Badlands (video) (midi)

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1. Lights out tonight, trouble in the heartland,

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got a head-on collision, smashin’ in my guts, man.

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I’m caught in a crossfire that I don’t understand,

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but there’s one thing I know for sure, girl.

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2. I don’t give a damn for the same old played out scenes,

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I don’t give a damn for just the in betweens.

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Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul, I want control right now,

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you better listen to me, baby !

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+ Talk about a dream, try to make it real,

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you wake up in the night, with a fear so real.

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You spend your life waiting for a moment that just don’t come,

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well, don’t waste your time waiting.

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Badlands, you gotta live it every day,

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let the broken hearts stand, as the price you’ve gotta pay.

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Keep pushing till it’s understood,

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and these badlands start treatin’ us good.

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3. Working in the fields, till you get your back burned,

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workin’ neath the wheel, till you get your facts learned.

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Baby, I got my facts learned real good right now,

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you better get it straight, darling.

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4. Poor men wanna be rich, rich men wanna be king,

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and a king ain’t satisfied till he rules everything.

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I wanna go out tonight, I wanna find out what I got.

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+ Well, I believe in the love that you gave me,

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I believe in the faith that could save me !

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I believe in the hope and I pray that some day

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it may raise me above these ...

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Badlands, you gotta live it every day,

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let the broken hearts stand, as the price you’ve gotta pay.

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Keep pushing till it’s understood,

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and these badlands start treatin’ us good.

+ D - G - A (4x) + D - G - A (4x) + D - G - A (4x, mm)

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5. For the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside,

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that it ain’t no sin to be glad that you’re alive,

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I wanna find one face that ain’t looking through me,

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I wanna find one place, I wanna spit in the face of these...

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Badlands, you gotta live it every day,

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let the broken hearts stand, as the price you’ve gotta pay.

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Keep pushing till it’s understood,

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and these badlands start treatin’ us good.

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+ Badlands, woah, oh oh ! (4x) ....

(orig. = capo 2nd) (Bruce Springsteen)