G                  Gsus    G
She lives in  the Bastard Nation
F                     C    G
She doesn't even know her name
G                  Gsus            G
No one there knows where they come from
F                  C              G
Could've been Abel could've been Cain
G                 Gsus   G
She was raised by loving hands
F                C       G
Down by the Gulf Of Mexico
G                Gsus     G
Her savior was a preacher man
F                       C         G
They loved her like she was their own
G                            Gsus    G
But one thing they could not give to her
F                          C     G
Though they tried with all their might
G                       Gsus   G
They could not fill the emptiness
F                          C    G
She felt when she lay down each night
G                  Gsus    G
She comes from the Bastard Nation
F                C         G
She don't  even know her name
G                  Gsus            G
No one there knows where they come from
F                  C              G
Could've been Abel could've been Cain
G                Gsus    G
All alone in the Bastard Nation
F                 C      G
Just like all the others there
G
Each one reaching out for someone
F               C  G
Doesn't anybody care

G                   Gsus     G
Tonight I'll put my child to bed
F                  C       G
She'll look in her father's eyes
G                           Gsus     G
Somewhere  in there  she'll see herself
F                  C         G
And feel all those invisible ties
G                      Gsus    G
But that girl from the Bastard Nation
F                 C     G
She just seems to drift away
G                   Gsus     G
She never knew just where to land
F                             C        G
It's the only thing that ever made her pray
G                  Gsus    G
She comes from the Bastard Nation
F                     C   G
She doesn't even know her name
G                  Gsus             G
No one there knows where they come from
F                  C              G
Could've been Abel could've been Cain
G                Gsus    G
All alone in the Bastard Nation
F                 C      G
Just like all the others there
G
Each one reaching out for someone
F               C  G
Doesn't anybody care