Intro
D#
Don't let the bastards get you down
Fm
Don't run for cover when you hear that sound
G# A# D#
Oh, no, don't let the bastards get you down
[Verse 1]
D# D# Fm D#
Screaming back at home on a cracked cellphone
D# D# Fm D#
There's no one to hear you when they just don't want to know
D# D# Fm D#
No cleaning up the mess they left in a nowhere town
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The future just contains what we put into it now
D# D# Fm D#
Open up the windows of your boxed in art
D# D# Fm D#
Open up the prison gates, open up your heart
D# D# Fm D#
You no longer sleep quiet once you've opened up your eyes
D# D# D#
Only when the truth is recognized
[Chorus]
D#
Don't let the bastards get you down
Fm
Don't run for cover when you hear that sound
G#
Don't be afraid, you're not alone
A#
Our only hope is the unknown
D#
Don't let the bastards get you down
D#
Don't let the bastards get you down
Fm
Don't run for cover when you hear that sound
G#
Don't be afraid, you're not alone
A#
Our only hope is the unknown
D#
Don't let the bastards get you down
[Verse 2]
D# D# Fm D#
Open up the windows of your boxed in art
D# D# Fm D#
Open up the prison gates, open up your heart
D# D# Fm D#
You no longer sleep quiet once you've opened up your eyes
D# D# D#
Only when the truth is recognized
[Chorus]
D#
Don't let the bastards get you down
Fm
Don't run for cover when you hear that sound
G#
Don't be afraid, you're not alone
A#
Our only hope is the unknown
D#
Don't let the bastards get you down
D#
Don't let the bastards get you down
Fm
Don't run for cover when you hear that sound
G#
Don't be afraid, you're not alone
A#
Our only hope is the unknown
D#
Don't let the bastards get you down
[Bridge]
G# D#
We refuse to be highrised (We refuse)
G# D#
Inventoried, merchandised
G# Fm D#
Indoctrinated by the things we're told to fear
G# D#
We refuse to be cast aside (We refuse)
G# D#
Ridiculed and normalized
G# Fm D#
Worried by the things we're told to fear
[Outro]
D#
Don't let the bastards get you down
Don't run for cover when you hear that sound
G# A# D#
Oh, no, don't let the bastards get you down
D#
Don't let the bastards get you down
Fm
Don't run for cover when you hear that sound
G#
Don't be afraid, you're not alone
A#
Our only hope is the unknown
Cm
Don't let the bastards get you down
D#
Down, down, down, down, down
Fm
Don't run for cover when you hear that sound
G#
Don't be afraid, you're not alone
A#
Our only hope is the unknown
D# D#
Don't let the bastards get you down, down, down