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