CAPO: 3rd Fret INTRO: C G Here I am in my own Badlands C F C G Here I wait and here I stand C F C G Went searching for the distant past F C Found three red rocks and a piece of glass G In my own Badlands F C In my own Badlands G In my own Badlands F C In my own Badlands G F And the redstone, ironstone scoured land C Rock of ages in coloured bands F C G And I climbed to the top, to the top of the hill F C If I hadn't come down I'd be climbing still G In my own Badlands F C In my own Badlands G In my own Badlands F C In my own Badlands G C And the Red Deer River runs muddy and brown F C G Choked by the dust of the hills around C F C G And the sun in the sky standing still F C And the river's rolling and it always will G Through my own Badlands F C Through my own Badlands G Through my own Badlands F C Through my own Badlands F C G You can count the layers of the past and gone F C You can smell the rain of the coming storm F C G Inside my head is just the same F C It's cracked and dry and needing rain G In my own Badlands F C In my own Badlands G In my own Badlands F C In my own Badlands INSTRUMENTAL: C G F C G F C G C And the Red Deer River runs muddy and brown F C G Choked by the dust of the hills around C F C G And the sun in the sky standing still F C And the river's rolling and it always will G Here I am in my own Badlands C F C G Here I wait and here I stand C F C G And I feel abandoned, quite alone F C Dust and rock and skin and bone G In my own Badlands F C In my own Badlands G In my own Badlands F C In my own Badlands