INTRO: X3 (Turn distortion on here)
Lights out tonight
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 understand
But there's one thing I know for sure girl
I don't give a damn
For the same old played out scenes
I don't give a damn
For just the in betweens
Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul
I want control right now
Talk about a dream
Try to make it real
You wake up in the night
With a fear so real
Spend your life waiting
For a moment that just don't come
Well, don't waste your time waiting
(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
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:
mmmmmmmm, 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: (Let the ring out)