Bastards chords by Machine Head

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: EADGBE

Verse:
BB
Yesterday I told my sons, "Sometimes the bad guys win."
  F#F#
And that it made me scared about the world that we live in
   G# minorG#m
But I had to reassure them that it wouldn’t be for long
E MajorE
Sons we have to be ourselves, we have to be strong


     BB
I said, ’Boys you are the future, so let this be a lesson
    F#F#
There may come a day you have to fight off their aggression
    G# minorG#m
Cause fear and hatred won today, the darkness ate the light,"
   E MajorE
But both of you look in my eyes, it’ll be all right.

  BB
In every step you take
  F#F#
I’m with you all the way
       G# minorG#m
Cause I would die for you, and do what’s right for you
        E MajorE
In hopes that when I’m gone, you’ll carry on
    E MajorE
These words I wrote for you


Chorus:
   F#F#
’Til then
    E MajorE
I’ll sing


BB      F#F#
Stand your ground
   G# minorG#m        E MajorE
Don’t let the bastards grind you down
  BB     F#F#
Be bold, be strange
   G# minorG#m           E MajorE
Don’t let their fears make you afraid
    F#F#       E MajorE
There’s hope, they’ll change

Verse:
    BB
Well I looked out to the world today, thought ’What a bloody mess!’
    F#F#
They stripped our morals from us, put ’em under house arrest
  G# minorG#m
’Liberty and country’ are the words they need to speak
     E MajorE
A augmentedA little “god,” a little “freedom,” if we don’t agree, we’re weak


   BB
And every politician stood there idle and so smug
  F#F#
Empowering the racists and Second Amendment thugs
  G# minorG#m
Wall St. and the billionaires, convinced us they’re so smart
    E MajorE
Saying “vote with your wallet, instead of with your hearts!”


  BB
But we won’t go away!
  F#F#
You won’t forget our name!
  G# minorG#m
The pussy generation, the PC and the brave
  E MajorE
The protesters that slink along these streets of misery


Chorus:
  F#F#
And so...
   E MajorE
I’ll sing


BB      F#F#
Stand your ground
   G# minorG#m        E MajorE
Don’t let the bastards grind you down
  BB     F#F#
Be bold, be strange
   G# minorG#m           E MajorE
Don’t let their fears make you afraid
    F#F#       E MajorE
There’s hope, they’ll change
    F#F#
We’ll change
    E MajorE
We’ll change


Interlude:
BB
No, no, no, no, no. Fuck no
F#F#
No, no, no, no, no. Fuck no
G# minorG#m         E MajorE
No, no, no, no, no. Fuck no!


Verse:
  BB
So give us all your faggots, all your niggas, and your spics
 F#F#
Give us all your Muslims, the so-called terrorists
    G# minorG#m
We’ll welcome ’em with open arms and put ’em in our mix
    E MajorE
We’re better off together now, embrace our difference


  BB
Remember there is love!
   F#F#
Our words can stop their guns
  G# minorG#m
Forget the rednecks, living in the past
    E MajorE
We’re never going back now, we’ve reached critical mass!


  F#F#
And so...
   E MajorE
I’ll sing


Outro:
 BB    F#F#
Stand my ground
   G# minorG#m        E MajorE
Won’t let the bastards grind me down
   BB    F#F#
I’m bold, I’m strange
    G# minorG#m           E MajorE
Won’t let their fears make me afraid
    F#F#       E MajorE