D
Don't let the bastards get you down
                             Em
Don't run for cover when you hear that sound
G   A                                 D
Oh, no, don't let the bastards get you down


[Verse 1]
D                D                 Em  D
Screaming back at home on a cracked cellphone
        D         D                   Em                 D
There's no one to hear you when they just don't want to know
   D               D                   Em      D
No cleaning up the mess they left in a nowhere town
    D           D                     Em     D
The future just contains what we put into it now
D           D                    Em  D
Open up the windows of your boxed in art
D           D                 Em       D
Open up the prison gates, open up your heart
D                   D                        Em      D
You no longer sleep quiet once you've opened up your eyes
D             D        D
Only when the truth is recognized


[Chorus]
                               D
Don't let the bastards get you down
                             Em
Don't run for cover when you hear that sound
                            G
Don't be afraid, you're not alone
                     A
Our only hope is the unknown
                               D
Don't let the bastards get you down
                               D
Don't let the bastards get you down
                             Em
Don't run for cover when you hear that sound
                            G
Don't be afraid, you're not alone
                     A
Our only hope is the unknown
                                   D
Don't let the bastards get you down


[Verse 2]
D           D                    Em  D
Open up the windows of your boxed in art
D           D                 Em       D
Open up the prison gates, open up your heart
D                   D                        Em      D
You no longer sleep quiet once you've opened up your eyes
D             D        D
Only when the truth is recognized


[Chorus]
                               D
Don't let the bastards get you down
                             Em
Don't run for cover when you hear that sound
                            G
Don't be afraid, you're not alone
                     A
Our only hope is the unknown
                               D
Don't let the bastards get you down
                               D
Don't let the bastards get you down
                             Em
Don't run for cover when you hear that sound
                            G
Don't be afraid, you're not alone
                     A
Our only hope is the unknown
                               D
Don't let the bastards get you down


[Bridge]
G               D
We refuse to be highrised (We refuse)
G            D
Inventoried, merchandised
G                    Em                   D
Indoctrinated by the things we're told to fear
G               D
We refuse to be cast aside (We refuse)
G             D
Ridiculed and normalized
G              Em                   D
Worried by the things we're told to fear


[Outro]
                               D
Don't let the bastards get you down

Don't run for cover when you hear that sound
G   A                                  D
Oh, no, don't let the bastards get you down
                               D
Don't let the bastards get you down
                                       Em
Don't run for cover when you hear that sound
                            G
Don't be afraid, you're not alone
                       A
Our only hope is the unknown
                               Bm
Don't let the bastards get you down
D
Down, down, down, down, down
                             Em
Don't run for cover when you hear that sound
                            G
Don't be afraid, you're not alone
                     A
Our only hope is the unknown
                               D                D
Don't let the bastards get you down, down, down