INTRO: E E E B A C#m B X3 (Turn distortion on here)E E A A B

E (022100@1)Lights out tonight
A (x02220@1)            B (x2444x@1) 
Trouble in the heartland
      EGot (022100@1)a head-on collision
A (x02220@1)            BSmashin' (x2444x@1)in my guts, man
     E (022100@1)                   AI'm (x02220@1)caught in a cross fire
              BThat (x2444x@1)I don't understand

But there's one thing I know for sure girl
E (022100@1)                
I don't give a damn
         A (x02220@1)            BFor (x2444x@1)the same old played out scenes
E (022100@1)                
I don't give a damn
     A (x02220@1)           BFor (x2444x@1)just the in betweens
E (022100@1)                                 AHoney, (x02220@1)I want the heart, I want the soul
        BI (x2444x@1)want control right now
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
                                 B (x2444x@1)AFor (x02220@1)a moment that just don't come
              B (x2444x@1)           A (x02220@1) BWell, (x2444x@1)don't waste your time waiting

(Chorus)
E (022100@1)                  A (x02220@1)             C#m (x13321@4)BBadlands, (x2444x@1)you gotta live it everyday
        E (022100@1)            ALet (x02220@1)the broken hearts stand
                              C#m (x13321@4)BAs (x2444x@1)the price you've gotta pay
            EWe'll (022100@1)keep pushin' till it's understood
          A (x02220@1)                    C#m (x13321@4)B (x2444x@1) EE AA BAnd (x2444x@1)these badlands start treating us good

VERSE II: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-----|
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:

E (022100@1)       A (x02220@1)    Bmmmmmmmm, (x2444x@1)mmmmm, mmmmmm X4

VERSE III: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:

           |7--7--7---|------------------|
           |9--9--9---|------------------|
           |9--9--9---|------------------|X4  
           |9--9--9---|------------------|
           |7--7--7---|7-/--0-0-0-0-4-2-|
           |X--X--X---|------------------|

          End with: AA AB BB E(Let (022100@1)the Ering (022100@1)out)