Badlands chords by Bruce Springsteen

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

INTRO:  E MajorE    BB A augmentedA A augmentedA  E MajorE BB -- 3x's  THEN  E MajorE A augmentedA BB
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VERSE:
E MajorE         BB A augmentedA   NOTE 1: THIS PART IS PLAYED LIKE THE
Lights out tonight         INTRO. SAME BEAT. IF YOU CAN'T
         E MajorE  BB       GET THE TIMING YOU CAN JUST
Trouble in the heartland      PLAY: E MajorE A augmentedA BB
E MajorE           BB A augmentedA     THIS TAB IS REALLY ONE GUITAR
Got a head-on collision       ARRANGED FOR TWO.
         E MajorE  BB
Smashin' in my guts, man
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   E MajorE
I'm caught in a cross fire
 A augmentedA      BB   E MajorE
That I don't understand
         A augmentedA        BB
But there's one thing I know for sure girl

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


BREAK:

A augmentedA
Talk about a dream
Try to make it real
   BB
You wake up in the night
With a fear so real
A augmentedA
Spend your life waiting
               BB
For a moment that just don't come
               A augmentedA BB
Well, don't waste your time waiting

CHORUS:
E MajorE          A augmentedA      BB
Badlands, you gotta live it everyday
     E MajorE
Let the broken hearts stand
     A augmentedA         BB
As the price you've gotta pay
      E MajorE
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood
      A augmentedA        BB     E MajorE  A augmentedA BB
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 MajorE     A augmentedA   BB
Mmmmmmmm, Mmmmm, Mmmmmm -- 4x's
     E MajorE
For the ones who had a notion,
  A augmentedA       BB
A augmentedA notion deep inside
    E MajorE
That it ain't no sin
    A augmentedA      BB
To be glad you're alive
     E MajorE
I wanna find one face
   A augmentedA        BB
That ain't looking through me
     E MajorE
I wanna find one place,
     A augmentedA     BB       E MajorE
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 MajorE     A augmentedA    BB
Badlands, woh, oh, oh -- TO FADE

Other versions of Badlands

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Badlands version 1 by Bruce Springsteen