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