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Bastards Of Light by Red Hot Chili Peppers

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🎸 Intro: 

F#m   



🎸 Verse 1:
F#m            A
  Anything at all
F              D
  Anything and I will find you
F#m            A
  Anything at all
      F               D
Can I be your first brawl?

🎸 Pre-Chorus: 
F#m     A           F        D 
  Everyone that’s there is someone
F#m     A           F       D         
  Everyone that’s here is someone
F#m     A       F         D         A      
  Everyone
I swear, is someone’s daughter
🎸 Chorus: 
         D                    A 
And it feels so good upon a Saturday night
           E               B7
When the bastards come to fight
        D                          A 
And it won’t be long before they carry me home
          E              B7  
I’m the bastard of your light

🎸 Verse 2:
F#m                   A 
  When it’s said and done
F                 D 
  Meet me at the old meat market
F#m                    A
  When it’s said and done
         F              D 
Can I please make you come?

🎸 Pre-Chorus: 
F#m     A         F       D  
  Everyon? that goes is someone
F#m     A          F       D
  Ev ryone that throws is someone
F#m    A          F        D        A  
  Everyone that knows it’s in the water

🎸 Chorus: 
D                    A 
And it feels so good upon a Saturday night
           E               B7
When the bastards come to fight
        D                          A 
And it won’t be long before they carry me home
          E              B7  
I’m the bastard of your light
         D                         A 
And it feels so fine to know my shattering bones
           E                   B7
When it’s all those lefts and rights
         D                        A 
And it won’t be long before I’m buried alone
         E               B7  
I’m the bastard of your light

🎸 Bridge: 
F#m         A         
  I’ll decorate your face
              C     B
It’s time to get it on
F#m                A 
  How does that crimson taste?
 F           C      E 
What, what, what, what?
F#m             A 
  It’s time to bob and weave
          C          B 
Ya gotta move your feet
F#m              A 
  It’s an honor to receive
F C E
      
F#m        A 
  Tomato cans on tap
          C    B 
Another dandy chap
F#m             A 
  How ’bout a canvas nap?
 F           C     E
One, two, three, four

🎸 Instrumental: 
F  E   D 
          
F  E   D 
          
F  E   D 
          
F  E   D 
          

🎸 Chorus: 
         D                    A 
And it feels so good upon a Saturday night
           E               B7
When the bastards come to fight
        D                          A 
And it won’t be long before they carry me home
          E              B7  
I’m the bastard of your light
         D                         A 
And it feels so fine to know my shattering bones
           E                   B7
When it’s all those lefts and rights
         D                        A 
And it won’t be long before I’m buried alone
         E               B7  
I’m the bastard of your light

Bastards Of Light Chords Info

Published: April 2, 2022

Last Updated: January 15, 2026

Chords: F#m, A, F, D, E, B7, C, B