Bruce Springsteen - Badlands: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "Badlands" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Badlands ukulele chords and lyrics

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Badlands" smoothly on your ukulele.

 E                B
Lights out tonight
  A             E    B
Trouble in the heartland
 E                      B
Got a head-on collision
  A             E     B
Smashin' in my guts, man
     E
I'm caught in a cross fire
A            B      E
That I don't understand
                  A               B
But there's one thing I know for sure girl
E
I don't give a damn
         A                    B
For the same old played out scenes
E
I don't give a damn
     A              B
For just the in betweens
 E                                   A
Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul
            B         E
I want control right now
            A            B
You better listen to me baby

A
Talk about a dream
Try to make it real
  B
You wake up in the night
With a fear so real
  A
Spend your life waiting
                                B
For a moment that- just- don't come
                             A  B
Well, don't waste your time waiting

Chorus:
E                    A            B
Badlands, you gotta live it everyday
          E
Let the broken hearts stand
         A                 B
As the price you've gotta pay
            E
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood
           A               B          E  A B
And these badlands start treating us good

Workin' in the fields till
you get your back burned
Workin' 'neath the wheel till
you get your facts learned
Baby, I got my facts learned real good right now
You better get it straight, darling
Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied till he rules everything
I wanna go out tonight, I wanna find out what I got

Well I believe in the love that you gave me
I believe in the faith that could save me
I believe in the hope and I pray that some day
It may raise me above these

Chorus

For the ones who had a notion,
a notion deep inside
That it ain't no sin to be
glad you're alive
I wanna find one face that
ain't looking through me
I wanna find one place,
I wanna spit in the face of these

Chorus:
Badlands, you gotta live it everyday
Let the broken hearts stand as
the price you've gotta pay
Keep movin' till it's understood
And these badlands start treating us good

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Badlands, whoa whoa whoa whoa
Badlands, whoa whoa whoa whoa
Badlands, whoa whoa whoa whoa
Badlands, whoa whoa whoa whoa
Badlands, whoa whoa whoa whoa

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

A

Ukulele chord A

B

Ukulele chord B

E

Ukulele chord E

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Badlands" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Badlands" by Bruce Springsteen.

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