Intro
A#m F# C#
[verse 1]
A#m
Don't tell mama,
F#
Don't tell your daddy,
C#
Baby, let's just go.
A#m F#
The only escaping, the only salvation
C#
Is a long dark road
A#m
You're bitin' your lip girl,
F#
You're tight as a fist girl,
C#
We'll be all right
A#m
Once we're over the hot sand,
F# C#
Out of the badlands, into the night.
A#m F# C#
[Verse 2]
A#m
Don't trust the teachers,
F#
Don't trust the preachers
C#
That the world is round
A#m
We'll find out for ourselves,
F# C#
Once we break past the shell on the edge of this town
A#m
I got some twenties and tens
F# C#
In a Maxwell House can with the lid on tight,
A#m
To get us over the hot sand,
F# C#
Out of the badlands, into the night.
[Chorus]
G#
Oh,
F# C#
There's a billion little stars,
G#
Oh,
F# C#
Let's pick out which one is ours
G#
Oh,
F# C#
Girl, I need you by my side,
A#m
To get over the hot sand,
F# C#
Out of the badlands, into the night.
[Verse 3]
A#m
Baby you'd better
F#
Get jeans and a sweater
C#
If the air gets cold
A#m
'Cause we been dreaming bout breaking out,
F# C#
Running away, since seven years old
F#
And it won't be as hard
A#m
Once the fence in our yard
C#
Disappears out of sight
A#m
When we're over the hot sand,
F# C#
Out of the badlands, into the night.
[chorus]
G#
Oh,
F# C#
There's a billion little stars,
G#
Oh,
F# C#
Let's pick out which one is ours
G#
Oh,
F# C#
Girl, I need you by my side,
A#m
To get over the hot sand,
F# C#
Out of the badlands, into the night.
A#m
To get over the hot sand,
F# C#
Out of the badlands, into the night.