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