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