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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