Intro
D
Don't let the bastards get you down
Em
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 Em D
Screaming back at home on a cracked cellphone
D D Em D
There's no one to hear you when they just don't want to know
D D Em D
No cleaning up the mess they left in a nowhere town
D D Em D
The future just contains what we put into it now
D D Em D
Open up the windows of your boxed in art
D D Em D
Open up the prison gates, open up your heart
D D Em 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
Em
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
Em
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 Em D
Open up the windows of your boxed in art
D D Em D
Open up the prison gates, open up your heart
D D Em 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
Em
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
Em
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 Em 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 Em 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
Em
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
Bm
Don't let the bastards get you down
D
Down, down, down, down, down
Em
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