Bastards chords by Machine Head

Tuning: EADGBE

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


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

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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Interlude:
B
No, no, no, no, no. Fuck no
F#
No, no, no, no, no. Fuck no
G#m                 E
No, no, no, no, no. Fuck no!


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


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


    F#
And so...
     E
I’ll sing


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