Badlands Lyrics

by Metal Church

Metal Church Badlands Lyrics

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Clean Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Dist. Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Solo Guitar 1'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Dist. 2'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Solo guitar 2'
Gtr I
||----------------^0--|-(0)--------|---------------^0--|-(0)-----||
||o-------0-(0)---^0--|-(0)--------|-------0-(0)---^0--|-(0)----o||
||------4-------4-^2--|-(2)--------|-----5-------5-^4--|-(4)-----||
||----2-----------^3--|-(3)--------|---3-----------^5--|-(5)-----||
||o-0-----------------|------------|-0-----------------|--------o||
Gtr II
|------------|------------||o-----------------|-------------------|
|-1---0---3--|-(3)--------||o-----------------|-------------------|
| Gtr IV
| PM--------------------------------|
|------------|------------||o-----------------|-------------------|
|------------|------------||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
| PM----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------|------------o||---------|------|
|-1---0---3--|-(3)--------o||-1---0---|-7----|
||o-------------------|------------|---------------------|--------|
||o-0-----------------|-(0)--------|-(0)-----------------|-(0)----|
| Gtr I
||----------------^0--|-(0)--------|-----------------^0--|-(0)----|
||o-------0-(0)---^0--|-(0)--------|---------0-(0)---^0--|-(0)----|
||------4-------4-^2--|-(2)--------|-------5-------5-^4--|-(4)----|
||----2-----------^3--|-(3)--------|-----3-----------^5--|-(5)----|
||o-0-----------------|------------|--0------------------|--------|
Gtr I
|---------------^0--|-(0)--------|---------------^0--|-(0)----|
|-------0-(0)---^0--|-(0)--------|-------0-(0)---^0--|-(0)----|
|-----4-------4-^2--|-(2)--------|-----5-------5-^4--|-(4)----|
|---2-----------^3--|-(3)--------|---3-----------^5--|-(5)----|
1st, 2nd Verses
|---------------^0--|-(0)--------|---------------^0--|-(0)----|
|-------0-(0)---^0--|-(0)--------|-------0-(0)---^0--|-(0)----|
|-----4-------4-^2--|-(2)--------|-----5-------5-^4--|-(4)----|
|---2-----------^3--|-(3)--------|---3-----------^5--|-(5)----|
|---------------^0--|-(0)--------|---------------^0--|-(0)----|
|-------0-(0)---^0--|-(0)--------|-------0-(0)---^0--|-(0)----|
|-----4-------4-^2--|-(2)--------|-----5-------5-^4--|-(4)----|
|---2-----------^3--|-(3)--------|---3-----------^5--|-(5)----|
|--------------^0--|-(0)--------|--------------^0--|-(0)----|
|--------------^0--|-(0)--------|--------------^0--|-(0)----|
|-------0-(0)--^0--|-(0)--------|-------0-(0)--^2--|-(2)----|
|-----2--------^2--|-(2)--------|-----2--------^3--|-(3)----|
|---2----------^3--|-(3)--------|---2--------------|--------|
|--------------^0--|-(0)--------|--------------^0--|-(0)----|
|--------------^0--|-(0)--------|--------------^0--|-(0)----|
|-------0-(0)--^0--|-(0)--------|-------0-(0)--^2--|-(2)----|
|-----2--------^2--|-(2)--------|-----2--------^3--|-(3)----|
|---2----------^3--|-(3)--------|---2--------------|--------|
Gtr II
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM PM PM PM
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
PM PM PM PM PM
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
$
Gtrs I, II
| Gtr IV
Gtrs I, II
| Gtr IV
To Coda
Gtr II
|---------|----------o||----------|--------|
|-1---0---|-2--------o||-2--------|-(2)----|
>
|------------||o-----------------|--------------------|
|-(2)--------||o-----5---7---9---|-10---12---10---9---|
|-------------------|-----------------o||
|-12---10---9---7---|-10---9---7---5--o||
Gtr II
Gtr II
Gtr II
Gtr II
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----------------|---------3-2-----|-----------------|---------5-3------o||
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Gtr IV
PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Gtr IV
Guitar Solo
Gtr III
|----------------------15-|-14-12-14b16r(14)---12------------------------|
| Gtr II
|-----------------------------------------|-15b17r======(15)------12---|
|-12---11---(11)b12r(11)b12==(11)-11r-----|----------------------------|
|----------15-12b14====(12)-12r---|-12b14====12-(12)r---12pb14r12---(12)---|
| Gtr II
|-17S19-19-19-(19)-19S==21-|-(21)-21-(21)-21---22---22--|
| Gtr II
|-------------------22-20-22-19-20-22-------------|-22-19-22b24r(22)-19-----------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------22b24========|
|-22b24r====(22)-19--------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------21b23r==(21)-|-19-21-19b21==(19)-(19)r--------------|
| Gtr II
|-(22)-(22)rp19------------------|--------------------|
|---------------22b24-(22)-------|-(22)---------------|
Gtr II
||o---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------o||
||o-----5----5----|-5----5----5--|-----5----5----|-5---3--2------o||
||o-----------------|----------|-----------------|------o||
||o-0-0---0-0---0-0-|----------|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|------o||
D.S. al Coda
&
| Gtr IV
| Gtrs III, V
|-2---0---/5--|--4----------------|-------------|---------15b17r(15)p13-15----|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|---------14b16r(14)p12-14----|
|-----------------|------0---1p==0--1p0--1p0-|
| Gtr III
||o-------------|------------|--------------|--------|
||o-5---5----1--|-(1)--------|-5---5-----3--|-(3)----|
| Gtrs III, V
||o--------8-6--|-(6)--------|-3---1--6-/5--|-(5)----|
||o-------------|------------|--------------|--------|
|-------------|-----------------------------|------------|--------o||
|-1---0----3--|--(3)--3--3----------3--3-3--|-5---5---1--|-(1)----o||
| Gtr III
|-8---7---15--|-(15)-13---------------------|------------|--------o||
|-------------|---------15b17r(15)p13-15----|-9---9---7--|-(7)-----||
|-------------|---------14b16r(14)p12-14----|------------|---------||
|-------------|-----------------------------|------------|--------o||
Tablature Legend
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
(n) - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

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