Machine Head – Bastards (Guitar)

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Yesterday I told my sons, "Sometimes the bad guys win."

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And that it made me scared about the world that we live in

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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

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There may come a day you have to fight off their aggression

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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

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I'm with you all the way

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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

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'Til then

       E
I'll sing

B           F#
Stand your ground

      G#m               E
Don't let the bastards grind you down

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Be bold, be strange

      G#m                      E
Don't let their fears make you afraid

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There's hope, they'll change

        B
Well I looked out to the world today, thought 'What a bloody mess!'

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They stripped our morals from us, put 'em under house arrest

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'Liberty and country' are the words they need to speak

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A little “god,” a little “freedom,” if we don’t agree, we're weak

     B
And every politician stood there idle and so smug

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Empowering the racists and Second Amendment thugs

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Wall St. and the billionaires, convinced us they’re so smart

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Saying “vote with your wallet, instead of with your hearts!”

    B
But we won't go away!

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You won’t forget our name!

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The pussy generation, the PC and the brave

    E
The protesters that slink along these streets of misery

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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

B
No, no, no, no, no. Fuck no

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No, no, no, no, no. Fuck no

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No, no, no, no, no. Fuck no!

    B
So give us all your faggots, all your niggas, and your spics

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Give us all your Muslims, the so-called terrorists

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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!

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Our words can stop their guns

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Forget the rednecks, living in the past

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We're never going back now, we've reached critical mass!

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And so...

     E
I'll sing

 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
There’s hope, they’ll change