Don't Let The Bastards Get You Down chords by Anti-Flag

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
                D MajorD
Don't let the bastards get you down
               E minorEm
Don't run for cover when you hear that sound
G+G  A augmentedA                 D MajorD
Oh,?no,?don't let the?bastards get you down


Verse 1:
D MajorD        D MajorD         E minorEm D MajorD
Screaming back at?home on a cracked cellphone
    D MajorD     D MajorD          E minorEm         D MajorD
There's no one to hear you when they just don't want to know
  D MajorD        D MajorD          E minorEm   D MajorD
No cleaning up the mess they left in a nowhere town
  D MajorD      D MajorD           E minorEm   D MajorD
The future just contains what we put into it now
D MajorD      D MajorD          E minorEm D MajorD
Open up the windows of your boxed in art
D MajorD      D MajorD         E minorEm    D MajorD
Open up the prison gates, open up your heart
D MajorD          D MajorD            E minorEm   D MajorD
You no longer sleep quiet once you've opened up your eyes
D MajorD       D MajorD    D MajorD
Only when the truth is recognized

Chorus:
                D MajorD
Don't let the bastards get you down
               E minorEm
Don't run for cover when you hear that sound
              G+G
Don't be afraid, you're not alone
           A augmentedA
Our only hope is the unknown
                D MajorD
Don't let the bastards get you down
                D MajorD
Don't let the bastards get you down
               E minorEm
Don't run for cover when you hear that sound
              G+G
Don't be afraid, you're not alone
           A augmentedA
Our only hope is the unknown
                  D MajorD
Don't let the bastards get you down

Verse 2:
D MajorD      D MajorD          E minorEm D MajorD
Open up the windows of your boxed in art
D MajorD      D MajorD         E minorEm    D MajorD
Open up the prison gates, open up your heart
D MajorD          D MajorD            E minorEm   D MajorD
You no longer sleep quiet once you've opened up your eyes
D MajorD       D MajorD    D MajorD
Only when the truth is recognized


Chorus:
                D MajorD
Don't let the bastards get you down
               E minorEm
Don't run for cover when you hear that sound
              G+G
Don't be afraid, you're not alone
           A augmentedA
Our only hope is the unknown
                D MajorD
Don't let the bastards get you down
                D MajorD
Don't let the bastards get you down
               E minorEm
Don't run for cover when you hear that sound
              G+G
Don't be afraid, you're not alone
           A augmentedA
Our only hope is the unknown
                D MajorD
Don't let the bastards get you down


Bridge:
G+G        D MajorD
We refuse to be highrised (We refuse)
G+G      D MajorD
Inventoried, merchandised
G+G          E minorEm          D MajorD
Indoctrinated by the things we're told to fear
G+G        D MajorD
We refuse to be cast aside (We refuse)
G+G       D MajorD
Ridiculed and normalized
G+G       E minorEm          D MajorD
Worried by the things we're told to fear


Outro:
                D MajorD
Don't let the bastards get you down

Don't run for cover when you hear that sound
G+G  A augmentedA                 D MajorD
Oh, no, don't let the bastards get you down
                D MajorD
Don't let the bastards get you down
                    E minorEm
Don't run for cover when you hear that sound
              G+G
Don't be afraid, you're not alone
            A augmentedA
Our only hope is the unknown
                B minorBm
Don't let the bastards get you down
D MajorD
Down, down, down, down, down
               E minorEm
Don't run for cover when you hear that sound
              G+G
Don't be afraid, you're not alone
           A augmentedA
Our only hope is the unknown
                D MajorD        D MajorD
Don't let the bastards get you down, down, down