Bastards chords by Machine Head

Tuning: EADGBE

Verse:
B
Yesterday I told my sons, "Sometimes the bad guys win."
  F#
And that it made me scared about the world that we live in
   G#m
But I had to reassure them that it wouldn’t be for long
E
Sons we have to be ourselves, we have to be strong


     B
I said, ’Boys you are the future, so let this be a lesson
    F#
There may come a day you have to fight off their aggression
    G#m
Cause fear and hatred won today, the darkness ate the light,"
   E
But both of you look in my eyes, it’ll be all right.

  B
In every step you take
  F#
I’m with you all the way
       G#m
Cause I would die for you, and do what’s right for you
        E
In hopes that when I’m gone, you’ll carry on
    E
These words I wrote for you


Chorus:
   F#
’Til then
    E
I’ll sing


B      F#
Stand your ground
   G#m        E
Don’t let the bastards grind you down
  B     F#
Be bold, be strange
   G#m           E
Don’t let their fears make you afraid
    F#       E
There’s hope, they’ll change


Verse:
    B
Well I looked out to the world today, thought ’What a bloody mess!’
    F#
They stripped our morals from us, put ’em under house arrest
  G#m
’Liberty and country’ are the words they need to speak
     E
A little “god,” a little “freedom,” if we don’t agree, we’re weak


   B
And every politician stood there idle and so smug
  F#
Empowering the racists and Second Amendment thugs
  G#m
Wall St. and the billionaires, convinced us they’re so smart
    E
Saying “vote with your wallet, instead of with your hearts!”


  B
But we won’t go away!
  F#
You won’t forget our name!
  G#m
The pussy generation, the PC and the brave
  E
The protesters that slink along these streets of misery


Chorus:
  F#
And so...
   E
I’ll sing


B      F#
Stand your ground
   G#m        E
Don’t let the bastards grind you down
  B     F#
Be bold, be strange
   G#m           E
Don’t let their fears make you afraid
    F#       E
There’s hope, they’ll change
    F#
We’ll change
    E
We’ll change


Interlude:
B
No, no, no, no, no. Fuck no
F#
No, no, no, no, no. Fuck no
G#m         E
No, no, no, no, no. Fuck no!


Verse:
  B
So give us all your faggots, all your niggas, and your spics
 F#
Give us all your Muslims, the so-called terrorists
    G#m
We’ll welcome ’em with open arms and put ’em in our mix
    E
We’re better off together now, embrace our difference


  B
Remember there is love!
   F#
Our words can stop their guns
  G#m
Forget the rednecks, living in the past
    E
We’re never going back now, we’ve reached critical mass!


  F#
And so...
   E
I’ll sing


Outro:
 B    F#
Stand my ground
   G#m        E
Won’t let the bastards grind me down
   B    F#
I’m bold, I’m strange
    G#m           E
Won’t let their fears make me afraid
    F#       E