Don't Let The Bastards Get You Down chords by Margo Price

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: E

Chorus:
                               A
Don't let the bastards get you down
                            G       D
Don't sell your heart to no businessman
                              A
He'll sell it back next time around
                               D
Don't let the bastards get you down


Verse 1:
          G
There's a new town comin' my way
G

On this never-ending highway
  D
I missed my baby's birthday
D
Feelin' sorry in the worst way
   G
It seems I'm always losin'
G
For another life they're choosin'
        E
They'll make you go the distance
         A7                       D
'Til you lose your own existence


Chorus:
                               A
Don't let the bastards get you down
                                        G   D
Don't let 'em sell your heart and steal you blind
                                A
Make sure there's no next time around
                               D
Don't let the bastards get you down


Verse 2:
     G
From Aberdeen to Austin
G
Saint Augustine to Boston
   D
We ain't about to give it
D
To those who just can't live it
     G
They wanna wear your rhinestones
G
Man, they ain't got the backbone
     E
Them tone-deaf sons of bitches
           A7                          D
They don't know you're rags to riches


Chorus:
                               A
Don't let the bastards get you down
                              G           D
Don't let 'em beat you up and bruise your pride
                              A
Don't give yourself to common clowns
                               D
Don't let the bastards get you down


Guitar Solo:
G    D    A7    D


Verse 3:
       G
When a dream becomes a nightmare
G
You wake up bound for nowhere
    D
Too bored to pay attention
D
Too far and few to mention
      G
Dudes lookin' down their noses
G
Thinkin' bullshit smells like roses
        E
All the cocaine in existence
                   A7                      D
Couldn't keep your nose out of my business


Chorus:
                               A
Don't let the bastards get you down
                            G       D
Don't sell your heart to no businessman
                              A
He'll sell it back next time around
                               D
Don't let the bastards get you down


Outro:
                          A7
Keep all them haters underground
                               G D
Don't let the bastards get you down
    A    G D
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