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