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