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.
E B
Smashin' in my guts, man
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E
I'm caught in a cross fire
A B E
That I don't understand
A B
But there's one thing I know for sure girl
E
I don't give a *** NOTE 2: THIS PART IS HOW 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.
E A
Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul
B E
I want control right now
A B
You better listen to me baby
BREAK:
A
Talk about a dream
Try to make it real
B
You wake up in the night
With a fear so real
A
Spend your life waiting
B
For a moment that just don't come
A B
Well, don't waste your time waiting
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CHORUS:
E A B
Badlands, you gotta live it everyday
E
Let the broken hearts stand
A B
As the price you've gotta pay
E
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood
A B E A B
And 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 A B
Mmmmmmmm, Mmmmm, Mmmmmm -- 4x's
E
For the ones who had a notion,
A B
A notion deep inside
E
That it ain't no sin
A B
To be glad you're alive
E
I wanna find one face
A B
That ain't looking through me
E
I wanna find one place,
A B E
I 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 A B
Badlands, woh, oh, oh -- TO FADE
