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