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