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