Machine Head - Bastards

^BYesterday I told my sons, "Sometimes the bad guys win." And ^F#that it made me scared about the world that we live in But I ^G#mhad to reassure them that it wouldn't be for long ^ESons we have to be ourselves, we have to be strong

I said, '^BBoys you are the future, so let this be a lesson There m^F#ay come a day you have to fight off their aggression Cause f^G#mear and hatred won today, the darkness ate the light," But b^Eoth of you look in my eyes, it'll be all right.

In ^Bevery step you take I'm ^F#with you all the way Cause I would ^G#mdie for you, and do what's right for you In hopes that w^Ehen I'm gone, you'll carry on These w^Eords I wrote for you

'Til t^F#hen I'll si^Eng

^BStand your g^F#round Don't ^G#mlet the bastards g^Erind you down Be ^Bbold, be s^F#trange Don't ^G#mlet their fears make you ^Eafraid There's ^F#hope, they'll ch^Eange

Well I l^Booked out to the world today, thought 'What a bloody mess!' They str^F#ipped our morals from us, put 'em under house arrest 'Lib^G#merty and country' are the words they need to speak A little “^Egod,” a little “freedom,” if we don’t agree, we're weak

And e^Bvery politician stood there idle and so smug Emp^F#owering the racists and Second Amendment thugs Wal^G#ml St. and the billionaires, convinced us they’re so smart Saying “^Evote with your wallet, instead of with your hearts!”

But ^Bwe won't go away! You ^F#won’t forget our name! The ^G#mpussy generation, the PC and the brave The ^Eprotesters that slink along these streets of misery

And ^F#so... I'll ^Esing

^BStand your g^F#round Don't ^G#mlet the bastards g^Erind you down Be ^Bbold, be s^F#trange Don't ^G#mlet their fears make you ^Eafraid There's ^F#hope, they'll ch^Eange We'll c^F#hange We'll ch^Eange

^BNo, no, no, no, no. Fuck no ^F#No, no, no, no, no. Fuck no ^G#mNo, no, no, no, no. ^EFuck no!

So g^Bive us all your faggots, all your niggas, and your spics Gi^F#ve us all your Muslims, the so-called terrorists We'll w^G#melcome 'em with open arms and put 'em in our mix We're b^Eetter off together now, embrace our difference

Rem^Bember there is love! Our w^F#ords can stop their guns For^G#mget the rednecks, living in the past We're n^Eever going back now, we've reached critical mass!

And ^F#so... I'll ^Esing

S^Btand my g^F#round Won’t ^G#mlet the bastards gr^Eind me down I’m b^Bold, I’m ^F#strange Won’t l^G#met their fears make me a^Efraid There’s ^F#hope, they’ll ch^Eange