The Replacements – Bastards Of Young (Ukulele)

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Chords

G#         B    G#                   F#
God what a mess, on the ladder of success

  E                         F#                   B
Where you take one step and miss the whole first rung

G#     B           G#        F#
Dreams unfulfilled, graduate unskilled

  E                          F#             B
It beats pickin' cotton or waitin' to be forgotten

E                           B
We are the sons of no one, bastards of young

E                           B
We are the sons of no one, bastards of young

E                      F#
The daughters and the sons

G#              B    G#              F#
Clean your baby womb, trash that baby boom

 E                      F#                  B
Elvis in the ground, waitin' on a beer tonight

G#          B            G#          F#
Income tax deduction, what a hell of a function

 E                           F#            B
It beats pickin' cotton or waitin' to be forgotten

E                           B
We are the sons of no one, bastards of young

E                           B
We are the sons of no one, bastards of young

E                      F#
The daughters and the sons
(B for 2 bars)
C#                          E
Unwillingness to claim us, got no warrant to name us
(Solo)
G#                B           G#               F#
The ones love us best are the ones we'll lay to rest

 E                          F#         B
And visit their graves on holidays at best

G#                B           G#                 F#
The ones love us least are the ones we'll die to please

 E                            F#                       B ( Let ring)
If it's any consolation, I don't begin to understand them

E                           B
We are the sons of no one, bastards of young

E                           B
We are the sons of no one, bastards of young

E                           F#
The daughters and the sons

D#-------------------
Take it, it's yours...