Badlands

[Verse 1]
[G]Lights out tonight, [D]trouble in the heartland
[C] [G/D] [G]
Got [a] head-on collision smashin' in my guts, man
[C] [D] [G]
I'm caught in [a] crossfire that I don't understand
[C] [G] [D]
But there's one thing I know for sure, girl
[G] [C] [G]
I don't give [a] damn for the same old played-out scenes
[D] [G] [C]
Baby, I don't give [a] damn for just the in-betweens
[D] [G] [C]
Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul, I want control right now
[B]You better listen [D]to me, baby
[G] [C] [D]
Talk about [a] dream, try to make it real
[G] [C] [D]
You wake up in the night with [a] fear so real
[G] [C] [D]
You spend your life waiting for [a] moment that just don't come
[G]Well, don't waste [C]your time waiting
[D]Badlands, you gotta [C]live it everyday
[D] [C] [D]
Let the broken hearts stand as the price you've gotta pay
[C]Keep pushin' [D]'til it's understood
[G]And these badlands [B]start treating us good
[C] [D] [G]
Working in the fields 'til you get your back burned
[C] [D] [G]
Working 'neath the wheels 'til you get your facts learned
[C] [D] [G]
Baby, I got my facts learned real good right now
[C]You better get [D]it straight, darling
[G] [C] [G]
Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king
[D] [G] [C]
And [a] king ain't satisfied 'til he rules everything
[G] [D] [G]
I wanna go out tonight, I wanna find out what I got
[B] [C] [D]
Well, I believe in the love that you gave me
[G] [C] [D]
I believe in the faith that could save me
[G] [C] [D]
I believe in the hope and I pray that some day
[G]It may raise [C]me above these
[D]Badlands, you gotta [G]live it everyday
[C] [D] [G]
Let the broken hearts stand as the price you've gotta pay
[C]Keep pushin' [D]'til it's understood
[C]And these badlands [D]start treating us good
[C]Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
[D] [C] [D]
For the ones who had [a] notion, [a] notion deep inside
[G] [B] [C]
That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
[D] [G] [C]
I wanna find one face that ain't looking through me
[D] [G] [C]
I wanna find one place, I wanna spit in the face of these
[D]Badlands, you gotta [G]live it everyday
[C] [D] [GM]
Let the broken hearts stand as the price you've gotta pay
[C]Keep movin' [Dm]'til it's understood
[G]And these badlands [C]start treating us good
[D]Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
[G]Badlands, whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
[C]Badlands, whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
[D]Badlands, whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
[G]Badlands, whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
[C]Badlands, whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa

[Outro]
[D] [G] [C] [D]
[G] [B] [C] [D]
[G] [C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G] [C]
[D] [G] [B] [C]
[D]

Placing a Capo on Fret 1 allows playing simpler D# chord shapes while sounding in E.

This song is built on the key of E. Here are the 7 diatonic chords (Chord Family) that harmonize according to music theory: