broken hearts stand
         A (x02220@1)               BAs (x2444x@1)the price you've gotta pay
            EWe'll (022100@1)keep pushin' till it's understood
           A (x02220@1)             B (x2444x@1)        E (022100@1)  A (x02220@1)BAnd (x2444x@1)these badlands start treating 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:

E (022100@1)        A (x02220@1)    BMmmmmmmm, (x2444x@1)Mmmmm, Mmmmmm  -- 4x's
         EFor (022100@1)the ones who had a notion,
   A (x02220@1)           BA (x2444x@1)notion deep inside
        EThat (022100@1)it ain't no sin
        A (x02220@1)          BTo (x2444x@1)be glad you're alive
         EI (022100@1)wanna find one face
      A (x02220@1)             BThat (x2444x@1)ain't looking through me
          EI (022100@1)wanna find one place,
          A (x02220@1)        B (x2444x@1)           EI (022100@1)wanna spit in 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:
E (022100@1)       A (x02220@1)     BBadlands, (x2444x@1)woh, oh, oh  -- TO FADE