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