Am F C

[verse 1]
           Am
Don't tell mama,
                F
Don't tell your daddy,
                 C
Baby, let's just go.
               Am                  F
The only escaping, the only salvation
               C
Is a long dark road
                    Am
You're bitin' your lip girl,
                    F
You're tight as a fist girl,
                C
We'll be all right
                        Am
Once we're over the hot sand,
               F              C
Out of the badlands, into the night.

Am F C

[Verse 2]
                 Am
Don't trust the teachers,
                 F
Don't trust the preachers
                  C
That the world is round
                       Am
We'll find out for ourselves,
                       F                          C
Once we break past the shell on the edge of this town

                       Am
I got some twenties and tens
                   F                     C
In a Maxwell House can with the lid on tight,
                       Am
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,
                     Am
To get over the hot sand,
                 F              C
Out of the badlands, into the night.

[Verse 3]
            Am
Baby you'd better
                 F
Get jeans and a sweater
                C
If the air gets cold
                Am
'Cause we been dreaming bout breaking out,
F                                C
Running away, since seven years old

                   F
And it won't be as hard
                      Am
Once the fence in our yard
                     C
Disappears out of sight

                    Am
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,
                     Am
To get over the hot sand,
                 F              C
Out of the badlands, into the night.
                     Am
To get over the hot sand,
                 F              C
Out of the badlands, into the night.